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Table of Contents

Authentication

For each request, authentication data must be sent. For the TreeApi, two kinds of authentication are possible: basic authentication and JWT authentication.

Basic authentication

If basic authentication is used, the user name and password must be encoded in the basic authentication header field of the HTTP request. This must be done for each request.

JWT authentication

(warning) TBDJWT config options can be set in xio.TreeApi.cfg
A Bearer token can be retrieved via POST /security/createToken
Body:

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{
  "username": "--username--",
  "password": "--password--"
}

A new token can be retrieved by providing a valid token to GET /security/refresh

Request and response

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format

Request bodies must be encoded as JSON data. In addition it is required to send the correct HTTP content header field:

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All response bodies are encoded as JSON data too.

Services for reading and writing items

Read Item

Retrieve single item values.

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Note

Instead of backslash \ the normal slash / must be used as separator.

URL Parameters

Parameter

Description

Values

Mandatory

light

If activated, only the value of the item is returned. If deactivated, a set of predefined properties are returned.

true/false

No. Default: false

waitForChange

return request on item value change

true/false

No. Default: false

properties

Comma-separated list of item property ids to fetch

<property-id>,<property-id>,…

No. Default: empty

Example

Request:

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GET http://127.0.0.1:21012/NETx/VAR/Boolean/Item001?properties=1002,1003,1004

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http(s)://<ip or host>:<port>/read

URL parameters

Parameter

Description

Values

Mandatory

light

If activated, only the value of the item is returned. If deactivated, a set of predefined properties are returned.

true/false

No. Default: false

Request body

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["<item id1>", "<item id2", ...]

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[
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\VAR\\Boolean\\Item001",
        "apiPath": "NETx/VAR/Boolean/Item001",
        "parentItemId": "NETx\\VAR\\Boolean",
        "name": "Item001",
        "description": "Variable 1 (Boolean)",
        "type": 21,
        "quality": "uncertain",
        "value": null,
        "lastChange": "2023-05-26T10:05:51.437Z",
        "accessRights": "readWrite",
        "source": ""
    },
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\VAR\\Boolean\\Item002",
        "apiPath": "NETx/VAR/Boolean/Item002",
        "parentItemId": "NETx\\VAR\\Boolean",
        "name": "Item002",
        "description": "Variable 2 (Boolean)",
        "type": 21,
        "quality": "uncertain",
        "value": null,
        "lastChange": "1899-12-30T00:00:00Z",
        "accessRights": "readWrite",
        "source": ""
    }
]

Read tree recursively

Retrieve current tree state recursively

Code Block
$ curl -u "usr:passwd" -s http://localhost:21012/tree

URL parameters

Parameter

Description

Values

Mandatory

root

Base item branch (required, eg. NETx/VAR).

Yes.

properties

Comma-separated list of item property ids to fetch.

No. Default: ““

depth

Maximum recursion depth (0=unlimited).

No. Default: 0

Read partial tree recursively

Retrieve multiple tree parts recursively

Code Block
$ curl -u "usr:passwd" -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '["NETx/VAR/String/Item001", "NETx/VAR/String/Item002"]' http://localhost:21012/tree

URL parameters

Parameter

Description

Values

Mandatory

properties

Comma-separated list of item property ids to fetch.

No. Default: ““

depth

Maximum recursion depth (0=unlimited).

No. Default: 0

Write Item value

In case the api permission for this item is write-only ('w'), the request returns with HTTP 204

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Code Block
$ curl -u "usr:passwd" -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"NEW Value for 001"' <http://localhost:21012/NETx/VAR/String/Item001?light=true>

Write Multiple Items

To write multiple items, the item Ids including the values and optionally the timestamps must be passed as JSON array in the request body.

HTTP mode

POST

URL

Code Block
http(s)://<ip or host>:<port>/write

URL parameters

None

Request body

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[
    {
        "itemId": "<item id 1>",
        "value": <value>,
        "timestamp": <timestamp>,
        "source": <source information>
    },
    {
        "itemId": "<item id 2>",
        "value": <value>,
        "timestamp": <timestamp>,
        "source": <source information>
    },
    ...
]
  • itemId: mandatory

  • value: mandatory

  • timestamp: optional

  • source: optional

    • If not used, use: “SYS:TREEAPI;IP:<client IP>;USR:<username>”

Example

Request:

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http://127.0.0.1:21012/write
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[
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter01\\Total Energy",
        "value": 128.8,
        "timestamp": "2024-02-1T00:00:00.00Z",
        "source": "SYS:TREEAPI"
    },
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter01\\Total Energy",
        "value": 130.5,
        "timestamp": "2024-02-1T01:15:00.00Z"
    },
	{
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter02\\Total Energy",
        "value": 133.5,
        "timestamp": "2024-02-1T01:15:00.00Z"
    },
	{
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter02\\Volts",
        "value": 223.45
    }
]

Response:

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[
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter01\\Total Energy",
        "result": "success"
    },
    {
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter01\\Total Energy",
        "result": "success"
    },
	{
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter02\\Total Energy",
        "result": "success"
    },
	{
        "itemId": "NETx\\Virtual\\Floor1\\Meter02\\Volts",
        "result": "success"
    }
]

Listen for item value changes

Make sure to include the 'Authorization' header based on your chosen settings.

Code Block
ws://localhost:21012/live?items=NETx/VAR/String/Item001,NETx/VAR/String/Item002

URL parameters

Parameter

Description

Values

Mandatory

items

Comma-separated list of item property ids to watch.

Comma-separated list of item property ids.

No. Default ““.

URL parameters

items

comma-separated list of item property ids to watch