Universal API Gateway Terms of Service

About Us and These API Terms of Use

You agree that by developing on the Sharp platform, you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract. By registering a software application, website, or product or service you offer, you acknowledge that you are currently a subscriber of Sharp in good standing and have understood and agree to be bound by these Sharp API Terms of Use (the “Terms”). If you are developing on our platform on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to register an Application on behalf of that entity and bind it to these Terms. If you are not authorized, you may not accept the Terms or register an Application for someone else.

Developer Documentation

Your use of any of our APIs and display of Content in your Application must comply with the technical documentation, usage guidelines, call volume limits, and other documentation maintained at the Developer Site or otherwise made available to you (together, the “Developer Documentation”, which are expressly incorporated into these Terms by reference). “Content” means any data or content from our Services or accessed via the APIs. “Services” means sharpfm.io, Sharp-branded apps, and other Sharp-related sites, apps, communications and services and technology related thereto. In the event of any conflict between the Developer Documentation and these Terms, these Terms shall control.

Access Credentials

Once you have successfully registered an Application and met the other requirements for a particular API, you will be given Access Credentials for your Application. “Access Credentials” means the necessary security keys, secrets, tokens, and other credentials to access the applicable APIs. The Access Credentials enable us to associate your API activity with your Application and the Members using it. All activities that occur using your Access Credentials are your responsibility. Keep your Access Credentials secret. Do not sell, share, transfer, or sublicense them to any other party other than your employees or independent contractors. Do not try to circumvent them and do not require your users to obtain their own Access Credentials to use your Application (for example, in an attempt to circumvent call limits).

API License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except to independent contractors so they may host, develop, test, operate, modify or support your Application), non-transferable, non-assignable license under Sharp’s intellectual property rights during the Duration (a) to use the APIs to develop, test, operate and support your Application; (b) to distribute or allow access to your integration of the APIs within your Application to end users of your Application; and (c) to display the Content accessed through the APIs within your Application. You have no right to distribute or allow access to the stand-alone APIs.

Security Measures

a. Requirement for Security Measures. Your network, operating system and the software of your web servers, databases, and computer systems (collectively, “Systems”) must be properly configured to securely operate your Application and process Content.

b. Security Questionnaire. If requested, you must complete Sharp’s security questionnaire (which Sharp will provide to you).

c. Security Breach. You must promptly report any security deficiencies in, or intrusions to, your Systems that you discover (or are reported publicly or to you) to Sharp in writing via email or subsequent contact information posted on the Developer Site if such intrusions could reasonably be expected to affect the Content, Sharp or its Members in any way. You will work with Sharp to immediately correct any security deficiency, and will immediately disconnect any intrusions or intruders. In the event of any security deficiency or intrusion involving the Application, APIs or Content, you will make no public statements (e.g., press, blogs, social media, bulletin boards, etc.) without prior written and express permission from Sharp in each instance.