CatalogController
Overview
Description
Path /v2/catalogs
Handles all request regarding catalog: creating, updating, deleting.
Catalog JSON Object
An example for a catalog JSON object.
fields
id
active - deprecated - superseded by visibilityStatus
hidden - deprecated - superseded by visibilityStatus
visibilityStatus : possible values
0 : SHOWN (visible everywhere)
1 : SHOWN_IN_CMS (visible only in cms context)
2 : ARCHIVED (hidden everywhere)
created
updated
draftStatus (Explained below in the concepts section)
tenant
links (api links to the materials, items etc. in the catalog)
draftOf (If this is a draft catalog then this field denotes the live Catalog from which this draft is created or the live catalog this draft is pointing to)
Concepts
CatalogDrafts
It is possible to create drafts of catalogs for updating data without directly changing live data. A catalog can have multiple drafts simultaneously. Each draft belongs to exactly one catalog.
Each Draft has an associated CatalogDraftStatus. The status contains additional information like
mergePolicies - the merge policies to be used when the draft is published
releaseLog - the log of the publishing process
The draftStatus can be updated by including the status object in the PUT /:draftId
(updating the catalogDraft directly).
Possible Status of the draft:
FAILED(-1)
CREATED(0)
IN_PROGRESS(10)
READY_TO_REVIEW(20)
READY_FOR_PUBLISHING(30)
IS_PUBLISHED(40)
Publishing
For publishing a draft, its status must first be set to READY_FOR_PUBLISHING. Any draft with this status can be published by sending a POST /:productionCatalogId/drafts/:draftId/publish
where productionCatalogId
is the id of the live catalog.
When a draft is published, the data of the draft is moved to the live catalog according to the merge policies. The draft Catalog is completely removed but an archived catalog is created with the same id as the draft catalog. The archived version includes a snapshot of the catalog before the publishing. Also including the draftStatus from the original draft with the status updated to PUBLISHED.
In case of any error, the archived snapshot can be put back into the live catalog by calling POST /:productionCatalogId/drafts/:draftId/unpublish
. This flips all archived data back to live and any corresponding live data back to the draft and sets the draft back to READY_FOR_PUBLISHING.
Visibility
A short description how our catalog visibility currently works and what the thoughts behind are.
We differ between two aspects for each element (item, material, tags, etc.)
allowed to see an element
wants to see an element (will be referred as visible in further explanation)
Every request will be checked if the requester is allowed to see requested elements. The second check will be different based on what the requester is actually asking. To have a better base to explain take a look at following sketch.
All requests which will go down in the hierarchy for example v2/catalogs/:id/items
will return all items which the requester is allowed to see and not only visible. That means - there may be more items in the result set, than the requester wants to show in the catalog. Therefore, a property like hidden
is set on the element and the requester has to decide.
All requests which are sideways like v2/items/:id/tags
or v2/tags/:id/materials
will return all tags or material which are assigned to that tag and will be restricted to allowed to see and only visible elements. That means - the requester only gets elements it wants to see.
The last possible way to query elements is by attaching a filter. For example an ids[]
filter. Which will return an element if the requester is allowed to see that element. If the requester is instead asking for all items or materials via v2/items
or v2/materials
only elements which are allowed to see and are visible will be returned.
Batch Uploader Feedback Codes
We differentiate between three different types.
infos
warnings
errors
Whereby infos are more infos about the process (currently not used) and warnings is a report, that something expected was missing but will not stop the process.
There are feedbacks with additional information like which column and line number this feedback is meant for, but there are also more general errors like not being able to read a ZIP file.
The Expected batch upload document is utf8. If the encoding is not utf8 we try guessing the encoding and return a warning.
Warnings
Errors
API Reference
Catalogs
POST catalog - Create-Catalog
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
Parameters:
Create a new Catalog based on the body in the post request.
GET /:id
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
Parameters:
Catalog ID
Returns a Catalog by catalog-id. It looks like the Catalog json example.
PUT /:id
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
Parameters:
id : the external identifier of the catalog
Returns a Catalog by catalog-id. It looks like the Catalog json example.
