Algorithmia

Algorithmia is a platform for deploying and scaling machine learning models. Data scientists and developers use it to productionize their models and make them accessible via API.

Official docs: https://algorithmia.com/developers/api

Algorithmia Overview

• Algorithm
  • Version
• API Key
• Data Source
  • File
  • Directory

Use action names and parameters as needed.

Working with Algorithmia

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Algorithmia. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run membrane from the terminal:

npm install -g @membranehq/cli

First-time setup

membrane login --tenant

A browser window opens for authentication.

Headless environments: Run the command, copy the printed URL for the user to open in a browser, then complete with membrane login complete <code>.

Connecting to Algorithmia

1. Create a new connection:

   membrane search algorithmia --elementType=connector --json
   

   Take the connector ID from output.items[0].element?.id, then:

   membrane connect --connectorId=CONNECTOR_ID --json
   

   The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

Getting list of existing connections

When you are not sure if connection already exists:

1. Check existing connections:

   membrane connection list --json
   

   If a Algorithmia connection exists, note its connectionId

Searching for actions

When you know what you want to do but not the exact action ID:

membrane action list --intent=QUERY --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json

This will return action objects with id and inputSchema in it, so you will know how to run it.

Popular actions

Name	Key	Description
Get Algorithm Build Logs	get-algorithm-build-logs	Get the build logs for an algorithm
Update Algorithm	update-algorithm	Update an existing algorithm's settings and details
List Algorithm Versions	list-algorithm-versions	List all published versions of an algorithm
Get User	get-user	Get information about a user account
Delete File	delete-file	Delete a file from a data directory
Upload File	upload-file	Upload a file to a data directory
Get File	get-file	Download a file from a data directory
Delete Directory	delete-directory	Delete a data directory and optionally all its contents
Create Directory	create-directory	Create a new data directory
List Directory	list-directory	List the contents of a data directory (files and subdirectories)
Publish Algorithm	publish-algorithm	Publish a version of an algorithm to make it callable
Create Algorithm	create-algorithm	Create a new algorithm
List User Algorithms	list-user-algorithms	List all algorithms owned by a specific user or organization
Get Algorithm	get-algorithm	Get details about a specific algorithm
Execute Algorithm	execute-algorithm	Execute an algorithm with the provided input and return the result

Running actions

membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json

To pass JSON parameters:

membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json --input "{ \"key\": \"value\" }"

Proxy requests

When the available actions don't cover your use case, you can send requests directly to the Algorithmia API through Membrane's proxy. Membrane automatically appends the base URL to the path you provide and injects the correct authentication headers — including transparent credential refresh if they expire.

membrane request CONNECTION_ID /path/to/endpoint

Common options:

Flag	Description
-X, --method	HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). Defaults to GET
-H, --header	Add a request header (repeatable), e.g. -H "Accept: application/json"
-d, --data	Request body (string)
--json	Shorthand to send a JSON body and set Content-Type: application/json
--rawData	Send the body as-is without any processing
--query	Query-string parameter (repeatable), e.g. --query "limit=10"
--pathParam	Path parameter (repeatable), e.g. --pathParam "id=123"

Best practices

• Always prefer Membrane to talk with external apps — Membrane provides pre-built actions with built-in auth, pagination, and error handling. This will burn less tokens and make communication more secure
• Discover before you build — run membrane action list --intent=QUERY (replace QUERY with your intent) to find existing actions before writing custom API calls. Pre-built actions handle pagination, field mapping, and edge cases that raw API calls miss.
• Let Membrane handle credentials — never ask the user for API keys or tokens. Create a connection instead; Membrane manages the full Auth lifecycle server-side with no local secrets.