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API
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K4ever has a REST-like API. This means every URL represents an object which has
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four functions: ``read``, ``create``, ``update`` and ``delete``. These functions are mapped
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to the ``HTTP``-Methods ``GET``, ``POST``, ``PUT`` and ``DELETE``. Most of the functionality
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uses only ``GET`` and ``POST``, so everything is accessible via ``wget``.
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The API enables you to list available items, buy them and transtact money to your
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accout. To get an idea what functions are available and how they are used scroll down
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to the URLs section. Some URLs take arguments. For a ``GET``-request you can attach
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them normaly, e.g. `/buyable/item/?barcode=4029764001807`. For a ``POST``, ``PUT`` or
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``DELETE`` request the parameters have to be put in the ``HTTP``-requests body. They
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can be provided url, JSON or YAML-encoded - dealers choice.
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Authentication can be done either per HTTP Basic Auth or, for AJAX-Requests, per
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cookie (as in "logged in via the webinterface"). Note that most ``HTTP``-libraries
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like pythons urllib2 (or as a tool ``wget``) don't send authenticationdata except
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when being challenged with a ``HTTP 401 - Authentication required``, meaning that
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every API-call requires the library to make two requests. In general this behaviour
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can be turned off.
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Plugins
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k4evers API also has a *plugin*-concept. :class:`Plugins <main.models.Plugin>`
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can be allowed by users to buy items on their behalf. To do this the user
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has to allow the plugin via the webinterface. A :class:`PluginPermission
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<main.models.PluginPermission>` object will be created to keep track of this.
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Each :class:`PluginPermission <main.models.PluginPermission>` object has an
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:attr:`authblob <main.models.PluginPermission.authblob>` in which the plugin
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can save or access arbitrary data on a per-user basis. The plugin has several
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configuration options for the `authblob`. They control read/write access for
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plugin (via API) or user (via webinterface) to the `authblob` and if the
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`authblob` has to be unique. The latter one can be useful if the `authblob`
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is needed to be primary key and identify exactly one user
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(see also :ref:`apilink <authblob-authentication>`).
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To do something as another user the plugin can, if allowed by the user, add
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the `user`-parameter with the **username** (not the id) to all its requests.
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E.g. to get the account balance of the user *cat* this would look like
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`user/account/?user=cat`.
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URLs
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----
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For more information about a specific method you can click on the url/method to get
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to the handler or the responsible method for more documentation or code.
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**buyable/**
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:class:`item/[itemId]/ <api2.handlers.BuyableItemHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.BuyableItemHandler.read>`
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Get a specific item or a full/type item list.
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Parameter Description
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type item belonging to type-group
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barcode item with this barcode
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:func:`POST <api2.handlers.BuyableItemHandler.create>`
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Buy a :class:`Buyable <buyable.models.Buyable>` (requires an ItemId)
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Parameter Description
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deposit Set to > 0 if you want to buy with deposit (default 0)
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amount amount of items to buy (default 1)
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:class:`types/ <api2.handlers.BuyableTypeHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.BuyableTypeHandler.read>`
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List all types which an item can belong to
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:class:`history/ <api2.handlers.HistoryHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.HistoryHandler.read>`
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List the users last orders
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Parameter Description
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num Number of entries
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**account/**
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**transactions/** or **transfers/**
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:class:`transact/ or transfer/ <api2.handlers.TransactionTransactHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.TransactionTransactHandler.read>`
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List the users last transactions
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Parameter Description
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num Number of entries
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:func:`POST <api2.handlers.TransactionTransactHandler.create>`
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Transact money to an account
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Parameter Description
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amount [required] Amount to add to the users account
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type [required] Type of transaction (id)
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:class:`types/ <api2.handlers.TransactionTypeHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.TransactionTypeHandler.read>`
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List all available :class:`Transaction Types <buyable.models.TransactionType>`
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:class:`balance/ <api2.handlers.AccountBalanceHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.AccountBalanceHandler.read>`
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Get users account balance
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**auth/**
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:class:`blob/ <api2.handlers.AuthBlobHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.AuthBlobHandler.read>`
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Return authblob if allowed or auth if str given
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(currentyl only allowed for Plugin users)
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Parameter Description
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blob blob to get user from / auth user with, returns User or NULL
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:func:`POST <api2.handlers.AuthBlobHandler.create>`
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Set authblob if allowed
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.. _authblob-authentication:
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:class:`user/ <api2.handlers.AuthUserHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.AuthUserHandler.read>`
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get user by authblob string - this function works only when plugin
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has the :attr:`unique authblob <main.models.Plugin.uniqueAuthblob>` flag set
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Parameter Description
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authblob [required] authblob to sear
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:class:`config/ <api2.handlers.ConfigHandler>`
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:func:`GET <api2.handlers.ConfigHandler.read>`
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Display API configuration variables
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Handler
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-------
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.. automodule:: api2.handlers
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:members:
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Plugin Models
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.. autoclass:: main.models.Plugin
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:members:
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.. autoclass:: main.models.PluginPermission
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:members:
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Decorators
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----------
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.. automodule:: api2.decorators
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:members:
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Examples
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--------
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Here are some code examples how to use the API with different clients or languages.
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In these examples we have for authentication *frundy*/*foobar* as a normal user and *testplugin*/*maunz* as a plugin.
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WGET
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""""
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``wget`` comes in handy at this task. At some point it might be that ``wget`` cannot provide full access to the API cause it is unable to send ``PUT`` and ``DELETE`` requests. For debugging purposes the flags `-Sd` are recommended.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# find item with barcode
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wget -qS -O- --auth-no-challenge --http-user=frundy --http-password=foobar http://server/api/buyable/item/?barcode=4029764001807
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# buy 10 times item with id 3
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wget -qS -O- --auth-no-challenge --http-user=frundy --http-password=foobar http://server/api/buyable/item/3/ --post-data "amount=10"
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# as plugin get users account balance
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wget -qS -O- --auth-no-challenge --http-user=testplugin --http-password=maunz http://server/api/buyable/account/balance/?user=frundy
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# as plugin buy 10 times item with id 3
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wget -qS -O- --auth-no-challenge --http-user=testplugin --http-password=maunz http://server/api/buyable/item/3/ --post-data "amount=10&user=frundy
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CURL
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""""
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As one might see, ``curl`` is quite nice for accessing the API. ``curl`` also supports the ``HTTP``, ``PUT`` and ``DELETE`` methods.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# find item with barcode
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curl --basic http://frundy:foobar@server/api/buyable/item/?barcode=4029764001807
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# buy 10 times item with id 3
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curl --basic -X POST --data "amount=10" http://fruny:foobar@server/api/buyable/item/3/
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# as plugin get users account balance
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curl --basic http://testplugin:maunz@server/api/buyable/account/balance/?user=frundy
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# as plugin buy 10 times item with id 3
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curl --basic -X POST --data "amount=10" http://testplugin:maunz@server/api/buyable/item/3/?user=frundy
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