DELETE /:id
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
Parameters:
Catalog ID
No live Catalogs can be deleted at this time. Only Drafts can be deleted. It deletes also Items, Tags, Import History e.g.
ElementAdditionalInformation
ElementAdditionalInformation object
Fields
id: globally unique id of this element (automatically generated)
type: type of the information. This defines how the key and parentIdFilter is interpreted. Can be
parameter
,paramValue
,material
,component
oritem
key: the key of the element which this info belongs to. Interpretation depends on the type
parentIdFilter: space seperated list of ids where to apply this. usually extIds of elements within the catalog
catalog: id of the catalog where this information belongs to
tooltip: map of language:tooltip pairs containing the tooltip to show for this element in this language
fullInfo: json containing additional information linked to the given key
GET /:id/elementAdditionalInformations
Generates: json, csv
Returns all elements of requested catalog
Response:
ElementAdditionalInformation objects are described in CatalogElementAdditionalInformation JSON Object
CSV fields
additionalInfo_id: globally unique id of this element (automatically generated)
type: type of the information. This defines how the key and parentIdFilter is interpreted. Can be
parameter
,paramValue
,material
,component
oritem
key: the key of the element which this info belongs to. Interpretation depends on the type
parentIdFilter: space seperated list of ids where to apply this. usually extIds of elements within the catalog
tooltip: map of language:tooltip pairs containing the tooltip to show for this element in this language
fullInfo: json containing additional information linked to the given key
POST /:id/elementAdditionalInformations
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading elementAdditionalInformations
Parameters:
file: a csv file
allowUpdate: boolean - whether existing elements are allowed to be updated/overridden. default is false.
If any error occurs, no changes are made. If the content contains an existing id, but allowUpdate = false, this is interpreted as an error and nothing is changed.
CSV fields
Contains all fields specified in {GET /:id/elementAdditionalInformations}
Items
Item object
Fields
id: identifier of an item (Deprecated)
item_id : identifier of an item
Translations can be multiple, we always return all the available translations in the form of multiple column pairs. If no translations are available, we insert in the CSV reference columns label_en and description_en.
label_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ItemTranslation.
description_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ItemTranslation.
type: for example "seating" or "table"
detailType: for example "sofa", "chair" or "table"
width: width of the item in millimeters
depth: depth of the item in millimeters
height: height of the item in millimeters
layer: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
scaleable: indicates if the item is scalable or not
flipable: indicates if the item can be flipped or not
colorable: indicates if the item can be colored or not
hidden: indicates if the item is hidden
manufacturerSKU:
tag_ids: all tag ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
configuration: the configuration of the item
visibilityStatus : possible values (0, 1, 2)
0 : "shown everywhere"
1 : "shown only in Rubens Admin"
2 : "hidden everywhere"
GET /:id/items
Generates: json, csv
Returns all items of requested catalog
query-param:
deltaSince: has to be a date string with timezone. This string has to match following example
2016-06-01T07:54:07.000Z
. Only if given date string is matching this format, the response will be reduced to only updated items after given date.
Response:
Item objects are described in Section Item JSON Object
CSV fields
id: identifier of an item (Deprecated)
item_id : identifier of an item
Translations can be multiple, we always return all the available translations in the form of multiple column pairs. If no translations are available, we insert in the CSV reference columns label_en and description_en.
label_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ItemTranslation.
description_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ItemTranslation.
type: for example "seating" or "table"
detailType: for example "sofa", "chair" or "table"
width: width of the item in millimeters
depth: depth of the item in millimeters
height: height of the item in millimeters
layer: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
scaleable: indicates if the item is scalable or not
flipable: indicates if the item can be flipped or not
colorable: indicates if the item can be colored or not
hidden: indicates if the item is hidden
manufacturerSKU:
tag_ids: all tag ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
configuration: the configuration of the item
visibilityStatus : possible values (0, 1, 2)
0 : "shown everywhere (planner, catalog)"
1 : "shown only in Rubens Admin, hidden in planner, catalog"
2 : "hidden everywhere"
POST /:id/items
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading items
Parameters:
file: a csv file
allowUpdate: boolean - whether existing materials are allowed to be updated/overridden. default is false.
