Today we&#39;re announcing our referral program which rewards you for spreading the word about Cosmic. &nbsp;It&#39;s our way of showing our appreciation for you when you tell friends and colleagues about us.How to participate 1. Go to <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/account/referrals">your account settings page</a> to get your referral link (screenshot below). 2. Use the share buttons to tell friends and followers on your social channels. 3. Add your referral link to your website or blog (hopefully it&#39;s powered by Cosmic 😉 ).How it works For every referral that signs up and upgrades a Bucket plan, you receive $10 towards any purchase on Cosmic.We&#39;re very grateful to you for choosing Cosmic as your CMS API. &nbsp;We know that not everyone is as forward-thinking with their application stack... yet. &nbsp;With your help, we can help more people build apps faster, manage content easier and work together more enjoyably using Cosmic.<a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/account/referrals">Click here to get your referral link</a>. <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/account/referrals"><img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/6aee6f60-f936-11e6-b967-f10a87cd789e-cosmicjs-referrals.png" style="width: 797px; height: 592.483px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></a>

Cosmic Referral Program

<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/7f552490-f84f-11e6-9bd1-e3de1d94451e-free.jpg" style="width: 504px; height: 449.561px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Cosmic is on a mission to make your job as a development team faster and easier. &nbsp;With that in mind we&#39;re excited to give you more with the <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/pricing">Free Bucket Plan</a>. &nbsp;The additional features will help you scale your projects and give you more right out of the box. &nbsp;Now when you signup for Cosmic at the Free Plan level: 1. You have full access to Business Plan features including Webhooks and Localization. 2. Before you were limited to 2 users to each Free Bucket, now you can have as many as 3 users. 3. You used to be limited to one Free Bucket at a time, now you can have as many as 5 Free Buckets at a time. 4. You have 14 days to upgrade your Free Bucket to any paid plan. We are happy to make it easier for you to get started building apps faster using Cosmic. &nbsp;If you have any questions about our new pricing please <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community">join our Slack community</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reach out to us on Twitter</a>.

Get More With the Updated Free Plan

We&#39;ve just added a new feature that makes it easier to find Objects in your Bucket. &nbsp;This is especially useful if you have a lot of Objects and you need to find them fast. &nbsp;Just look for the search icon in your Dashboard header.<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/389a7220-f7a1-11e6-8a84-21fb9e3aac9f-search-feature.gif" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> If you have any questions for us, <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community">join our Slack community</a>, or <a href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reach out to us on Twitter</a>.

New Search Feature

<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/7886dc10-f248-11e6-b422-43c28e5dfa6b-graphql.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">We are excited to announce the addition of our GraphQL API to help you build content-powered apps faster and more efficiently. &nbsp;The Cosmic community has been very supportive of adding GraphQL as an alternative to our REST API and we are happy to now make this available. &nbsp;Check out the new <a href="https://docs.cosmicjs.com/api-reference/available-methods#graphql" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">documentation</a> to learn more about GraphQL methods to get your content. What is GraphQL? If you don&rsquo;t know about <a href="http://graphql.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GraphQL</a>, it has been gaining popularity since Facebook open-sourced the project a couple of years ago. &nbsp;It is an API alternative to the traditional REST-ful approach to fetching data from an endpoint. Why is GraphQL so Special? GraphQL gives you the power to be more efficient with your API calls by allowing clients to query only specific values, limiting the amount of data returned. &nbsp;From the official website: it &ldquo;gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more&rdquo;. &nbsp;For instance here is a response from our (still awesome) REST API: <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/v1/creative-agency/object/about?hide_metafields=true&pretty=true" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://api.cosmicjs.com/v1/creative-agency/object/about?hide_metafields=true&pretty=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://api.cosmicjs.com/v1/creative-agency/object/about?hide_metafields=true&amp;pretty=true</a><iframe src="https://api.cosmicjs.com/v1/creative-agency/object/about?hide_metafields=true&pretty=true" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%; height: 550px;"></iframe>And here is the same response specifying which fields to return using GraphQL (if you just need to get title and content):<iframe src="https://cosmic-graphql-playground.netlify.app/?endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fgraphql.cosmicjs.com%2Fv2&query=%7B%0A%20%20getObject%28%0A%20%20%20%20bucket_slug%3A%20%22creative-agency%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20input%3A%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20slug%3A%20%22about%22%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%09title%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20content%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%; height: 530px;"></iframe> So you can see the difference in returned data. &nbsp;This is more declarative and more empowering for every client accessing the API. &nbsp;The new Cosmic GraphQL API gives you the ability to access just what you need from your Buckets and nothing
you don&rsquo;t. &nbsp;This is especially great for mobile when every saved network byte counts.We hope you enjoy the addition of GraphQL to help you build apps faster, now with less unused data. &nbsp;Learn more about the <a href="https://docs.cosmicjs.com/api-reference/available-methods#graphql">Cosmic GraphQL API in the documentation</a>. &nbsp;Let us know if you have any questions by <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community">joining the community on Slack</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reaching out on Twitter</a>.

