OverviewThese APIs provide a basic search API for data that is published from the Online Directory system. This API will return a person's primary listing and the first device/address results for that listing. If you need assistance with this APIs, please email middleware-api@ucdavis.edu. Audience Excerpt |
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This documentation is intended for developers who wish to perform a basic search on the public data within the Online Directory system from within their application via the REST with JSON interface. |
This is currently the only interface available for this API. If you would like to see an XML interface please email middleware-api@ucdavis.edu. Application requirementsEach request must provide a valid application key. You may sign up for your own application key here <INSERT LINK>. Using the JSON interface The easiest way to start learning about this interface is to try it out. This section shows how to use the curl command line tool to execute sample queries. Code Block |
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| curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" https://iet-ws-test/directory/search?q=Curtis%20Bray&key=JPO3Dkljsd3Skjkdxxo3SJK00&v=1.0 |
This command performs a bulk load request (/directory/search). The response has a Content-Type of text/javascript. Code Block |
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title | Sample JSON Response |
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{
"responseData" : {
"results" : [
{
"departmentNumber": "061419",
"eduPersonAffiliation" : "staff",
"cn": "Curtis L Bray",
"givenName": "Curtis",
"sn": "Bray",
"mail" : "clbray@ucdavis.edu",
"ou": "APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT & DATA ADMINISTRATION",
"postalAddress": "3820 Chiles Rd$Davis, CA 95618",
"telephoneNumber" : "+1 530 754 6199",
"l": "Davis",
"postalCode" : "95618",
"street": "3820 Chiles Rd",
"st": "CA",
"title": "Manager",
"displayName": "Curtis Bray"
},
{ .... }
],
"responseDetails" : null,
"responseStatus" : 2000
}
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JSON referenceUnlike the core JavaScript interface, the JSON interface is exposed through a uniform URL that contains CGI arguments. Your application can use an HTTP stack of its choosing. In order to use the JSON interface: - You must construct a properly formatted URL with all necessary CGI arguments.
- You must send an HTTP referer header that accurately identifies your application.
- You must process the JSON-encoded response.
URL base address The standard URL for the IET Middleware Online Directory Bulk Load API is: https://iet-ws.ucdavis.edu/directory/search URL argumentsThis section describes the arguments that can be used for search requests. The value of a CGI argument must always be properly escaped. This can be done via the functional equivalent of JavaScript's encodeURIComponent() method. Required URL argumentsThe following table lists the required URL arguments. Argument | Example | Description |
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q | q=FirstName%20LastName | The string to be used to search the displayName attribute. | key | key=your-key | This argument supplies the application's key. You can sign up for an API key <INSERT LINK HERE>. It must be a valid key associated with your application. The key is required for this API to implement quality of service rules for this API. If your application is making too many requests it will be throttled to ensure resources are not overloaded during times of peak usage. Also, by supplying a key we can identify and contact you should something go wrong with your application. | v | v=1.0 | This argument supplies protocol version number. The only valid value at this point in time is 1.0. |
Each response follow this general format: Code Block |
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{
"responseData" : {
"results" : []
},
"responseDetails" : null | string-on-error,
"responseStatus" : 2000 | error-code
}
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In the JSON fragment above, note that the responseData property contains a results array and an optional cursor. Results array: guaranteed fieldsThe results array always contains the parameters listed in this section, even if the value is empty. NOTE: All data returned from this API will be filtered to only return records that are not marked private or protected. Each person will have a single result returned that provides their primary listing information along with the first device/address data in that listing. These parameters are based on the LDAP attributes as defined by: Attributes for ou=People,dc=ucdavis,dc=edu. Property | Description |
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ucdPersonUUID
| Unique identifier for this result. This value can be used to correlate results between multiple Online Directory APIs.
| mail | Mail (primary) | cn | Full name(s) of the form (as components are defined): First Last, Nick Last, First Middle Last | displayName | Name formatted per white pages rules | givenName | First name | sn | Last name | eduPersonNickname
| Nickname, if defined
| telephoneNumber
| Telephone number (primary)
| pager
| Pager number (primary)
| mobile
| Mobile (primary)
| postalAddress
| Personal mailing address (primary)
| street
| Street (primary)
| l | Locality/City (primary)
| c | Country (primary)
| postalCode
| Zip Code (primary)
| st
| State (primary)
| labeledURI
| URL (primary)
| ou
| Department name (primary)
| title
| Title (primary)
| results[] | results[] contains an array of bulk load result objects, one for each result. Each time the API executes, this property is cleared, and each time a API completes, the array is populated. If there are no results to report, the .length property of this array will be set to 0. Therefore, results will never be null, and you can always safely check for results.length == 0. |
The responseStatus property contains a value of 0 on success and a custom error status code on failure. If there is a failure, responseDetails contains a diagnostic string. Trouble shootingIf you encounter problems with your code: - Make sure your API key is valid.
- Look for typos. Remember that JavaScript is a case-sensitive language.
- Use a JavaScript debugger. In Firefox, you can use the JavaScript console or the Firebug. In IE, you can use the Microsoft Script Debugger.
- If you need to examine the JSON string returned from the server, you can use JSON Lint to make a single, long string human readable.
- Email middleware-api@ucdavis.edu with a description of your problem and a trace of the request and response.
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