For non required fields, you can either omit from the JSON string or set it to a default value
(e.g. String = "", Integer/Double = 0, Boolean = false, DateTime = 1900-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)
{"auth": {"api_username": "", "api_password": "", "api_key": "", "company_no": 0, "username": "", "password": "", "timezone_offset": 0, "auth_type": "", "system_name": "", "system_company_no": 0 }, "passes": [{"pass_field_no": 0, "wait_time": 0, "expires_in": 0, "field_type": "", "serialNumber": "", "field_key": "", "redemption_process": "", "field_label": "", "pass_no": 0, "field_value": "", "pass_graphic": "", "field_order": 0, "pass_type": "", "data_type": "", "pass_name": "", "certificate_no": 0, "text_alignment": 0, "company_no": 0, "pass_description": "", "redemption_type": "", "foregroundColor": "", "backgroundColor": "", "scan_format": "", "locations": "", "created_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "updated_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "status": "", "display": "", "quantity_restriction": "", "limited_to": 0, "date_cutoff": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "pass_code": "", "pass_keyword": "", "survey_no": 0, "bar_code_type": "", "bar_code_value": "" }] }
{"auth": {"api_username": "", "api_password": "", "api_key": "", "company_no": 0, "username": "", "password": "" }, "passes": [{"pass_field_no": 0, "wait_time": 0, "expires_in": 0, "field_type": "", "serialNumber": "", "field_key": "", "redemption_process": "", "field_label": "", "pass_no": 0, "field_value": "", "pass_graphic": "", "field_order": 0, "pass_type": "", "data_type": "", "pass_name": "", "certificate_no": 0, "text_alignment": 0, "company_no": 0, "pass_description": "", "redemption_type": "", "foregroundColor": "", "backgroundColor": "", "scan_format": "", "locations": "", "created_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "updated_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "status": "", "display": "", "quantity_restriction": "", "limited_to": 0, "date_cutoff": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "pass_code": "", "pass_keyword": "", "survey_no": 0, "bar_code_type": "", "bar_code_value": "" }] }
This sample code is to generate a function leveraging existing core functions you've already built.
func getAPIKit() -> (url: String, dict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject>) {
var pass_field_no = 0
var wait_time = 0
var expires_in = 0
var field_type = ""
var serialNumber = ""
var field_key = ""
var redemption_process = ""
var field_label = ""
var pass_no = 0
var field_value = ""
var pass_graphic = ""
var field_order = 0
var pass_type = ""
var data_type = ""
var pass_name = ""
var certificate_no = 0
var text_alignment = 0
var company_no = 0
var pass_description = ""
var redemption_type = ""
var foregroundColor = ""
var backgroundColor = ""
var scan_format = ""
var locations = ""
var created_on = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
var updated_on = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
var status = ""
var display = ""
var quantity_restriction = ""
var limited_to = 0
var date_cutoff = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
var pass_code = ""
var pass_keyword = ""
var survey_no = 0
var bar_code_type = ""
var bar_code_value = ""
let url = "https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass"
let key = "passes"
let passesDict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject> = [["pass_field_no": pass_field_no, "wait_time": wait_time, "expires_in": expires_in, "field_type": field_type, "serialNumber": serialNumber, "field_key": field_key, "redemption_process": redemption_process, "field_label": field_label, "pass_no": pass_no, "field_value": field_value, "pass_graphic": pass_graphic, "field_order": field_order, "pass_type": pass_type, "data_type": data_type, "pass_name": pass_name, "certificate_no": certificate_no, "text_alignment": text_alignment, "company_no": company_no, "pass_description": pass_description, "redemption_type": redemption_type, "foregroundColor": foregroundColor, "backgroundColor": backgroundColor, "scan_format": scan_format, "locations": locations, "created_on": created_on, "updated_on": updated_on, "status": status, "display": display, "quantity_restriction": quantity_restriction, "limited_to": limited_to, "date_cutoff": date_cutoff, "pass_code": pass_code, "pass_keyword": pass_keyword, "survey_no": survey_no, "bar_code_type": bar_code_type, "bar_code_value": bar_code_value ] ]
let finalDict = User.getAuthDict(dictToAdd: passesDict, dictKey: key)
return (url, finalDict)
}
To get started we reccomend that you download the Alamofire project to simplify integration: https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire, in addition to SwiftyJSON: https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON
import Foundation
struct AUTH {
static var api_username = <string>
static var api_password = <string>
static var api_key = <string>
static var company_no = <double>
