Element definitions

Summary of element endpoints

• GET /admin/api/element_definitions - list all available element definitions.
• POST /admin/api/element_definitions - create a new element definition.
• GET /admin/api/element_definitions/1 - get data for a single element definition.
• PUT /admin/api/element_definitions/1 - update attributes of a single element definition.
• DELETE /admin/api/element_definitions/1 - remove a element.

List all available element definitions

GET /admin/api/element_definitions

Example response:

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Person",
    "created_at": "2014-02-05T11:22:47.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-02-05T11:22:47.000Z",
    "url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/1",
    "elements_url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/elements?element_definition_id=1"
  }, {
    "id": 2,
    "title": "Book",
    "created_at": "2014-02-05T16:06:09.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-02-05T16:06:09.000Z",
    "url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/2",
    "elements_url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/elements?element_definition_id=2"
  }
]

Parameters

• per_page - elements per response (default: 50; maximum: 250).
• page - requested page (default: 1).

Filter attributes

Read more about filters.

• Object element_definition attributes: id, title, created_at, updated_at.

Create a new element definition

POST /admin/api/element_definitions

Example data:

{
  "title": "Author",
  "fields": [{
    "key": "birthday",
    "title": "Birthday",
    "data_type": "date",
    "position": 1
  }, {
    "key": "gender",
    "title": "Gender",
    "data_type": "select",
    "position": 2,
    "options": ["Female", "Male"]
  }, {
    "key": "description",
    "title": "Description",
    "data_type": "text",
    "position": 3
  }, {
    "key": "country",
    "title": "Country",
    "data_type": "string",
    "position": 4
  }, {
    "key": "public",
    "title": "Public",
    "data_type": "boolean",
    "position": 5
  }, {
    "key": "photo",
    "title": "Photo",
    "data_type": "image",
    "position": 6
  }]
}

Example response:

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 3,
  "title": "Author",
  "created_at": "2014-02-05T14:22:56.434Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-05T14:22:56.434Z",
  "url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/3",
  "elements_url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/elements?element_definition_id=3",
  "data": {
    "properties": {
      "birthday": {
        "title": "Birthday",
        "data_type": "date",
        "position": 1
      },
      "gender": {
        "title": "Gender",
        "data_type": "select",
        "position": 2,
        "options": ["Female", "Male"]
      },
      "description": {
        "title": "Description",
        "data_type": "text",
        "position": 3
      },
      "country": {
        "title": "Country",
        "data_type": "string",
        "position": 4
      },
      "public": {
        "title": "Public",
        "data_type": "boolean",
        "position": 5
      },
      "photo": {
        "title": "Photo",
        "data_type": "image",
        "position": 6
      }
    }
  }
}

Parameters

Required parameters:

• title - name of the definition.

Optional parameters:

• fields - definition fields as array where every field is described as hash (eg "fields": [{"key": "description", "title": "Description", "data_type": "text", "position": 1}]).

Required field attributes:

• key - unique key for field (column identificator) (e.g. descriptio-field).
• title - human readable title for given field (e.g Description).
• position - filed position (e.g. 1) in fields lists.
• data_type - field type allowed values are:
  • string - string input.
  • text - text input with rich text editor.
  • number - number input that allows integer and numbers with floating point.
  • select - select input.
  • boolean - boolean checkbox.
  • date - date input.
  • datetime - date with time.
  • image - draggable image (path) input.
• options - array of select values (e.g ["", "Option 1", "Option 2"]) (required for "select" data type).

Get data for a single element definition

GET /admin/api/element_definitions/1

Example request:

GET http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/2

Example response:

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 2,
  "title": "Book",
  "created_at": "2014-02-05T16:06:09.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-05T16:06:09.000Z",
  "url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/2",
  "elements_url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/elements?element_definition_id=2",
  "data": {
    "properties": {
      "isbn": {
        "data_type": "string",
        "title": "ISBN",
        "position": 2
      },
      "category": {
        "data_type": "select",
        "options": [
          "Fiction",
          "Reference",
          "Cookbooks"
        ],
        "title": "Category",
        "position": 1
      },
      "release-date": {
        "data_type": "date",
        "title": "Release date",
        "position": 3
      }
    }
  }
}

Update attributes of a single element definition

PUT /admin/api/element_definitions/1

This request updates the definition with provided attributes.

Example request:

PUT http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/3

Example data:

Status: 200 OK

{
  "title": "Author",
  "fields": [{
    "key": "description",
    "title": "Description",
    "data_type": "text",
    "position": 1
  }]
}

Example response:

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 3,
  "title": "Author",
  "created_at": "2014-02-05T14:22:56.434Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-05T15:01:03.434Z",
  "url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/3",
  "elements_url": "http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/elements?element_definition_id=3",
  "data": {
    "properties": {
      "description": {
        "title": "Description",
        "data_type": "text",
        "position": 1
      }
    }
  }
}

Parameters

Required parameters:

• title - name of the definition.

Optional parameters:

• fields - definition fields as array where every field is described as hash (eg "fields": [{"key": "description", "title": "Description", "data_type": "text", "position": 1}]). Replaces fields set with new one. See more.

Remove a element

DELETE /admin/api/element_definitions/1

This request deletes the element from the database. NB! Also all related element objects are deleted with definition.

Example request:

DELETE http://helloworld.voog.co/admin/api/element_definitions/3

Example response:

Status: 204 No Content