API Parameters¶

Note

VOSS Automate will not support API Backward Compatibility from release 21.1 and future releases. From release 21.1 forward, the following must be removed from API requests.

API parameter: api_version=<version_number>
Request header: X-Version:<version_number>

The hierarchy parameter is required for each API request and can be specified as any of the following:

the pkid of the hierarchy node in the form of a UUID, for example 1c055772c0deab00da595101
in dot notation, for example ProviderName.CustomerName.LocationName

To obtain the pkid of a hierarchy node, refer to the path element in the metadata of data/HierarchyNode resource.

Note

For the purposes of simplifying the documentation, the hierarchy API parameter &hierarchy=[hierarchy] is not included in all examples in this document. Specifying the hierarchy is however required in all API requests where the instance pkid is not referenced. In the examples, [hierarchy] is substituted with the caller’s hierarchy id.

Format¶

The system API supports the following request parameters for data format when handling requests.

Key	Description	Value
format	The format type of the body of the request	json

A request of the following format returns HTML:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/help/

A parameter &format=json is not displayed in all examples, but it is required for all requests unless a different format is specifically stated.

Configuration Template and Template Name¶

The Configuration Template can be specified in the POST request parameters for a resource as follows:

POST /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/&template_name=[CFG name]

Key	Description	Value
template	Apply the Configuration Template with pkid [CFG pkid] to the payload of the POST request.	[CFG pkid]
template_name	Apply the Configuration Template with name [CFG name] to the payload of the POST request.	[CFG name]

Field Display Policy¶

Field Display Policy can be specified in the GET request parameters for a resource as follows:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/add/

Key	Description	Value
policy	Return a model form schema where the Field Display Policy with pkid [FDP pkid] is applied to it. Use `policy` with the parameters `schema` and `format=json`.	[FDP pkid]
policy_name	Return a model form schema where the Field Display Policy with name [FDP name] is applied to it. Use `policy` with the parameters `schema` and `format=json`.	[FDP name]

Cached¶

The API can return cached data from the system or data from devices, using the following format:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/[pkid]/

Key	Description	Value	Default
cached	System will respond with resource information where the data was obtained from cache. (Functionally only applicable to device models and domain models containing device models)	true, false	true

Note

From 11.5.2 onwards, the API URL cached parameter on the Subscriber list (/api/relation/Subscriber/) will not be honoured. Data presented to the API will always display cached information and will not refresh the information from the device during a list query with cached=false.

Resource instance¶

To identify a single resource, the API call contains the single resource (pkid) using the following format:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/(pkid)/

Schema and Schema Rules¶

To obtain the schema or schema rules of a resource, use the following parameters to an API request:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/?
  hierarchy=[hierarchy]&schema=true&schema_rules=true

Key	Description	Value
schema	Return the schema of the resource. Use with the parameter `format=json`	true, false
schema_rules	Return the GUI Rules and Field Display Policies of the resource if available. Use with the parameters `format=json` and `schema` to see `schema_rules` in the response.	true, false

List pagination¶

The system API supports the following two tables of API request parameters when specifying the format of and structure of the resources to list.

Pagination parameters

Key	Description	Value	Default
skip	The list resource offset. If the `Range` request header is used, it will override this parameter.		0
limit	The maximum number of resources returned. The maximum value is 2000. If the `Range` request header is used, it will override this parameter.	1-2000	50
count	Specify if the number of resources should be counted. If false, the `pagination` object in the response shows the `total` as 0, so no total is calculated and the API performance is improved.	true, false	true

List format¶

List format parameters

Key	Description	Value	Default
order_by	The summary attribute field to sort on		First summary attribute
direction	The direction of the summary attribute field sort (asc:ascending, desc: descending)	asc, desc	asc
summary	Only summary data is returned in the data object	true, false	true
traversal	The direction of the resource lookup of resources tied to the hierarchy tree from the hierarchy node provided as parameter	up, down, local	down

Note

From 11.5.2 onwards for api/relation/Subscriber:

The API URL summary parameter on the Subscriber list (/api/relation/Subscriber/) will not be honoured. Data presented to the API will always display summarized information and will not display full CUCM User data with summary=false.
The API parameter traversal=up on the Subscriber list (/api/relation/Subscriber/) will not be honoured. Data presented to the API will default to display resources down the hierarchy tree with traversal=up.

Filter¶

Models that have the list action defined in their schema can also be filtered by using a number of URL filter parameters in parameter sets of four key-value pairs.

Filters also apply to the api/tool/Transaction/ endpoint, which has additional filter functionality to filter by transaction ID. Refer to the topic on Filter Transactions.

