From 698585f779e9e093a0ce1347cec8a675ef1a2960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xdrm-brackets Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:25:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added 'client doc' for notice.api:3.0 --- notice/api/3.0.md | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/notice/api/3.0.md b/notice/api/3.0.md index 62d1ea8..eb80a1a 100644 --- a/notice/api/3.0.md +++ b/notice/api/3.0.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires: - error: 2.0 ``` -Plan +For developers ==== [**I.** Overview](#i-overview) @@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ Plan - [**1** API accessible documentation](#1---api-accessible-documentation) +For clients +==== + +[**I.** Simple request](#i-simple-request) + +- [**1** URL](#1---URL) +- [**2** variables](#2---variables) + +[**II.** Usage](#ii-usage) + + + + # **I.** Overview ## **1** Introduction & features @@ -425,4 +438,104 @@ With the *all-in-config* method, we can generate a consistent documentation or o ## **1** - API accessible documentation -You can request the API for information about the current URI by using the `OPTIONS` HTTP method. \ No newline at end of file +You can request the API for information about the current URI by using the `OPTIONS` HTTP method. + + +==== + + +# **I.** Simple request +## **1** - URL + +### format +The `uri` format is as defined: `{base}/{path}/{GET_parameters}`, where +- `{base}` is the server's *API* base uri (ex: `https://example.com/api/v1` or `https://api.exampl.com`) +- `{path}` is the effective path you want to access (ex: `article/author`) +- `{GET_parameters}` is a set of slash-separated values (ex: `val0/val1/val2//val4`) + +*Note:* GET parameters are not used as usual (`?var1=val1&var2=val2...`), instead the position in the URL gives them an implicit name which is `URL#`, where `#` is the index in the uri (beginning with 0). + +### example 1 + +If you want to edit an article with the server's REST API, it could be defined as following: + +```yaml +http: PUT +path: article/{id_article} +input: + body: new content of the article +output: + updated: the updated article data +``` + +Let's take the example where you want to update the article which id is **23** and set its body to "**blabla new content**" + +`HTTP REQUEST` +``` +PUT article/23 HTTP/1.0 + +body=blabla+new+content +``` + + +`HTTP RESPONSE` +``` +HTTP/1.0 200 OK +Content-Type: application/json + +{ + "error": 0, + "ErrorDescription": "all right", + + "updated": { + "id_article": 23, + "title": "article 23", + "body": "blabla new content" + } + +} +``` + +### example 2 + +If you want to get a specific article line, the request could be defined as following + +```yaml +http: GET +path: article/line/{id_article}/{no_line} +input: - +output: + articles: the list of matching lines +``` + +Let's take the example where you want to get **all articles** because `id_article` is set to optional, but you only want the first line of each so you have to give only the second parameter set to `1` (first line). + +*Solution:* The position in the `uri` where `id_article` must be, have to be left empty: it will result of 2 slashes (`//`). + +`HTTP REQUEST` +``` +GET article/line//1 HTTP/1.0 +``` + + +`HTTP RESPONSE` +``` +HTTP/1.0 200 OK +Content-Type: application/json + +{ + "error": 0, + "ErrorDescription": "all right", + + "articles": [ + { + "id_article": 23, + "line": [ 0: "blabla new content" + },{ + "id_article": 25, + "line": [ 0: "some article" + } + ] + +} +``` \ No newline at end of file