Search An Entity

POST /api/v1/{entity-name}/search

Or GET /api/v1/{entity-name}/search?search=<base64 encoded payload>

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
entity-name*	String	Name of the entity to be searched

Headers

Name	Type	Description
content-type*	String	Set to application/json

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
search	base64 encoded payload	Sets the query for searching and pagination of the data. example: eyJvZmZzZXQiOjIsImxpbWl0IjoyLCJmaWx0ZXJzIjp7fSwiZW50aXR5VHlwZSI6WyJJbnN1cmFuY2UiXX0= contains { "offset": 2, "limit": 2, "filters": { } }

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
...*	Object	Filters to be sent in order to identify an entity

200: OK Success Response of Search

{
    "totalCount": 10,
    "nextPage": "<registry-url>/api/v1/Student?search=<base64 encoded search payload>",
    "prevPage": "<registry-url>/api/v1/Student?search=<base64 encoded search payload>",
    "data": [
        {
            "school": "UP Public School",
            "name": "Pranav Agate",
            "contact": "1234567890",
            "subject": "Math",
            "osid": "{id}",
            "osOwner": ["{osOwner}"]
        }
    ]
}

Sample Request Body

{ "filters": { "school": { "eq": "UP Public School" } }, "limit": 1, "offset": 0 }

Important Fields in Request Body

Field	Type	Description
limit	Number	Number of responses to be retrieved out of total number of search results
offset	Number	Starting point for responses to be returned
viewTemplateId	String	Any operation to be carried on the response before it is returned via API, that can be provided here. For eg: Combining First Name and Last Name into Single Field Name
Filter Operators	String	eq, neq, gte, gt, lte, lt, contains, notContains, between, or, startsWith, notStartsWith, endsWith, notEndsWith, queryString are some of the operators provided

Usage

cURL

curl --location \
    --request POST \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    '{registry-url}/api/v1/Place/search' \
    --data-raw '{
        "filters": {
            "name": {
                "eq": "UP Public School"
            }
        },
        "limit": 1,
        "offset": 0
    }'

HTTPie

printf '{
    "filters": {
        "school": {
            "eq": "UP Public School"
        }
    },
    "limit": 1,
    "offset": 0
}'| http POST '{registry-url}/api/v1/Place/search' \
 Content-Type:'application/json' \

{registry-url} is usually http://localhost:{port}. The port can be found under the registry section in the docker-compose.yml file and is usually 8081.