API v2 is now out of beta



We are very pleased to announce that API v2 is coming out of beta, nine months after its initial release. With this release we wanted to introduce new features not available in v1, while maintaining the level of simplicity developers loved in our first version. To help us keep it simple and stomp out bugs, we called on the community to collaborate with us in a public GitHub repository. The last nine months of collaboration with the community ensured our API remained awesome as we added these new features.

Our previous API was simple and easy to use. However, it lacked features allowing developers to interact with DigitalOcean in more advanced ways. We knew we wanted to include new features like:
  • OAuth
  • Pagination
  • A (more) RESTful interface
We wanted to add all of these features in v2, but were wary of increasing the complexity for our community. So, our first tactic was to introduce only new features the community was actually requesting. This involved taking internal and customer feedback even before launching in beta through UserVoice, internal dogfooding, and support tickets. Then during the beta, we received a constant stream of new feedback via the public GitHub repo.

Close collaboration with the community allowed us to fix several bugs as well as add a couple of very useful features. We received a high amount of feedback about the images endpoint, for example — specifically around filtering and maintaining an acceptable level of response time. Many of our users have a large number of snapshots and backups, so the ability to request different types of images via this endpoint proved very useful. Some other features which made it in thanks to community feedback include:
  • Increasing the base rate limit
  • Adding more information to the user endpoint
  • Clarifying the API documentation
  • Adding stronger validations to the Droplet creation process

Our second tactic was to keep the API as consistent as possible to reduce the cognitive load on the developer. As an example, we made sure all region objects in JSON responses follow the same format.

The final tactic was to beef up our API docs by launching our new developer portal. The new portal provides clear documentation, links to community tutorials to get started, and a centralized repository of API libraries.
We would like to thank everyone who helped report bugs and suggest features during the beta period. Thanks to you, API v2 is finally launched! Try it out here.

The April 2015 newsletter

What's a New Domain? And how do you use one?
New Domains are cool TLDs that make it easy to do cool internet stuff, and we've created a video series that's all about the benefits and uses of New Domains.

You'll be educated! You'll be entertained! Or at least you'll get to watch Jared Ewy grab a domain out of the air. It's pretty impressive.
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Don't forget about our domain happy hour
If you joined us for our Bottoms Rupp happy hour sales last month—named after Account Manager John Rupp, who is an alright guy sometimes—you got sweet deals like $0.99 .COM registrations and $5.00 .SOCIAL registrations. Bottoms Rupp is every Thursday from 3–5 p.m. MDT, so set a reminder and join us for domain savings.
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Your April promo code is chock full of ideas
What sort of April Fools pranks will the promo code play on you? None! None whatsoever! It's too busy noodling its little brain away on bigger and better ideas. That's why your April 2015 promo code is NOODLE. Use it at checkout for $10.25 .COM and .NET registrations and renewals. The code is valid through April 31, 2015.*
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Дата-центр ММТС-9



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Online Labs announces Scaleway!



oday is a great day for Online Labs. We are excited to announce that Online Labs is now ready to host your projects under the Scaleway brand!
For the past months, we worked constantly to improve your experience.
We have got hundreds of requests from our community that led us to do major changes to build the best cloud platform!

We are now thrilled to share with you what is new!
  • Support is now 24x7 with amazing SLAs and response time guarantee for business needs
  • Created the ImageHub, an amazing platform to find the apps your need
  • Created the developer program for application developers and early adopters.
  • Removed LHDD for a 100% SSD cloud
  • Upgraded images volume size to 50GB
  • Reworked shutdown UX, added the possibility to terminate servers
  • Support of security groups
  • Support of customizable reverse DNS
  • Support of automatically generated DNS
  • Support of latest kernel, doubled the performance of the mainline kernel
  • Added the possibility to choose from which kernel you boot

We want to thank you and all our early adopters, it has been amazing to see so many testers from all over the globe! It has been a huge success, imagine that during this preview you requested more than 200,000 servers!

To thank you, we give you a free month of unlimited Scaleway services.

Important: As the platform is now public, we need you to accept our Terms of Service. You will also need to complete your billing informations in the next 7 days to enjoy your free month.

Запуск реферальной программы ISPsystem!



Сегодня нам особенно приятно проводить рассылку, потому что у нас есть отличная новость. Рады сообщить о запуске реферальной программы ISPsystem!

Теперь у всех, кто высоко ценит удобство и функциональность наших продуктов и при этом не стесняется рассказывать об этом, есть отличная возможность получить дополнительный источник дохода.

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Наверняка, вы оцените и другие преимущества программы:
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