The Data Source API allows you to retrieve a Data Source from the platform. 

On the Cloud this API is available via SSL secured HTTPS connection using the REST GET verb.
The format query string parameter controls the desired response format.  Specify either xml or json.

/api/v2/datasource?format=xml/json


GET DataSource

The GET verb allows you to retrieve a single DataSource, identified by its unique Id.
The required and optional parameters for a GET call to the DataSource API are outlined below.

Parameter Name
Data Type
Required
Description
CompanyId
Integer
Yes
Your unique Company Id found on the Organisation Setup page of the secure website
Integrationkey
String
Yes
Your unique Integration Key found on the Organisation Setup page of the secure website
Id
or
ExternalId
GUID

string
Yes
The unique identifier of the DataSource you wish to retrieve

The external identifier for the DataSource to retrieve
ReturnRowsBooleanNoWhether or not to return the Rows for this Data Source in the response.
Defaults to False.  
If set to True, then will return Rows in a paginated form, using the PageSize and PageNo values below.
PageSizeInteger  NoThe page number of the Rows result set that you wish to receive back.
Defaults to 0, which is the first page of the Rows result set.
PageNoInteger  NoThe number of Rows returned per page.
Maximum value of 100.
Defaults to 100.

GET Response

The data returned from a DataSource GET is provided as follows:

Data Source Response (<DataSourceResponse>)

Field Name
Data Type
Description
DataSource
DataSource
The Data Source found
ResponseStatus
ResponseStatus
Contains response errors if any occur – helpful for support and debugging purposes


DataSource (<DataSource>
)

Input Name
Data Type
Description
 IdGUIDThe unique identifier of this Data Source
ExternalId
String
The external Id of the Data Source
CompanyId
Integer
Unique organisation identifier of this Data Source
Name
String
The name of the Data Source.
Headers
Collection
A collection of Header Items.
TotalRows IntegerThe total number of Rows in this Data Source 
Rows
Collection
Collection of Row items for this Data Source
Is only populated if the ReturnRows request option is set to True.
When populated, this is a paginated result set.


Header (<Header>)

Field Name
Data Type
Required
Description
Name
String
Yes
Name of this Header
DisplayAt
String
No
Specifies the desired app display position of this column’s values in each Data Source row.
Options available are:
Title – The main title area of the row
SubLeft – Appears below the Title in smaller text
Thumb – Displays the column value as an image thumbnail to the left of the Title. Only applicable if your column values are http URLs pointing at PNG or JPG files.


Row (<Row>)

Each Row is a collection of Val (<Val>) items, which are the individual column values for that Row.



API Usage Example

Given that the API is REST based, you can access the API directly via your web browser to test it using a REST plugin like the Postman plugin for Google Chrome.

GET Request – XML      

GET /api/v2/datasource?externalid=SPORTS-001&integrationkey=xxxxxxxxxxxx&companyid=1&format=xml&returnrows=true&pageno=0&pagesize=100

      

GET Response - XML

XML

<DataSource> <Id>XXXXX</Id> <CompanyId>1</CompanyId> <Name>Favorite Sports</Name><ExternalId>SPORTS-001</ExternalId> <Headers> <Header> <Name>Sport Code</Name><DisplayAt>Title</DisplayAt> </Header> <Header> <Name>Sport Name</Name> </Header> <Header><Name>Description</Name> </Header> <Header> <Name>Image</Name> <DisplayAt>Thumb</DisplayAt></Header> </Headers> <TotalRows>3</TotalRows> <Rows> <Row> <Val>AH</Val> <Val>Air Hockey</Val><Val>This is some additional information about Air Hockey</Val><Val>http://mywebsite.com/images/air-hockey.jpg</Val> </Row> <Row> <Val>FB</Val><Val>Football</Val> <Val>This is some additional information about Football</Val><Val>http://mywebsite.com/images/football.jpg</Val> </Row> <Row> <Val>CH</Val> <Val>Chess (We have no additional info or images for this sport)</Val> <Val></Val> <Val></Val> </Row> </Rows></SList>