static var username = <string>
static var password = <string>
static var timezone_offset = <double>
static var auth_type = <string>
static var system_name = <string>
static var system_company_no = <double>}
struct PASSES {[
static var pass_field_no = <double>
static var wait_time = <double>
static var expires_in = <double>
static var field_type = <string>
static var serialNumber = <string>
static var field_key = <string>
static var redemption_process = <string>
static var field_label = <string>
static var pass_no = <double>
static var field_value = <string>
static var pass_graphic = <string>
static var field_order = <double>
static var pass_type = <string>
static var data_type = <string>
static var pass_name = <string>
static var certificate_no = <double>
static var text_alignment = <double>
static var company_no = <double>
static var pass_description = <string>
static var redemption_type = <string>
static var foregroundColor = <string>
static var backgroundColor = <string>
static var scan_format = <string>
static var locations = <string>
static var created_on = <dateTime>
static var updated_on = <dateTime>
static var status = <string>
static var display = <string>
static var quantity_restriction = <string>
static var limited_to = <double>
static var date_cutoff = <dateTime>
static var pass_code = <string>
static var pass_keyword = <string>
static var survey_no = <double>
static var bar_code_type = <string>
static var bar_code_value = <string>]}
func createPassRequest() {
var createPassObjects = [AnyObject]()
let postsEndpoint: String = "https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass"
let authAndFieldsDict = ["auth": ["api_username": AUTH.api_username, "api_password": AUTH.api_password, "api_key": AUTH.api_key, "company_no": AUTH.company_no, "username": AUTH.username, "password": AUTH.password, "timezone_offset": AUTH.timezone_offset, "auth_type": AUTH.auth_type, "system_name": AUTH.system_name, "system_company_no": AUTH.system_company_no ], "passes": [["pass_field_no": PASSES.pass_field_no, "wait_time": PASSES.wait_time, "expires_in": PASSES.expires_in, "field_type": PASSES.field_type, "serialNumber": PASSES.serialNumber, "field_key": PASSES.field_key, "redemption_process": PASSES.redemption_process, "field_label": PASSES.field_label, "pass_no": PASSES.pass_no, "field_value": PASSES.field_value, "pass_graphic": PASSES.pass_graphic, "field_order": PASSES.field_order, "pass_type": PASSES.pass_type, "data_type": PASSES.data_type, "pass_name": PASSES.pass_name, "certificate_no": PASSES.certificate_no, "text_alignment": PASSES.text_alignment, "company_no": PASSES.company_no, "pass_description": PASSES.pass_description, "redemption_type": PASSES.redemption_type, "foregroundColor": PASSES.foregroundColor, "backgroundColor": PASSES.backgroundColor, "scan_format": PASSES.scan_format, "locations": PASSES.locations, "created_on": PASSES.created_on, "updated_on": PASSES.updated_on, "status": PASSES.status, "display": PASSES.display, "quantity_restriction": PASSES.quantity_restriction, "limited_to": PASSES.limited_to, "date_cutoff": PASSES.date_cutoff, "pass_code": PASSES.pass_code, "pass_keyword": PASSES.pass_keyword, "survey_no": PASSES.survey_no, "bar_code_type": PASSES.bar_code_type, "bar_code_value": PASSES.bar_code_value ] ] ]
Alamofire.request(.POST, postsEndpoint, parameters: authAndFieldsDict, encoding: .JSON).responseJSON { (request, response, data, error) in
if let anError = error {
println("error calling POST on /posts")
println(error)
} else if let jsonData: AnyObject = data {
if let dataString = (jsonData.valueForKey("d") as! String).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
let json = JSON(data: dataString) //use this object to parse data
//SAMPLE PARSING
let varData = json["returnObject"][0]["object"].stringValue
// ----------
// BELOW REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE USING PURE SWIFT JSONSERIALIZATION INSTEAD OF SWIFTYJSON --------//
// if let createPassDict = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(encoString, options: .MutableContainers, error: nil) as? NSDictionary {
// if let returnObjectArray = createPassDict["returnObject"] as? NSArray {
//
// for createPassObject in returnObjectArray {
// createPassObjects.append(createPassObject)
// if let item = createPassObject["object_name"] as? NSDictionary {
// let varItem = item["field_name"] as! String
// }
// }
//
// println("\n\(createPassObjects.count) Total")
// }
// }
}
}
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>API Call - createPass</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var dataValue = {
"auth": {
"api_username": "",
"api_password": "",
"api_key": "",
"company_no": 0,
"username": "",
"password": "",
"timezone_offset": 0,
"auth_type": "",
"system_name": "",
"system_company_no": 0,
},
"passes": {
["pass_field_no": 0,
"wait_time": 0,
"expires_in": 0,
"field_type": "",
"serialNumber": "",
"field_key": "",
"redemption_process": "",
"field_label": "",
"pass_no": 0,
"field_value": "",