If any error occurs, no changes are made. If the content contains an existing id, but allowUpdate = false, this is interpreted as an error and nothing is changed.
CSV fields
Contains all field specified in {GET /:id/items}, but ignores the content of tag_ids, additionally it includes the ( optional) fields
tag_ids_to_add : all tags ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
tag_ids_to_remove : all tags ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
asset_source : can contain a URL where to take the asset source for this item from
GET /:id/itemBatch Deprecated
use /:id/items instead with header accept = text/csv
POST /:id/itemBatch Deprecated
use /:id/items instead with header accept = text/csv
PUT /:id/itemBatch Deprecated
use POST /:id/items instead with header accept = text/csv and query parameter allowUpdates = true
POST /:id/threeDimensionalAssets
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading item assets, which will be split up in item packages and forwarded to our asset pipe.
Parameters:
file: input file for the upload .zip
ZIP explanation:
The .zip file has to contain a folder structure as described below:
Where extItem1 and extItem2 are real external identifiers for the corresponding items in this catalog. The folder structure must align with these examples, there are no additional levels of folders allowed. We will preprocess uploaded .zip file and check if given items do exist, are not already processing. After those checks we will generate the item packages which can be forwarded to our asset pipe.
If any error occurs during this process (preprocessing, checking and creating packages), the request will be canceled and a detailed import log with warnings and errors will be returned as JSON.
Materials
GET /:id/materials
Generates: json, csv
query-param:
embedTextures: true/false if true the materials contain textureObjects additionally to the textures array (with the ids) so that the client doesn't have to request them separately
returns all materials from the given catalog, when in cms-context this returns all the hidden and inactive material as well.
CSV fields
material_id
Translations - we always return all the available translations in the form of multiple column pairs. If no translations are available, we insert in the CSV reference columns label_en and description_en.
label_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the MaterialTranslation.
description_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the MaterialTranslation.
shading - contains the serialized shading object, if present in the database
tag_ids - contains a list of tag ids connected with this material
active - boolean value if the material is active. If activeFrom and/or activeTill are set, it is overridden by the timespan. If set while no activeFrom or activeTill columns are present, setting active will remove previously set time spans
activeFrom - unix timestamp, is null if no value, sets a starting point in time for the material to be active
activeTill - unix timestamp, is null if no value, sets an ending point in time for the material to be active
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
Embeded textures - can be multiple, repeating with different prefix - tex0_ , tex1_, .... We always have a set of the following
tex0_mapping
tex0_height
tex0_width
tex0_mmHeight
tex0_mmWidth
tex0_tileable
visibilityStatus : possible values (0, 1, 2)
0 : "shown everywhere (planner, catalog)"
1 : "shown only in Rubens Admin, hidden in planner, catalog"
2 : "hidden everywhere" - item is archived
POST /:id/materials
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading materials
Parameters:
file: either a csv or a zip with a csv within and additional files like images.
allowUpdate: boolean - whether existing materials are allowed to be updated/overriden. default is false.
If any error occurs, no changes are made. If the content contains an existing id, but allowUpdate = false, this is interpreted as an error and nothing is changed.
CSV fields
Contains all field specified in {/:id/materials} csv including the (optional) fields
tag_ids_to_add : all tag ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
tag_ids_to_remove : all tag ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
texture_mappings_to_delete: the textures to be deleted, defined by type. seperated by ' ' (whitespace)
fields:
material_id : extId of the material
shading: shadingJson of the material
active - boolean value if the material is active. If activeFrom and/or activeTill are set, it is overridden by the timespan. If set while no activeFrom or activeTill columns are present, setting active will remove previously set timespans
activeFrom - unix timestamp in seconds, is null if no value, sets a starting point in time for the material to be active
activeTill - unix timestamp in seconds, is null if no value, sets an ending point in time for the material to be active
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
label_<language>: labels for the materials, language being the iso code. if any label is provided the existing labels are removed and replaced with the given ones
thumbnail: has to start with zip://. if data is provided this must be a filename relative in the zip to be uploaded as thumbnail
if texturefields are provided, the given textures replace existing textures with those types. only textures listed in texture_mappings_to_delete
are deleted.
