Entity actions¶

Contains entity object description and API calls to interact with it.
Entity describes a class of objects for which representation and editable fields can be customized. For example, you can add your own custom fields to places entity or rearrange existing fields.

Entity object¶

{
    "id": 123,
    "type": "place",
    "settings": {
      "layout": {
        "sections": [{
          "label": "Section label",
          "field_order": [
            "label",
            "location",
            "131212",
            "tags",
            "description"
          ]
        }]
      }
    }
}

• id - int. Entity identifier.
• type - enum. Currently, only "place" is supported.
• layout - object describes layout of fields for entity.
• sections - array of objects. Each section can contain one or more fields. At least one section must exist in a layout.
• label - string. Name of section.
• field_order - string array. Built-in fields and ids of custom fields (as strings).

entity types:

place - a place object, the same as is available through place API.

Builtin fields:

• label.
• location.
• tags.
• description.

API actions¶

API path: /entity.

list¶

Get list of entities which are available for customization.

parameters¶

Only session hash.

examples¶

curl -X POST 'https://api.navixy.com/v2/entity/list' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    -d '{"hash": "22eac1c27af4be7b9d04da2ce1af111b"}'

https://api.navixy.com/v2/entity/list?hash=a6aa75587e5c59c32d347da438505fc3

response¶

{
    "success": true,
    "list": [{
      "id": 123,
      "type": "place",
      "settings": {
        "layout": {
          "sections": [{
            "label": "Section label",
            "field_order": [
              "label",
              "location",
              "131212",
              "tags",
              "description"
            ]
          }]
        }
      }
    }]
}

errors¶

• General types only.

read¶

Gets entity by the id or by type.

parameters¶

examples¶

curl -X POST 'https://api.navixy.com/v2/entity/read' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    -d '{"hash": "22eac1c27af4be7b9d04da2ce1af111b", "id": 131312}'

https://api.navixy.com/v2/entity/read?hash=a6aa75587e5c59c32d347da438505fc3&id=131312

response¶

{
    "success": true,
    "entity": {
        "id": 123,
        "type": "place",
        "settings": {
            "layout": {
                    "sections": [{
                        "label": "Section label",
                        "field_order": [
                          "label",
                          "location",
                          "131212",
                          "tags",
                          "description"
                        ]
                    }]
            }
        }
    }, 
    "fields": [{
       "id": 131312,
       "label": "Additional info", 
       "type":  "text",
       "required": true,
       "description": "Info about place"
    }]
}

• fields - array of objects. Fields associated with this entity. Described in field object.

errors¶

• 201 - Not found in the database – if there is no entity with such ID.

update(entity)¶

Updates settings of customizable entity. Entity must have a valid id.

required sub-user rights: places_custom_fields_update for entities with type place.

parameters¶

example¶

curl -X POST 'https://api.navixy.com/v2/entity/update' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    -d '{"hash": "22eac1c27af4be7b9d04da2ce1af111b", "entity": {"id": 123, "type": "place", "settings": {"layout": {"sections": [{"label": "Section label", "field_order": ["label", "location", "131212", "tags", "description"]}]}}}'

response¶

{
    "success": true
}

errors¶

• 201 - Not found in the database – if there is no entity with such ID.
• 7 - Invalid parameters - if entity object violates restrictions described above.