Introducing the GraphQL API

<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/32ae7a80-ea1f-11e6-a726-bfd644d07af4-cosmic-js-api-usage-2-mili.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Today is a happy day for us. &nbsp;We have passed 2,000,000 total requests to the Cosmic API. &nbsp;That means that people from all over the world have accessed their content in some way 2,000,000 times using the newest and most efficient way to distribute content, through the cloud. We are on a mission to help every digital team be more efficient by providing a simple API to power content for their website or application. &nbsp;And this milestone provides some validation for that goal. &nbsp;We are grateful to all our users who are joining us on this journey. If you have not already joined the cloud revolution with us, <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/signup">we would love to have you join</a>! Thank you! Tony and Carson Founders

API Usage Passes 2,000,000

We&#39;re always striving to make the job of the developer and content editor faster and easier. &nbsp;With this in mind, we&#39;ve just released the ability to add thumbnail images to your Bucket.To add a thumbnail image to your Bucket simply go to your Bucket media area and select the settings button on your media row, then click Set as Bucket Thumbnail.<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/a886b2f0-e9d3-11e6-9628-83477a068e37-cosmicjs-thumbnail.gif" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">For our users with a growing list of Buckets, this small change really makes it easier to spot the Bucket that you want to edit.If you have any questions, please reach out to us in <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community">our Slack channel</a>, or on <a href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.

Now Add Your Bucket Thumbnail

We&#39;ve just rolled out a feature for Admins and Developers to be able to preview the Object editing experience for Editors. To use the new feature, simply navigate to your Cosmic Dashboard and click to edit any existing Object. &nbsp;You will notice that you now have a toggle switch to switch between Developer and Editor views. Simply toggle the switch from Developer to Editor to view the Object through the eyes of the Editor Role. You&#39;ll notice items such as the API endpoint and Metafields options disappear, allowing Editors to remain focused on content management.&nbsp;<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/637b2af0-e713-11e6-be97-77f6c79ba651-6eRFLE7CPJ.gif" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Toggling between Developer and Editor can help you visualize what your team members will see in the Cosmic Dashboard once they receive access to your bucket. You can easily set up User Roles within the Users Tab, and now you can even see User Roles Previews from the Object Toggle.&nbsp;<section><article><a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> is an API-first cloud-based content management platform that makes it easy to manage applications and content. If you have questions about the Cosmic API, please reach out to the founders on <a data-href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slack</a>.<a data-href="https://twitter.com/carsoncgibbons" href="https://twitter.com/carsoncgibbons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carson Gibbons</a> is the Co-Founder &amp; CMO of <a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a>, an API-first Cloud-based <a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Content Management Platform</a> that decouples content from code, allowing devs to build slick apps and websites in any programming language they want.</article></section>

Developer and Editor Toggle Views Now Available

Cosmic, an API-first cloud-based CMS API, is debuting its <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new pricing and service tiers</a> for Enterprise teams. Built for the speed of business, the new tier combines all of the great <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/features" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">features</a> found on paid tiers within the platform plus enterprise-level features such as Automatic Backups, Dedicated Infrastructure and coverage by our <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/service-level-agreement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enterprise-class SLA</a>. <img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/bd2b61f0-e34e-11e6-ab4d-a938dc04426d-cosmicjs-enterprise.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable"> <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> is debuting the new product tier at the request of corporations and government agencies looking to transition their content management stacks from legacy installed systems to cloud-based content delivery via <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CMS API</a>.&nbsp;Enterprise plans remain flexible for a la carte additions to be scoped on an individual basis. Clients will have expanded use of the CMS API and data storage, plus premium support from the Cosmic Enterprise Team. For more information on Enterprise Plans with Cosmic, <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/contact?subject=Enterprise%20Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contact us today</a>.&nbsp;<a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> is an API-first cloud-based content management platform that makes it easy to manage applications and content. If you have questions about the Cosmic API, please reach out to the founders on <a data-href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slack</a>.

