Postful API in action

Hey guys,

I posted last week about Postful - the handy service that sends real mail on your behalf. They also have a handy API that enables you to automate their service.

I could imagine products or services that work with receipts or financial data might be interested in integrating Postful. At .99 cents for a domestic letter and $1.49 for a letter to Canada, Postful seems like a great deal.

I put together some videos on how to use their API. I've been doing a lot of Php, Python, etc lately, so I went back to traditional C# and Visual Basic this time.

This first video shows how to do a simple query to see what orders you have with Postful. Each email you send them is processed the next day as real mail, so you have a chance to cancel an order before it is sent out.



This second video shows how to send an email with Postful. I'm using Visual Studio 2008, so this is also an opportunity to show off how the new LINQ for XML features work. We can embed XML directly as a literal in the source code.



And lastly, this third video shows how a very simple example of integrating Postful with Word 2007 using Visual Studio Tools for Office.




Thanks!

Eric.