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Collection
/api/collection endpoints. By default, these endpoints operate on Collections in the ‘default’ namespace, which is
the namespace that has things like Dashboards and Cards. Other namespaces of Collections exist as well, such as the
:snippet namespace, (‘Snippet folders’ in the UI). These namespaces are independent hierarchies. To use these
endpoints for other Collections namespaces, you can pass the ?namespace= parameter (e.g., ?namespace=snippet).
GET /api/collection/
Fetch a list of all Collections that the current user has read permissions for (:can_write is returned as an
additional property of each Collection so you can tell which of these you have write permissions for.)
By default, this returns non-archived Collections, but instead you can show archived ones by passing
?archived=true.
By default, admin users will see all collections. To hide other user’s collections pass in
?exclude-other-user-collections=true.
PARAMS:
-
archivednullable value must be a valid boolean string (‘true’ or ‘false’). -
exclude-other-user-collectionsnullable value must be a valid boolean string (‘true’ or ‘false’). -
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string.
GET /api/collection/:id
Fetch a specific Collection with standard details added.
PARAMS:
idvalue must be an integer greater than zero.
GET /api/collection/:id/items
Fetch a specific Collection’s items with the following options:
models- only include objects of a specific set ofmodels. If unspecified, returns objects of all modelsarchived- whentrue, return archived objects instead of unarchived ones. Defaults tofalse.pinned_state- whenis_pinned, return pinned objects only. whenis_not_pinned, return non pinned objects only. whenall, return everything. By default returns everything.
PARAMS:
-
id -
modelsvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must satisfy one of the following requirements: 1) value must be an array. Each value must be one of:card,collection,dashboard,dataset,no_models,pulse,snippet,timeline. 2) value must be one of:card,collection,dashboard,dataset,no_models,pulse,snippet,timeline. -
archivedvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be a valid boolean string (‘true’ or ‘false’). -
pinned_statevalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:all,is_not_pinned,is_pinned. -
sort_columnvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:last_edited_at,last_edited_by,model,name. -
sort_directionvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:asc,desc.
GET /api/collection/:id/timelines
Fetch a specific Collection’s timelines.
PARAMS:
-
idvalue must be an integer greater than zero. -
includenullable must equal events -
archivednullable boolean
GET /api/collection/graph
Fetch a graph of all Collection Permissions.
You must be a superuser to do this.
PARAMS:
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string.
GET /api/collection/root
Return the ‘Root’ Collection object with standard details added.
PARAMS:
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string.
GET /api/collection/root/items
Fetch objects that the current user should see at their root level. As mentioned elsewhere, the ‘Root’ Collection
doesn’t actually exist as a row in the application DB: it’s simply a virtual Collection where things with no
collection_id exist. It does, however, have its own set of Permissions.
This endpoint will actually show objects with no collection_id for Users that have Root Collection
permissions, but for people without Root Collection perms, we’ll just show the objects that have an effective
location of /.
This endpoint is intended to power a ‘Root Folder View’ for the Current User, so regardless you’ll see all the top-level objects you’re allowed to access.
By default, this will show the ‘normal’ Collections namespace; to view a different Collections namespace, such as
snippets, you can pass the ?namespace= parameter.
PARAMS:
-
modelsvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must satisfy one of the following requirements: 1) value must be an array. Each value must be one of:card,collection,dashboard,dataset,no_models,pulse,snippet,timeline. 2) value must be one of:card,collection,dashboard,dataset,no_models,pulse,snippet,timeline. -
archivedvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be a valid boolean string (‘true’ or ‘false’). -
namespacevalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be a non-blank string. -
pinned_statevalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:all,is_not_pinned,is_pinned. -
sort_columnvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:last_edited_at,last_edited_by,model,name. -
sort_directionvalue may be nil, or if non-nil, value must be one of:asc,desc.
GET /api/collection/root/timelines
Fetch the root Collection’s timelines.
PARAMS:
-
includenullable must equal events -
archivednullable boolean
GET /api/collection/tree
Similar to GET /, but returns Collections in a tree structure, e.g.
[{:name "A"
:below #{:card :dataset}
:children [{:name "B"}
{:name "C"
:here #{:dataset :card}
:below #{:dataset :card}
:children [{:name "D"
:here #{:dataset}
:children [{:name "E"}]}
{:name "F"
:here #{:card}
:children [{:name "G"}]}]}]}
{:name "H"}]
The here and below keys indicate the types of items at this particular level of the tree (here) and in its subtree (below).
PARAMS:
-
exclude-archivednullable boolean -
exclude-other-user-collectionsnullable boolean -
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string.
POST /api/collection/
Create a new Collection.
PARAMS:
-
namevalue must be a non-blank string. -
colornullable regex pattern matching #“^#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}$” -
descriptionnullable value must be a non-blank string. -
parent_idnullable value must be an integer greater than zero. -
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string. -
authority_levelnullable enum of official
PUT /api/collection/:id
Modify an existing Collection, including archiving or unarchiving it, or moving it.
PARAMS:
-
idvalue must be an integer greater than zero. -
namenullable value must be a non-blank string. -
colornullable regex pattern matching #“^#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}$” -
descriptionnullable value must be a non-blank string. -
archivednullable value must be a valid boolean string (‘true’ or ‘false’). -
parent_idnullable value must be an integer greater than zero. -
authority_levelnullable enum of official -
collection-updates
PUT /api/collection/graph
Do a batch update of Collections Permissions by passing in a modified graph. Will overwrite parts of the graph that are present in the request, and leave the rest unchanged.
You must be a superuser to do this.
PARAMS:
-
namespacenullable value must be a non-blank string. -
bodymap
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