API¶
Authentication¶
Authentication is handled via an authorization token set in an HTTP header.
To request an API token, go to /app/#/profile/developer
and click ‘Get a New API Key’.
Every request must include an ‘Authorization’ HTTP header made up of your username (email) and your API key, separated with a ‘:’. The string must be base 64 encoded per the Basic Auth requirement.
Using Python, use the requests and base 64 library:
import requests
import base64
auth_string = base64.urlsafe_b64encode('{}:{}'.format(user_email, api_key)
auth_string = 'Basic {}'.format(auth_string)
header = {
'Authorization': auth_string,
}
>>> header
>>> {'Authorization': 'Basic dXNlckBzZWVkLXBsYXRmb3JtLm9yZzpiNThmMTJjMzU4NjA2MTYzYzdmZjFlNTUxMjJjNzUxN2ZkMzJhZjRi'}
result = requests.get('https://seed-platform.org/api/v2/version/', headers=header)
print result.json()
Using curl, pass the header information in the request (use base64 result from above):
curl -H Authorization:"Basic bmljaG9sYXMubG9uZ0BucmVsLmdvdjpiNThmMTJjMzU4NjA2MTYzYzdmZjFlNTUxMjJjNzUxN2ZkMzJhZjRi" http://seed-platform.org/api/v2/version/
If authentication fails, the response’s status code will be 302, redirecting the user to /app/login
.
Payloads¶
Many requests require a JSON-encoded payload and parameters in the query string of the url. A frequent requirement is including the organization_id of the org you belong to. For example:
curl -H <auth-header> https://seed-platform.org/api/v2/organizations/12/
Or in a JSON payload:
curl -H <auth-header> \
-d '{"organization_id":6, "role": "viewer"}' \
https://seed-platform.org/api/v2/users/12/update_role/
Using Python:
params = {'organization_id': 6, 'role': 'viewer'}
result = requests.post('https://seed-platform.org/api/v2/users/12/update_role/',
data=json.dumps(params),
headers=header)
print result.json()
Responses¶
Responses from all requests will be JSON-encoded objects, as specified in each endpoint’s documentation. In the case of an error, most endpoints will return this instead of the expected payload (or an HTTP status code):
{
"status": "error",
"message": "explanation of the error here"
}