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Re: API

 

What I need is the UID for a chart, table or MAP so that I can use it to
set up an HTML report. When I go to api/charts/ I do get it.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If you go to /api/charts/, don't you see all of the charts currently
> available?
>
> For instance, on the demo (
> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/charts/UlfTKWZWV4u) you get back lots of
> information. Is this not what you are looking for? Maybe if you can be more
> specific, we can help you out further.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Jerome Shaguy <jeromeshaguy@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Something like this: api/charts/vUNvXxWssaJ
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Jason Pickering <
>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> What do you mean "API particulars"?
>>>
>>> I thought really you just wanted to be able to sort of navigate through
>>> the API, as was previously possible with the HMTL rendering, but maybe we
>>> call misunderstood?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jerome Shaguy <jeromeshaguy@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jason,
>>>>
>>>> I've just installed XML Tree, What I am looking for is the API
>>>> particulars so that I can retrieve it and use it in an HTML report. I have
>>>> not seen that in this XML Tree, do you know if this is supported?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Jerome Shaguy <jeromeshaguy@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot Jason, serves me right for not following threads
>>>>> faithfully[?]
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Jason Pickering <
>>>>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There have been several mails about this on the list already.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would suggest you install "XMLTree" as an extension, and it will
>>>>>> allow you to view the XML, pretty much the same as it was before. There was
>>>>>> another alternative mentioned a while back as well, so just look in the
>>>>>> Chome store for things to render XML as viewable HTML in your browser if
>>>>>> you do not like this one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Jerome Shaguy <
>>>>>> jeromeshaguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Lars, I was actually speaking about HTML - support. I will
>>>>>>> get back to you with this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Lars Kristian Roland <
>>>>>>> lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's also available in JSON for example, but you have to add .json
>>>>>>>> behind the URL. Were you thinking of the html-support? I thnk the
>>>>>>>> HTML-support was a bit problematic. We have some student projects working
>>>>>>>> on apps that map the API into more readable HTML-pages. If you have input
>>>>>>>> to good features for those students to implement as part of those projects,
>>>>>>>> that'd be excellent. What would be useful to have in such an
>>>>>>>> HTML-API-browsing-App?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The student projects are part of a course at UIO. Their deadline in
>>>>>>>> December, and since these are student projects, we don't expect them all to
>>>>>>>> be 100%, but of last year's projects several made it to the app store and
>>>>>>>> more specific projects.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have 100 students working on app projects, and here's the list
>>>>>>>> of current projects (there are several groups on each task):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Web API HTML-view browserData element bulk editorTouch-based
>>>>>>>> messaging appInterpretation to facebookFacility registry appDHIS
>>>>>>>> quiz appTools for quality insuranceAcademy connector
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> Lars
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2014-11-06 11:31 GMT+01:00 Jerome Shaguy <jeromeshaguy@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know why the API is currently only available in XML? I
>>>>>>>>> am using 2.17-SNAPSHOT.
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Lars Kristian Roland
>>>>>>>> Research Fellow, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>>>>> Email: lars@xxxxxxxxx - roland@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> Phone: +47 90733036
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Jason P. Pickering
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Jason P. Pickering
>>> email: jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
>>> tel:+46764147049
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jason P. Pickering
> email: jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
> tel:+46764147049
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