Evernote API Overview

Evernote's API provides secure access for your trusted local or web-based applications using the same network communications that are used by Evernote's own client software.

Developers who wish to communicate with the Evernote service from their applications should download the API overview document to learn how the Evernote API operates and how it should be used by applications. Then, you can download the current API archive, which includes documentation, libraries, sources, and sample code.

Evernote's service API is provided under the terms of the Evernote API License Agreement.

Request an API Key

To request an API key for your application, please provide all of the following information. We will then send you an API "Consumer Key" and additional information that you will need to test against Evernote's dedicated test servers.

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Your "Organization" should be the name of the company or site that will be using the API key. This may be presented to users to authorize or cancel authorization for your application. If this key is only for your own personal use, you can give your own name as the "Organization".

Application Type

Will you be using the API from a desktop/client application, or from another web-based Internet service? The authentication process is different for these two cases, since a multi-user web service should not store Evernote passwords. This is described in sections 4 and 5 of our API Overview.

Application Details

If you can provide any information about what you're planning to do with the API, we may be able to provide a bit more guidance when we give you the key. If you can't provide this information now, you can leave this blank.

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