These parameters can be added in addition to the parameters available to list resources as in the topic on API Parameters.

A single filter query can contain one or more sets of the following four parameters:

Key	Description	Value	Default
filter_field	The model attribute name to filter.	The name of the attribute in the list of `summary_attrs` in the model schema.
filter_condition	The matching operator for the `filter_field`. If `equals` is used in a condition, then other filter sets are ignored.	One of the conditions below, applied to a `filter_text` string value. `startswith` `endswith` `contains` `notcontain` `equals` `notequal`	`contains`
filter_text	A text string applied to the `filter_field` by a `filter_condition`.	Plain text
ignore_case	Additional specifier applied to the case of the `filter_text`.	Either `true` or `false`.	`true`

Example showing a single filter set:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/?
  hierarchy=[hierarchy]
  &filter_field=[attribute_name]
  &filter_condition=startswith
  &filter_text=John
  &ignore_case=false

Note

For relation/Subscriber, the list of filter_field values are restricted to:

userid
firstname
lastname
mailid
hierarchy_friendly_name
device
extension_mobility
phone

If more than one filter set is used, all similar keys are grouped, so that the key position indicates the filter set. For example:

GET /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/?
  hierarchy=[hierarchy]
  &filter_field=[attribute_name]
  &filter_field=[attribute_name2]
  &filter_condition=startswith
  &filter_condition=endswith
  &filter_text=John
  &filter_text=an
  &ignore_case=false
  &ignore_case=false

The two filter sets in this example, are:

&filter_field=[attribute_name]
&filter_condition=startswith
&filter_text=John
&ignore_case=false

and

&filter_field=[attribute_name2]
&filter_condition=endswith
&filter_text=th
&ignore_case=false

Synchronous and Asynchronous¶

It is possible to submit mutator type operations with API parameters to complete synchronously, in which case the synchronous response to the transaction either includes the status of the transaction or a fault response. This is not recommended as long-running transactions or a busy system may exceed the HTTP timeout.

This is only available for models where the actions in the meta data contains support_async.

Key	Description	Value	Default
nowait	Controls the API synchronous or asynchronous behavior for requests resulting in transactions. Please refer to the `support_async` property in the model schema under meta -> actions, for an indication of support per action.	true, false	false

Tags¶

To manage (add, remove) tags of a resource instance where the resource operations permissions allows tag management.

Key

Description

Value

tag

Applies to resource instance (<instance_pkid>)
Uses +tag in URL
Resource operation enables Tag
API call is PATCH on resource instance

<tag_value>

See below.

<tag_value> can be:

a tag name (no capital letters if tag should be searchable).
__CLEAR_TAG__<tag_name> to remove a tag <tag_name>.
__CLEAR_ALL_TAGS__ to remove all tags.

PATCH /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/<instance_pkid>/+tag/?
  hierarchy=[hierarchy]
  &tag=<tag_value>

Note

More than one tag parameter may be used, for example &tag=tag_one&tag=tag_two...

Example JSON export of meta object of an instance showing:

tags: “mytag”, “another_tag”
version_tag: “1.2”

"meta": {
              "tags": [
                  "mytag",
                  "another_tag"
              ],
              "pkid": "5ad5e4e3affa9343e4d9b140",
              "schema_version": "0.2.2",
              "hierarchy": "sys",
              "version_tag": "1.2",
              "model_type": "data/GeneralHelp"
          }

Version Tags¶

To manage (add, remove) tags of a resource instance where the resource operations permissions allows tag management.

Key

Description

Value

version_tag

Applies to resource instance (<instance_pkid>)
Uses +tag_version in URL
Resource operation enables Version Tag
API call is PATCH on resource instance

<version_tag_value>

for example 1.1, 1.2 ..

PATCH /api/(str:model_type)/(str:model_name)/<instance_pkid>/+tag_version/?
  hierarchy=[hierarchy]
  &version_tag=<version_tag_value>

Example JSON export of meta object of an instance showing:

tags: “mytag”, “another_tag”
version_tag: “1.2”

"meta": {
              "tags": [
                  "mytag",
                  "another_tag"
              ],
              "pkid": "5ad5e4e3affa9343e4d9b140",
              "schema_version": "0.2.2",
              "hierarchy": "sys",
              "version_tag": "1.2",
              "model_type": "data/GeneralHelp"
          }

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API Parameters¶

Format¶

Configuration Template and Template Name¶

Field Display Policy¶

Cached¶

Resource instance¶

Schema and Schema Rules¶

List pagination¶

List format¶

Filter¶

Synchronous and Asynchronous¶

Tags¶

Version Tags¶