Are you feeling inspired?

You too can access RWS’s APIs for Trados Studio, MultiTerm, Trados GroupShare, Passolo and RWS Language Cloud to develop your own plugins for your business. To do so, we recommend your developers follow the steps below:

1. Firstly, it’s worth noting that you don’t need to download anything in order to start developing, the APIs will already be available with your installation of Trados Studio/ MultiTerm/ GroupShare/ Passolo.  RWS Language Cloud is a cloud product so the APIs are always available to you online.

2. Get involved in the RWS Developer Community. This is a good place to start to gain inspiration, discuss your ideas with your peers and RWS employees, or request help.

3. Access sample code:

• Access some of our sample codes available on Github. These will give you an idea of what you are working with and can be used as reference material. 
• You can also download Trados Studio project templates for Microsoft Visual Studio should you wish, these are designed to jump-start the development of customization and plugins for Trados Studio.
• Or you can take an existing plugin developed by the AppStore Development Team available on the RWS AppStore and use this as the basis for your application. These can be downloaded here.

4. Head to the SDK page on the Developer Hub for more information on each of the APIs available and start developing! Each API has documentation explaining how to write the code needed to interact with them, as well as how to work with each one. 

As you can see, having a developer at hand to work on solutions like these is so important, however for some businesses it’s a luxury they just can’t justify. If you fall into this category and there isn’t an existing app on the RWS AppStore that solves your problem, don’t despair! Our AppStore Development Team are always looking for new ideas to work on, so post your requirements onto the RWS Ideas Community and if there is enough interest we may be able to help.