Chapter 8 - Advanced use

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• Chapter 8 - Advanced use

  • Rendering Options

    • Include all fields from the "products" resource

    • Include only the ID of all carriers

    • Only include the "name" and "value" fields from the "configurations" resource

  • Rendering Filters

    • Only include the first and last names of customers "customers" whose ids are 1 or 5

    • Only include the last names of customers "customers" whose ids are between 1 and 10

    • Only include the birthday of clients whose name is "John" and whose last name is "Doe"

    • Only include the names of manufacturers "manufacturers" whose name begins with "Appl"

  • Sorting Filters

    • Filter the customers "customers" in alphabetical order according to last name

  • Filters to limit rendering

    • Only include the first 5 states "states"

    • Only include the first 5 elements starting from the 10th element from the states resource "states"

Chapter 8 - Advanced use

Here are a few sample advanced uses.

Rendering Options

Include all fields from the "products" resource

URL: (Store URL)/api/products/?display=full

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource' => 'products', 
	'display'  => 'full'
);

Include only the ID of all carriers

URL: (Store URL)/api/carriers/?display=[id]

PHP :

$opt = array('resource' => 'carriers', 'display' => '[id]');

Only include the "name" and "value" fields from the "configurations" resource

URL: (Store URL)/api/configurations/?display=[name,value]

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource' => 'configurations', 
	'display'  => '[name,value]'
);

Rendering Filters

Only include the first and last names of customers "customers" whose ids are 1 or 5

URL: (Store URL)/api/customers/?display=[firstname,lastname]&filter[id]=[1|5]

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource'   => 'customers', 
	'display'    => '[firstname,lastname]', 
	'filter[id]' => '[1|5]'
);

Only include the last names of customers "customers" whose ids are between 1 and 10

URL: (Store URL)/api/customers/?display=[lastname]&filter[id]=[1,10]

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource'   =>'customers', 
	'display'    => '[lastname]', 
	'filter[id]' => '[1,10]'
);

Only include the birthday of clients whose name is "John" and whose last name is "Doe"

URL: (Store URL)/api/customers/?display=[birthday]&filter[firstname]=[John]&filter[lastname]=[DOE]

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource'          =>'customers', 
	'display'           => '[birthday]', 
	'filter[firstname]' => '[John]', 
	'filter[lastname]'  => '[DOE]'
);

Only include the names of manufacturers "manufacturers" whose name begins with "Appl"

URL: (Store URL)/api/manufacturers/?display=[name]&filter[name]=[appl]%

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource'     => 'manufacturers', 
	'display'      => '[name]', 
	'filter[name]' => '[appl]%'
);

Sorting Filters

Filter the customers "customers" in alphabetical order according to last name

URL: Store URL/api/customers?display=full&sort=[lastname_ASC]

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource' => 'customers', 
	'display'  => 'full', 
	'sort'     => '[lastname_ASC]'
);

Filters to limit rendering

Only include the first 5 states "states"

URL: (Store URL)/api/states/?display=full&limit=5

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource' => 'states', 
	'display'  => 'full', 
	'limit'    => '5'
);

Only include the first 5 elements starting from the 10th element from the states resource "states"

URL: (Store URL)/api/states/?display=full&limit=9,5

PHP:

$opt = array(
	'resource' => 'states', 
	'display'  => 'full', 
	'limit'    => '9,5'
);