The ThreadProof Embroidery API

Every machine file format ThreadProof knows about and how far along each one is: available exports today, beta exports but isn't fully round-trip verified, roadmap isn't built yet.

{
  "formats": [
    { "id": "dst", "name": "Tajima DST", "status": "available" },
    { "id": "exp", "name": "Melco EXP", "status": "available" },
    { "id": "jef", "name": "Janome JEF", "status": "available" },
    { "id": "pes", "name": "Brother PES", "status": "beta" },
    { "id": "vp3", "name": "Husqvarna/Pfaff VP3", "status": "roadmap" }
  ]
}

Recommended stabilizer, needle, and a short note for each fabric — cotton, polo, performance, fleece, towel, denim, canvas, leather, twill, and hat. Reasonable embroidery defaults, not a guarantee; always test on scrap first.

{
  "fabricProfiles": [
    {
      "id": "polo",
      "label": "Polo knit",
      "recommendedStabilizer": "Medium cutaway",
      "needle": "75/11 ballpoint",
      "note": "Stretchy knit — cutaway + center-walk/zigzag underlay stops registration drift."
    }
    /* … cotton, performance, fleece, towel, denim, canvas, leather, twill, hat */
  ]
}

Common home and commercial machine families and the format each one prefers. When a native format is still beta or roadmap we fall back to DST, which nearly every machine reads via USB.

{
  "machineProfiles": [
    {
      "id": "brother-babylock",
      "label": "Brother / Baby Lock",
      "nativeFormat": "pes",
      "nativeStatus": "beta",
      "useFormat": "dst",
      "note": "PES export is in beta — use DST for now; nearly all Brother/Baby Lock machines read DST via USB."
    }
    /* … tajima, janome, melco-bernina, pfaff-husqvarna */
  ]
}

Submit artwork plus a fabric, hoop, and machine target; get back a job you can poll for analysis, stitch-plan candidates, a simulated stitch-out, a stitchability score, and downloadable machine files. Not built server-side yet — the engine is browser-based today.

HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented

{
  "error": "not_implemented",
  "message": "The ThreadProof compile engine currently runs in the browser. A hosted compile API (server-side render) is on the roadmap. Use the web app at /embroidery-converter, or contact us for API access."
}