Entity actions¶

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 is:

<entity> = {
    "id": 123, //identifier
    "type": "place", //currently, only "place" is supported
    "settings": {
        "layout": { //describes layout of fields for entity.
                "sections": [ //each section can contain one or more fields. At least one section must exist in layout.
                  {
                    "label": "Section label",
                    "field_order": [ //built-in fields and ids of custom fields (as strings)
                      "label",
                      "location",
                      "131212",
                      "tags",
                      "description"
                    ]
                  }
                ]
              }
    }
}

entity types: * place - a place object, the same that is available through place/ API

Builtin fields:

• label
• location
• tags
• description

list¶

Get list of entities which are available for customization.

parameters¶

none

response¶

{
    "success": true,
    "list": [ <entity>, ... ]
}

errors¶

Standard errors only.

read¶

Get entity by id or by type

parameters¶

Exactly one of these parameters must be specified. They can't be both null or both non-null.

response¶

{
    "success": true,
    "entity": <entity>, 
    "fields": [ //fields associated with this entity
        <field>,
        ...
    ]
}

errors¶

• 201 (Not found in database) – if there is no entity with such ID

update(entity)¶

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

required subuser rights: places_custom_fields_update for entities with type place

WARNING: entity.settings.layout.sections must contain ids of all builtin and custom fields which are associated with this entity. No fields can be omitted from layout, only reordering is allowed. Fields cannot be duplicated, even in different sections.

parameters¶

errors¶

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

response¶

{
    "success": true
}