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All web service requests require login, before accepting a query. A separate login call is not required for authentication. Login credentials are sent via HTTP Basic Authentication headers, in the requests. An example of the structure in PHP is shown below. Note, that all calls require this login to function properly. Popular web service

HTTP Basic Authentication in

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curl

<?php curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "restws_admin:webservicepw"); // Your web service user credentials go here. -X 'https://client.hosted.test.cloud.ethosce.com/user.json' --header 'Authorization: Basic cmVzdHdzX3JheTpXZWJzZXJ2aWNlMTIzIQ=='

Querying EthosCE

Clients may use GET calls, to pull information from the system, including applying advanced filters and sorting.  Reference the Web Service Data Structures page for more information on each content type, their available fields, and accepted values. Most fields, including custom, are available to filter against. Multiple filters may be added to the query string via ampersands. The examples below detail common URL filter configurations.

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Return all credit awarded to user 2, sorted by awarded date

<?php
$curl = curl_init('httphttps://your-domainclient.hosted.test.cloud.ethosce.com/course_credit_awarded.xml?uid=2&sort=date&direction=DESC');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "restws_admin:webservicepw"); //Your credentials goes here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
// Your session token and content type
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json"));
print curl_exec($curl);

Return all credit awarded after or on 08/20/2016 but before 08/21/2016

<?php
$curl = curl_init('httphttps://your-domainclient.hosted.test.cloud.ethosce.com/course_credit_awarded.xml?date[ge]=1471651200&date[le]=1471737600');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "restws_admin:webservicepw"); //Your credentials goes here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
// Your session token and content type
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json"));
print curl_exec($curl);

Return all credit awarded that is not AMA

<?php
$curl = curl_init('httphttps://your-domainclient.hosted.test.cloud.ethosce.com/course_credit_awarded.xml?type[ne]=ama');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "restws_admin:webservicepw"); //Your credentials goes here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
// Your session token and content type
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: application/json"));
print curl_exec($curl);

Date Formatting

There are 2 date formats used when interacting with the web service, epoch and ISO 8601. The format used is dependent on what piece of data you wish to reference, usually either a property or a field. Additionally, both date formats must be converted to UTC before being sent, to ensure data integrity between systems.

Error Returns

Errors are reported from the RESTful web service with HTTP codes:

• 404: Not Found

  • The resource was not found

• 403: Forbidden

  • The web service user does not have permission to use the resource. 

  • If this error is seen often, verify the session authentication step have been completed.

• 406: Not Acceptable

  • The data sent to the web service is not in an acceptable format or is missing required fields. Check the documentation for the correct fields and format.

• 200: OK

  • The web service call is successful. Data may or may not be returned depending on the operation.

• 201: Created

  • The web service call created data

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