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  • ODS.OdsApi(Last) -- DAVWikiAdmin? , 2017-06-29 07:30:55 Edit WebDAV System Administrator 2017-06-29 07:30:55

    ODS API for data access & manipulation

    The code location is the ods_controllers.sql file from the ODS package.

    All requests are authorized via one of :

    1. HTTP authentication (not yet supported)
    2. OAuth
    3. VSPX session (sid & realm)
    4. username=<user>&password=<pass>

    The authenticated account becomes the effective user.

    Important Note: Any API method MUST follow naming convention as follows:

    • methods : ods.<object type>.<action>
    • parameters : <lower_case>
    • composite parameters: atom-pub, OpenSocial? XML format
    • response : GData format, i.e., Atom extension

    Note: some of the methods below use ods_api.sql code

    Supported Web Services Endpoints

    Full collection of Supported Web Services Endpoints can be viewed here.

    User account activity

    User register

    • Description: register ODS user
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.register"
    • Parameters:
      • name: desired user account name
      • password: desired password
      • email: user's e-mail address

    Authenticate ODS account

    • Description: Authenticate ODS account using name & password hash. Will establish a session in VSPX_SESSION table
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.authenticate"
    • Parameters:
      • user_name: ODS user name
      • password_hash: password hash

    User Update

    • Description: Update user details
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.update"
    • Parameters:
      • user_info: array of user details

    User password change

    • Description: Change user's password
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.password_change"
    • Parameters:
      • new_password: new password

    User delete

    • Description: Deletes ODS user
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • name: Name of the ODS user to be deleted

    User freeze

    • Description: Freeze User. This is ODS admin privilege
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.freeze"
    • Parameters:
      • name: Name of the ODS user to be frozen.

    Get User Details

    • Description: Gets ODS user details
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.get"
    • Parameters:
      • name: the name of the ODS user

    Search for user

    • Description: performs search for ODS user by given pattern
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.search"
    • Parameters:
      • pattern: the search pattern

    Social Network activity

    Invite User

    • Description: Sends invitation to friends
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.invite"
    • Parameters:
      • friends_email: email to which the invitation to be sent
      • custom_message: the message to be included in the invitation

    Process invitation

    • Description: process given invitation
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.invitation"
    • Parameters:
      • invitation_id: id of the invitation
      • approve: if 1, approved; if 0, not approved.

    Get user's invitations

    • Description: get user's invitations
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.invitations.get"
    • Parameters: none

    User terminate relation

    • Description: Terminates relation friend with user
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.relation_terminate"
    • Parameters:
      • friend: the name of the user in relation with.

    User Settings

    Tagging Rules

    User Add Tagging Rules

    • Description: adds tagging rules
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.tagging_rules.add"
    • Parameters:
      • rulelist_name: name of the rule
      • rules: array of the rule set
      • is_public: if 1, public; else, private

    User Delete Tagging rule

    • Description: deletes user tagging rule
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.tagging_rules.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • rulelist_name: name of the rule to be deleted

    User Update Tagging Rule

    • Description: updates user tagging rule
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.tagging_rules.update"
    • Parameters:
      • rulelist_name: rule name
      • rule: array of values for the tagging rule to be updated.

    Hyperlinking Rules

    User Add hyperlinking rules

    • Description: Adds hyperlinking to rules.
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.hyperlinking_rules.add"
    • Parameters:
      • rules: rules to be added

    User Update hyperlinking rules

    • Description: Update hyperlinking rules
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.hyperlinking_rules.update"
    • Parameters:
      • rules: rules to be updated

    User Delete hyperlinking rules

    • Description: Delete User hyperlinking rules
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.hyperlinking_rules.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • rules: rules to be deleted

    Topic Of Interests

    User Add Topic Of Interest

    • Description: Add Topic Of Interest
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.topicOfInterest.new"
    • Parameters:
      • topicURI: topic interest URI for adding
      • topicLabel: label/description of the URI

    User Delete Topic Of Interest

    • Description: Add Topic Of Interest
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.topicOfInterest.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • topicURI: topic interest URI for deleting

    Thing Of Interests

    User Add Thing Of Interest

    • Description: Add Thing Of Interest
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.thingOfInterest.new"
    • Parameters:
      • thingURI: thing interest URI for adding
      • thingLabel: label/description of the URI

    User Delete Thing Of Interest

    • Description: Add Thing Of Interest
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.thingOfInterest.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • thingURI: thing interest URI for deleting

    Offer List

    User Add Offer

    • Description: Add Offer
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.offer.new"
    • Parameters:
      • offerName: name of the offer for adding
      • offerComment: description of the offer

    User Delete Offer

    • Description: Delete Offer
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.offer.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • offerName: name of the offer for deleting

    User Add Offer Property

    • Description: Add Offer Property
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.offer.property.new"
    • Parameters:
      • offerName: offer name
      • offerProperty: offer RDF property for adding
      • offerPropertyLabel: property label

    User Delete Offer Property

    • Description: Add Offer Property
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.offer.property.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • offerName: offer name
      • offerProperty: offer RDF property for deleting

    Wish List

    User Add Wish

    • Description: Add Wish
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.wish.new"
    • Parameters:
      • wishName: wish name
      • wishType: wish type with values: 'has' or 'wish'
      • wishComment: description of the wish

    User Delete Wish

    • Description: Delete Wish
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.wish.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • wishName: wish name for deleteing

    User get FOAF data

    • Description: Gets User data by given FOAF IRI
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."user.getFOAFData"
    • Parameters:
      • foafIRI: foafIRI of the user

    Application instance activity

    Instance Create

    • Description: Creates ODS instance
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.create"
    • Parameters:
      • type: class type of the instance
      • name: name of the instance
      • description: short description
      • model: model of the instance
      • public: if 1</nowiki>, public; else, private

    Instance Update

    • Description: Update instance properties
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.update"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance
      • name: name of the instance
      • description: description of the instance
      • model: model type
      • public: if 1</nowiki>, public; else, private

    Instance Delete

    • Description: Delete Instance
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.delete"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance to be deleted

    Join to Instance

    • Description: Join existing instance
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.join"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance to join to

    Join instance Remove

    • Description: Remove existing join to instance
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.disjoin"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance to remove the join from

    Instance Join Approve

    • Description: Approve request to join to instance
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.join_approve"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance to join
      • uname: username requested the join

    Notification Services

    • Description: Returns notification services properties
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."notification.services"
    • Parameters: none

    Instance Notification Services

    • Description: Returns instance services notification
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.notification.services"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: instance id

    Instance Notification Set

    • Description: Instance notification set
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.notification.set"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance
      • services: array of services properties values

    Instance Notification Cancel

    • Description: Cancel Instance Notification
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.notification.cancel"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance
      • services: list of services

    Instance Notification Log

    • Description: Shows instance notification log
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.notification.log"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance

    Instance Search

    • Description: Search for instance by given pattern
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.search"
    • Parameters:
      • pattern: search pattern

    Instance Get

    • Description: Get Instance Properties
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."instance.get"
    • Parameters:
      • inst_id: id of the instance

    Global Actions

    Site Search

    • Description: Search within the ODS Data Space
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API."site.search"
    • Parameters:
      • pattern: search pattern
      • options: search options

    Error Handler

    • Description: Error handler
    • API name: ODS.ODS_API.error_handler
    • Parameters: none

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