Field Selection

Single Resource

The JSON result for a single resource will always contain all fields. These fields are composed of:

  1. simple properties, like id, name and location
  2. single references, like site and organization
  3. collections of references, like addresses and contacts

Note that the properties and single references may be null and that collections of references may be empty.

 $ curl https://api.4me.com/v1/people/15

status: 200 OK
{
  "picture_uri": "https://itrp-demo.s3.amazonaws.com/defaults/avatars/people/large/2-56089.png",
  "name": "Susan Spoc",
  "location": "Cubicle P2-314",
  "created_at": "2016-03-30T11:26:45Z",
  "sourceID": null,
  "primary_email": "susan.spoc@virtualsupport.com",
  "job_title": "Service Desk Analyst",
  "addresses": [],
  "updated_at": "2016-03-30T11:27:21Z",
  "account": {
    "name": "VirtualSupport",
    "id": "virtualsupport"
  },
  "manager": {
    "name": "Khunal Shrestra",
    "account": {
      "name": "VirtualSupport",
      "id": "virtualsupport"
    },
    "id": 2
  },
  "information": "Susan can act as a service desk analyst for Widget North America and Widget Data Center.",
  "id": 15,
  "site": {
    "name": "VirtualSupport Global Support Center",
    "account": {
      "name": "VirtualSupport",
      "id": "virtualsupport"
    },
    "id": 4
  },
  "organization": {
    "name": "VirtualSupport, Ltd.",
    "account": {
      "name": "VirtualSupport",
      "id": "virtualsupport"
    },
    "id": 2
  },
  "disabled": false,
  "contacts": [
    {
      "label": "work",
      "id": 301,
      "telephone": "+91 (80) 2547 7154"
    },
    {
      "label": "fax",
      "id": 300,
      "telephone": "+91 (80) 2547 7101"
    }
  ],
  "source": null
}

Account

When the account of the resource is different from the account of the authenticated user, the account reference will be provided.

Collection of Resources

When requesting a collection of resources only the default fields are returned.

 $ curl https://api.4me.com/v1/sites

status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "created_at": "2016-03-10T02:04:15-06:00",
    "id": 13,
    "name": "Widget Data Center",
    "sourceID": 4,
    "updated_at": "2016-03-10T02:04:15-06:00"
  },
  "..."
]

Using the ?fields= parameter specific fields can be selected. The id field is implicit and is always included in the results.

 $ curl https://api.4me.com/v1/sites?fields=name,country,disabled

status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "country": "US",
    "disabled": false,
    "id": 13,
    "name": "Widget Data Center"
  },
  "..."
]

Account

When the account of the resource is different from the account of the authenticated user, the account reference will be provided.

Disabled

When a disabled resource is returned in a collection, the disabled: true property will be provided.