Requests for a Qaf API for third-party integration

Category: Questions & membership Priority: P2 Area: api Reports: 2 Status: Open

Summary

Two builders asked for programmatic access to Qaf. A Canadian founder (viraltech.ca) wants an API he can integrate into one of his products and resell access to — his email is still unanswered. A London Islamic bookstore owner, impressed after stress-testing Qaf on obscure books and complex i'raab (grammatical parsing), asked permission to integrate Qaf to generate book descriptions; Abdellatif granted the permission but said API keys aren't supported and none are planned "any time soon" — the product needs stability and monetization first. The bookstore owner asked again five days later, showing persistent demand. Combined with the org lifetime-membership buyer who probed API/MCP access (tracked elsewhere), there is early B2B demand for a developer offering; at minimum a canned "no API yet, here's the roadmap position" reply would help.

What users say

Louis-David Paul-Hus louisdavidpaulhus@gmail.com — API for integration/resale

• Date: 2026-08-06, Language: English, Thread: 19fd976a0d780a90, Replied: no
• Founder and author at viraltech.ca asks whether Qaf has an API he could add to one of his products and sell access to. Single-message thread, unanswered.

"I wonder if you guys have an API for it? Would love to add it to one of my product and sell it access."

Ahmet Dinc ahmetdinc19822@gmail.com — bookstore integration + repeated API asks

• Date: 2026-07-11 to 2026-07-17, Language: English (Arabic greetings), Thread: 19f51b99458a53dc, Replied: yes
• Opening an Islamic bookstore in London (own books from Saudi publishers plus an aggregator redirecting to other bookshops), he asked permission to integrate Qaf to generate detailed book descriptions. He vouched for Qaf's accuracy ("from a variety of little known books to the iraab... it was all correct and in line with the books"), asked whether Qaf has an API key "a bit like gemini", and offered connections to UK influencers (Ali Dawah, Mohammed Hijab, Musa Adnan, Sheikh Abdullah Ujayri) for low-cost or free promotion — an offer Abdellatif accepted. On the API: "We don't support api keys atm" (the responsive website was suggested as a stopgap), and when asked again on 2026-07-17: "Not any time soon unfortunately, need to get the product in a stable position and figure out monetization first."

"My request is whether you would grant us permission to integrate Qaf into our bookstore to give descriptions about the book. You see most bookstores do not have detailed descriptions underneath their books mostly due to lack of knowledge regarding the book being sold."

Details / repro

• Current official position (from Abdellatif's replies): no API keys supported, none planned soon; blockers are product stability and monetization. Suggested workaround: the website works across screen sizes for in-store display use.
• Demand signals: resale/white-label intent (viraltech.ca), e-commerce content generation (bookstore), plus the org lifetime-membership buyer's API/MCP probe noted in the membership cluster — three independent B2B-flavored asks within ~5 weeks.
• Follow-up owed: 19fd976a0d780a90 has never been answered.

Threads

• 19fd976a0d780a90 — viraltech.ca founder: API for integration and resale (unanswered)
• 19f51b99458a53dc — London bookstore: integration permission granted, repeated API-key asks declined