"pass_graphic": "",
"field_order": 0,
"pass_type": "",
"data_type": "",
"pass_name": "",
"certificate_no": 0,
"text_alignment": 0,
"company_no": 0,
"pass_description": "",
"redemption_type": "",
"foregroundColor": "",
"backgroundColor": "",
"scan_format": "",
"locations": "",
"created_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM",
"updated_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM",
"status": "",
"display": "",
"quantity_restriction": "",
"limited_to": 0,
"date_cutoff": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM",
"pass_code": "",
"pass_keyword": "",
"survey_no": 0,
"bar_code_type": "",
"bar_code_value": "",
]},
};
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass',
type: 'POST',
data: JSON.stringify(dataValue),
contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
dataType: 'json',
error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert("ERROR");
},
success: function (result) {
var obj = JSON.parse(result.d).returnObject;
$.each(obj, function(i) {
$("#divID").html(obj[i].field_name); //do something with the data
})
}
})
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
System.Net.HttpWebRequest req = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass");
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
string dataValue = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },passes: {[pass_field_no: <double>, wait_time: <double>, expires_in: <double>, field_type: <string>, serialNumber: <string>, field_key: <string>, redemption_process: <string>, field_label: <string>, pass_no: <double>, field_value: <string>, pass_graphic: <string>, field_order: <double>, pass_type: <string>, data_type: <string>, pass_name: <string>, certificate_no: <double>, text_alignment: <double>, company_no: <double>, pass_description: <string>, redemption_type: <string>, foregroundColor: <string>, backgroundColor: <string>, scan_format: <string>, locations: <string>, created_on: <dateTime>, updated_on: <dateTime>, status: <string>, display: <string>, quantity_restriction: <string>, limited_to: <double>, date_cutoff: <dateTime>, pass_code: <string>, pass_keyword: <string>, survey_no: <double>, bar_code_type: <string>, bar_code_value: <string> ]}}";
ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
byte[] bytes = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue);
req.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
System.IO.Stream strm = req.GetRequestStream();
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
strm.Close();
System.Net.HttpWebResponse rsp = req.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream data = rsp.GetResponseStream();
System.IO.StreamReader rdr = new System.IO.StreamReader(data);
string response = rdr.ReadToEnd();
Dim req As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass")
req.Method = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
Dim dataValue As String = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },passes: {[pass_field_no: <double>, wait_time: <double>, expires_in: <double>, field_type: <string>, serialNumber: <string>, field_key: <string>, redemption_process: <string>, field_label: <string>, pass_no: <double>, field_value: <string>, pass_graphic: <string>, field_order: <double>, pass_type: <string>, data_type: <string>, pass_name: <string>, certificate_no: <double>, text_alignment: <double>, company_no: <double>, pass_description: <string>, redemption_type: <string>, foregroundColor: <string>, backgroundColor: <string>, scan_format: <string>, locations: <string>, created_on: <dateTime>, updated_on: <dateTime>, status: <string>, display: <string>, quantity_restriction: <string>, limited_to: <double>, date_cutoff: <dateTime>, pass_code: <string>, pass_keyword: <string>, survey_no: <double>, bar_code_type: <string>, bar_code_value: <string> ]}}"
Dim encoding As New ASCIIEncoding()
Dim bytes As Byte() = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue)
req.ContentLength = bytes.Length
Dim strm As System.IO.Stream = req.GetRequestStream()
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
strm.Close()
Dim rsp As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
Dim data As System.IO.Stream = rsp.GetResponseStream()
Dim rdr As New System.IO.StreamReader(data)
Dim response As String = rdr.ReadToEnd()
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
public class JavaSample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
try
{
URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer");
// Specify your subscription key
builder.setParameter("subscription-key", "");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("", ContentType.create("application/json"));
request.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null) {
System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
<?php
// This sample uses the HTTP_Request2 package. (for more information: http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$headers = array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
);
$query_params = array(
