REST API Administrator Information

Owned by Juliane Wetzel
Last updated: Apr 27, 2021

INFO

Add the following command after the username and password to receive more meaningful HTTP errors:

-w"\n%{http_code}\n"

This command can be added to each call.

Data Volume Limit

Request Method GET
Description

Returns the volume size of a job (in bytes).

URI Syntax
curl -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/job-configuration/volume-report/<job-configuration-id>'
Example Response
{
    "id": 187,
    "jobStatus": "COMPLETED",
    "importedVolume": 56765,
    "type": "NORMAL"
  },
  {
    "id": 186,
    "jobStatus": "COMPLETED",
    "importedVolume": 4098,
    "type": "NORMAL"
  }

Global Volume and License Information

Request Method GET
Description

Returns information on your Datameer X product. This information includes the product ID, version, license holder, license type, start date of license, expiration of license, volume period, volume limit (in bytes), and total volume consumed (in bytes).

URI Syntax
curl -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/license-details'
Example Response
{
  "ProductId": "4c4038ba-3250-4844-b432-7c8f64d85807",
  "ProductVersion": "10.1.2",
  "LicenseHolder": "CN=John Doe,O=Datameer X STREET=Unknown,L=Unknown Unknown,ST=Unknown,C=Unknown",
  "LicenseType": "Enterprise",
  "LicenseStartDate": "Jan 23, 2020 5:20:10 PM",
  "LicenseExpirationDate": "Mar 25, 2020 5:20:10 PM",
  "LicenseVolumePeriodInMonths": 1,
  "LicenseVolumelimitInBytes": 214748364800,
  "TotalVolumeConsumedInBytes": 38758720
}

Upload License File

Request Method POST
Description

Uploads a license file to Datameer.

URI Syntax
curl -u '<username>:<password>' -X POST --form "file=@<license path>" http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/license/upload
Example Response

If the license is accepted

VALID

If the license is not accepted

INVALID

Product ID

Request Method GET
Description

Returns the product ID and product version.

URI Syntax
curl -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/license/product-id'
Example Response
4b4038ba-3550-4844-b432-4c6f64d80807das-test:Datameer-2.1.3-1.0.3

Metrics

Request Method GET
Description

Viewing the metrics in JSON format.

URI Syntax
curl -s -S -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/monitor/'
curl -s -S -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/monitor/prependLabel'
Additional Notes

An HTML table of the metrics for the current collection interval can be viewed with the following command: 

curl -s -S -u '<username>:<password>' -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/monitor/html'

JAMon

Request Method PUT
Description

Allows clients to enable or disable JAMon at runtime.

URI Syntax

INFO: If your file name includes " " (empty spaces), replace those spaces with "+".

curl -s -S -u '<username>:<password>' -X PUT 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/monitor/enable'
curl -s -S -u '<username>:<password>' -X PUT 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/rest/monitor/disable'

Workbook Variables

Create a Variable

Request Method POST
Description

Creates a variable value that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks.

URI Syntax
curl -u <username>:<password> -X POST 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables' -d '[{ "name":"<variable name>", "value":"<variable value>"}, {"name":"<variable name>", "value":"<variable value>"}]' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
Example Response


[
  {"created": 1552379198782, "id": 1, "modified": 1552379198782, "name": "name1", "type": "STRING", "value": "value1"},
  {"created": 1552379198783, "id": 2, "modified": 1552379198783, "name": "name2", "type": "STRING", "value": "value2"}
]

Update a Variable

Request Method PUT
Description

Updates a variable value that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks. It contains the information for creation number, workbook id, last modified, name, type and value. 
INFO: It is not required to execute a job to update a workbook variable. The workbook variables are specified prior to job execution to influence the results.

URI Syntax

INFO: Instead of the id, the current name can be used in the URL. Both, name and value in the JSON body are optional.

curl -u <username>:<password> -X PUT 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables/<id>' 
-d '{ "name":"newName", "value":"newValue" }' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

or

curl -u <username>:<password> -X PUT 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables/<name>'
-d '{ "name":"newName", "value":"newValue" }' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
Example Response


{
    "created": "1552379198782",
    "id": "1"
    "modified": "1552489010718"
    "name": "name1"
    "type": "STRING"
    "value": "value1"
}

Update Multiple Variables

Request Method PUT
Description

Updates multiple variable values that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks.

URI Syntax
curl -u <username>:<password> -X PUT 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables' -d '[{ "id":1, "name":"<new name>", "value":"<new value>" }, { "id":2, "name":"<new name>", "value":"<new value>" }]' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
Example Response

INFO: The variables are identified by id, the ids must be present in the JSON body of the request.

[
  { "created": 1552379198782, "id": 1, "modified": 1552489010718, "name": "newName", "type": "STRING", "value": "newValue" }
  { "created": 1552379198783, "id": 2, "modified": 1552489010734, "name": "newName2", "type": "STRING", "value": "newValue2" }
]

Delete a Variable

Request Method DELETE
Description

Deletes a variable value that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks.

URI Syntax
curl -u <username>:<password> -X DELETE 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables/<variable-name> or <variable-id>'
Example Response

If the request is successful, there is no output.

Delete Multiple Variables

Request Method DELETE
Description

Deletes multiple variable values that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks.

URI Syntax
curl -u <username>:<password> -X DELETE 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables' -d '["<variable-name> or <variable-id>", "<variable-name> or <variable-id>"]' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
Example Response

If the request is successful, there is no output.

List a Variable

Request Method GET
Description

Displays a list of information about variables values that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks. It contains the information for creation number, workbook id, last modified, name, type and value.
INFO: It is not required to execute a job to list a workbook variable. The workbook variables are specified prior to job execution to influence the results.

URI Syntax

INFO: Instead of the id, the current name can be used in the URL.

curl -u <username>:<password> -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables/<variable-name> or <variable-id>'
Example Response


{
    "created": "1552379198782",
    "id": "1"
    "modified": "1552489010718"
    "name": "name1"
    "type": "STRING"
    "value": "value1"
}

List all variables

Request Method GET
Description

Displays a list of information about all variables values that can be called within Datameer X paths and workbooks.

INFO: It is not required to execute a job to list a workbook variable. The workbook variables are specified prior to job execution to influence the results.

URI Syntax
curl -u <username>:<password> -X GET 'http://<Datameer-serverIP>:<port-number>/api/variables'
Example Response


{
    "created": "1552379198782",
    "id": "1"
    "modified": "1552489010718"
    "name": "name1"
    "type": "STRING"
    "value": "value1"
}