# Formlabs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/formlabs/  
**Website:** https://formlabs.com  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Formlabs designs and manufactures desktop and industrial 3D printers (SLA and SLS), materials, and software (PreForm, Dashboard). Its developer platform exposes the Formlabs Web API (Dashboard Developer API) for remote monitoring and management of Internet-connected printers, prints, consumables, events, and printer groups, plus a Local API (PreFormServer) for local-network job preparation and printer control.

## Kin Score — 34.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 57.6 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Formlabs Local API (PreFormServer)** — Local-network REST API served by the PreFormServer application for automating job preparation (import, auto-orient, auto-support, auto-layout, hollow, label), scene management, ...
- **Formlabs Consumables API** — The Consumables API from Formlabs — 2 operation(s) for consumables.
- **Formlabs Events API** — The Events API from Formlabs — 1 operation(s) for events.
- **Formlabs Groups API** — The Groups API from Formlabs — 5 operation(s) for groups.
- **Formlabs Printers API** — The Printers API from Formlabs — 2 operation(s) for printers.
- **Formlabs Prints API** — The Prints API from Formlabs — 2 operation(s) for prints.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Formlabs Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 7 acting

## Security (2)

- **Formlabs Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Formlabs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Formlabs Plans Pricing**

## Tags

3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, SLA, SLS, Hardware, Dashboard

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/formlabs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.