Introducing Cosmic Enterprise: Built for Business

<img class="fr-dib fr-draggable" src="https://cosmicjs.imgix.net/da1c3f60-d826-11e6-b099-e138cf5cca95-shutterstock_503352379.jpg?w=1200" style="width: 100%;">This week <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/apps/email-capture/demo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> debuted its 4th User Type: Contributor. We wrote about it in <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/blog/contributor-role-now-available" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">yesterday&#39;s blog</a> and are now publishing this blog to detail all four role types within the Cosmic Dashboard: Admin | Developer | Editor | Contributor.&nbsp;User types is a crucial feature set for any cloud-based CMS, and we have accrued these role types based on our &quot;Build | Measure | Learn&quot; approach to our iterative feedback loop when talking to users who have signed up for the platform. We originally
presented the platform with three options (Admin, Developer, Editor). We heard many use case scenarios in which an Admin or Editor would want to extend a Contributor role to someone simply for drafting purposes.&nbsp;Admin You own it, you&#39;re probably paying for it, and you have the ultimate control. Add a Bucket, Delete a Bucket, Add Users, Download Buckets, you get the keys to the kingdom. This role type is generally an Agency Principal, Project Manager Lead, Lead
Developer and similar role types that would oversee a web application build.Adding an Admin<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/40bce460-d816-11e6-b1e2-9d75e802ed6b-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%209.52.31%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Admin CMS View<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/4372f4f0-d81c-11e6-b078-535e435f4ad7-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2010.37.22%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Developer The keys to the API kingdom are yours. Build applications, upgrade buckets and track usage. The developer has access to everything that an Admin does, with the exception of access to Settings.&nbsp;Add a Developer<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/460ff5b0-d816-11e6-b1e2-9d75e802ed6b-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%209.52.15%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Developer CMS View<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/5f1179c0-d821-11e6-a98f-d5b9b9535728-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2011.13.13%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Editor The Editor Role is similar to a Contributor Role in that you can add and draft content, but also have authorization to publish content, delete content and oversee the bucket&#39;s content as a whole. As a frame of reference, I am an Editor for Cosmic
JS and can easily login, draft and publish blog posts without the confusion of Admin and Developer features being present.Add an Editor<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/49c77f70-d816-11e6-b1e2-9d75e802ed6b-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%209.52.47%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Editor CMS View<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/07b90a30-d81c-11e6-b078-535e435f4ad7-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2010.35.42%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Contributor Feel free to contribute, but that&#39;s about it. Once you&#39;ve been granted access to a bucket, you can draft content for review by an Editor, Admin or Developer on your Bucket.Add a Contributor<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/4e5ff350-d816-11e6-b1e2-9d75e802ed6b-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%209.53.04%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Contributor CMS View<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/39ffdea0-d81d-11e6-a98f-d5b9b9535728-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2010.43.36%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Bucket Users Overview<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/dafe5870-d81a-11e6-8041-6d95c1ba5322-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2010.27.03%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable">Editing a Bucket User&#39;s Contributor Role<img src="https://www.cosmicjs.com/uploads/bb10a420-d81d-11e6-8041-6d95c1ba5322-Screen%20Shot%202017-01-11%20at%2010.47.36%20AM.png" class="fr-dii fr-draggable"><a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> makes it easy to clarify even which portions of your bucket are applicable for Contributor access and viewing. If I am a Bucket Admin and have a freelance writer on assignment for a blog, I can extend a Contributor Role to said person for the &quot;Posts&quot; within my Bucket so that he or she can draft blog posts for my review.&nbsp;<a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a> is an API-first cloud-based content management platform that makes it easy to manage applications and content. If you have questions about the Cosmic API, please reach out to the founders on <a data-href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" href="https://twitter.com/cosmic_js" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a data-href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/community" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slack</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/carsoncgibbons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carson Gibbons</a> is the Co-Founder &amp; CMO of <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmic</a>, an API-first Cloud-based <a href="https://www.cosmicjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Content Management Platform</a> that decouples content from code, allowing devs to build slick apps and websites in any programming language they want.

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