// Specify your subscription key
'subscription-key' => '',
);
$request = new Http_Request2('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
// Basic Authorization Sample
// $request-setAuth('{username}', '{password}');
$request->setHeader($headers);
$url = $request->getUrl();
$url->setQueryVariables($query_params);
$request->setBody("");
try
{
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}
?>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
NSDictionary *authDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
<string>, @"api_username",
<string>, @"api_password",
<string>, @"api_key",
<double>, @"company_no",
<string>, @"username",
<string>, @"password",
<double>, @"timezone_offset",
<string>, @"auth_type",
<string>, @"system_name",
<double>, @"system_company_no", nil];
NSDictionary *passesDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
<double>, @"pass_field_no",
<double>, @"wait_time",
<double>, @"expires_in",
<string>, @"field_type",
<string>, @"serialNumber",
<string>, @"field_key",
<string>, @"redemption_process",
<string>, @"field_label",
<double>, @"pass_no",
<string>, @"field_value",
<string>, @"pass_graphic",
<double>, @"field_order",
<string>, @"pass_type",
<string>, @"data_type",
<string>, @"pass_name",
<double>, @"certificate_no",
<double>, @"text_alignment",
<double>, @"company_no",
<string>, @"pass_description",
<string>, @"redemption_type",
<string>, @"foregroundColor",
<string>, @"backgroundColor",
<string>, @"scan_format",
<string>, @"locations",
<dateTime>, @"created_on",
<dateTime>, @"updated_on",
<string>, @"status",
<string>, @"display",
<string>, @"quantity_restriction",
<double>, @"limited_to",
<dateTime>, @"date_cutoff",
<string>, @"pass_code",
<string>, @"pass_keyword",
<double>, @"survey_no",
<string>, @"bar_code_type",
<string>, @"bar_code_value", nil];
NSDictionary *finalDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
authDic, @"auth",passesDic, @"passes", nil];
NSMutableDictionary* jsonString = nil;
jsonString = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData: findalDic options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers];
NSMutableData *bodyData = [NSMutableData dataWithData:[jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSString *urlString = @"https://api.peoplevine.com/coupon.asmx/createPass";
ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
[request setTimeOutSeconds:250];
[request setRequestMethod:@"POST"];
[request addRequestHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/json"];
[request addRequestHeader:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",bodyData.length] value:@"Content-length"];
[request setPostBody:bodyData];
[request startSynchronous];
NSDictionary *responseDic = (NSDictionary*)[request.responseString JSONValue];
if (responseDic || [responseDic objectForKey:@"d"])
{
NSMutableDictionary *dicSave=[responseDic objectForKey:@"d"];
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// convert into the data and NSUTF8StringEncoding
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
NSString *strDic=[dicSave copy];
NSMutableDictionary *dirJson;
if (strDic)
{
NSData* dataFile=[strDic dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataFile
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
dirJson = [newStr JSONValue] ;
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
NSString *str=[[dirJson objectForKey:@"returnObject"]valueForKey:@"customer_no"];
}
else
{
UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"An Error Occurred" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
}
require 'net/http'
uri = URI('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
# Specify your subscription key
'subscription-key' => '',
})
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Basic Authorization Sample
# request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
request['Content-type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = ""
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
http.request(request)
end
puts response.body
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64
headers = {
# Basic Authorization Sample
# 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
'Content-type': 'application/json',
}
params = urllib.urlencode({
# Specify your subscription key
'subscription-key': '',
})
try:
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64
headers = {
# Basic Authorization Sample
# 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
'Content-type': 'application/json',
}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
# Specify your subscription key
'subscription-key': '',
})
try:
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
@ECHO OFF
REM for Basic Authorization use: --user {username}:{password}
REM Specify values for path parameters (shown as {...}), your subscription key and values for query parameters
curl -v -X POST "https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer?subscription-key="^
-H "Content-Type: application/json"