REST API Reference

The PReS Connect REST API defines a number of RESTful services that facilitate various functionality within the server during workflow processing.

The following table is a summary of the services available in the PReS Connect REST API:

Service Name Internal Name Description

Authentication Service

AuthenticationRestService

Exposes methods for authenticated access (login & password) to the PReS Connect REST API. Uses a combination of basic and token based authorisation.

Content Creation Service

ContentCreationRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of new Print context based content creation operations within the workflow, including a method for accessing the result of a successful operation. Also exposes methods for generating preview PDFs of print output for single data records.

Content Item Entity Service

ContentItemEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Content Item entity type including property value accessor methods and an associated data record lookup method.

Content Set Entity Service

ContentSetEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Content Set entity type including property value accessor methods, methods to access all content sets and delete specific content sets, and a method to access the content item IDs contained within a specific content set.

Data Record Entity Service

DataRecordEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Data Record entity type including accessor methods for data records and the value & property values for a specific data record. Also exposes a method for adding new records to an existing data record or data set.

Data Set Entity Service

DataSetEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Data Set entity type including property value accessor methods, methods to access all data sets and delete specific data sets, and a method to access the data record IDs contained within a specific data set.

Data Mapping Service

DataminingRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of data mapping operations within the workflow, including a method for accessing the result of a successful operation. Also exposes methods for basic data mapping pass-throughs specific to PDF VT data files.

Document Entity Service

DocumentEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Document entity type including metadata property value accessor methods.

Document Set Entity Service

DocumentSetEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Document Set entity type including metadata property value accessor methods, and a method to access the document IDs contained within a specific document set.

Content Creation (Email) Service

EmailExportRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of new Email context based content creation operations within the workflow, including a method for accessing the result of a successful operation.

Entity Service

EntityRestService

Exposes a method for the selection of data (of a specific entity type) using various search criteria.

File Store Service

FilestoreRestService

Exposes methods specific to file store operations in PReS Connect including the upload of data files, data mapping configurations, design templates, job creation presets & output creation presets. Also exposes methods for the download and deletion of existing managed files in the file store.

Content Creation (HTML) Service

HTMLMergeRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation of new Web context based content. Also exposes an additional method to access the resources withing the Web context of a design template.

Job Creation Service

JobCreationRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of job creation operations within the workflow, including a method for accessing the result of a successful operation.

Job Entity Service

JobEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Job entity type including property and metadata property value accessor methods, a method to access the content items contained within a specific job, and a method to access the job segment IDs contained within a specific job.

Job Segment Entity Service

JobSegmentEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Job Segment entity type including metadata property value accessor methods, and a method to access the document set IDs contained within a specific job segment.

Job Set Entity Service

JobSetEntityRestService

Exposes methods specific to the Job Set entity type including property and metadata property value accessor methods, methods to access all jobs sets and delete specific data sets, and a method to access the job IDs contained within a specific job set.

Output Creation Service

OutputCreationRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of output creation operations within the workflow, including methods for accessing the result of a successful operation.

All-In-One Service

PrintRestService

Exposes methods for the manual creation, monitoring & cancellation of "All-In-One" operations within the workflow, including methods for accessing the result of a successful operation.

 
   
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  • Last Published: 2017-10-20 : 9:28 AM