Dashboard posts are now accessible from the Tumblr API, and there’s a shit-ton more coming to the API over the next few weeks days.

This is great news. Coincidentally, I emailed Tumblr Support a week ago asking for this exact feature, and I got the standard “we have no plans to implement that” response. Either I’m incredibly influential, or things have changed.

Creating and supporting a robust API is the best thing Tumblr can possibly do to improve their service. It means Tumblr is finally becoming a platform instead of just a web application. I can’t wait until we have a wide variety of Tumblr apps to choose from, each with its own focus, design sensibility, and approach to UI.

Exciting times. Nice work, guys.