tex<N>_mmwidth
tex<N>_mmheight
tex<N>_tileable: 0 for false, 1 for true
tex<N>_mapping: the mapping for the texture (e.g. "RGB", "RGBA", "XYZ" ...)
tex<N>_image: has to start with zip://. relative path in the zip for the image to be used
Tags
GET /:id/tags
Generates: csv
returns all tags from the given catalog in csv representation. requested user has to have catalog management rights for the given catalog.
tag fields:
id: identifier of a tag (deprecated)
tag_id : identifier of the tag
Translations can be multiple, we always return all the available translations in the form of multiple column pairs. If no translations are available, we insert in the CSV reference columns label_en and description_en.
label_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the TagTranslation.
description_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the TagTranslation.
png_icon: current png icon for this tag
svg_icon: current svg icon for this tag
inspiration_image: current inspiration image for this tag
global: is the tag global visible?
hidden: deprecated by visibilityStatus
visibilityStatus : possible values
0 : SHOWN (visible everywhere)
1 : SHOWN_IN_CMS (visible only in cms context)
2 : ARCHIVED (hidden everywhere)
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
material_ids: all connected material combined ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
item_ids: all connected item combined ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
component_ids: all connected component combined ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
parent_tag_ids: ids of parent tags separated by ' ' (whitespace)
POST /:id/tags
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading tags
Parameters:
file: input file for the upload (.csv)
allowUpdate: boolean whether existing tags are allowed to be updated/overriden. default is false.
If any error occurs, no changes are made.
CSV fields
Contains all field specified in {GET /:id/tags}, but ignores the entries item_ids, material_ids, component_ids and parent_tag_ids, additionally includes the (optional) fields
material_ids_to_add : all material ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
material_ids_to_remove : all material ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
items_ids_to_add : all items ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
items_ids_to_remove : all items ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
component_ids_to_add : all component ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
component_ids_to_remove : all component ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
parent_tag_ids_to_add : all parent_tag ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
parent_tag_ids_to_remove : all parent_tag ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
GET /:id/tagBatch Deprecated
use /:id/tags instead with header accept = text/csv
POST /:id/tagBatch Deprecated
use /:id/tags instead with header accept = text/csv
PUT /:id/tagBatch Deprecated
use POST /:id/tags instead with header accept = text/csv and query parameter allowUpdates = true
GET /:id/allTags
Generates: json
Returns all tags of requested catalog
Response:
Tag objects are described in Section Tag JSON Object
If the request comes from a cms-context, it will also return the hidden tags.
Components
GET /:id/components
Generates: json or csv
returns all components from the given catalog in csv representation. requested user has to have catalog management rights for the given catalog.
component fields:
id: identifier of a component (deprecated)
component_id : identifier of the component
Translations can be multiple, we always return all the available translations in the form of multiple column pairs. If no translations are available, we insert in the CSV reference columns label_en and description_en.
label_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ComponentTranslation.
description_{languageCode}: languageCode in ISO standard can be "en" or "de" for example and will be the current value of this language in the ComponentTranslation.
active: boolean (1 or 0) which indicates if the component is active or inactive.
perspectiveImage: an url to the perspective image
type: for example "seating" or "table"
detailType: for example "sofa", "chair" or "table"
layer: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
sort: can be an integer or null, if there is no value for this field
tag_ids: all tag ids separated by ' ' (whitespace)
POST /:id/components
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: json
Batch uploading components
Parameters:
file: input file for the upload (.csv) or (.zip)
allowUpdate: boolean whether existing components are allowed to be updated/overriden. default is false.
ZIP explanation:
The .zip file has to contain a .csv file and component definitions as .json files. In order correctly detect your wanted component definition file, you have to add a column "component_definition" to your .csv file. As values the columns should contain zip://fileName.json. The value could also contain a directory structure to better organize your .zip file. Which could yield to following value zip://aFolder/aSecondFolder/component1.json
Should there be any error like not prefixing with zip:// or just having a typo or forgot to add files to your zip, a bad request (400) will be thrown and an import log will be attached. In the import log you should be able to read, what went wrong or has to be adjusted.
The component_definition
column can also contain weblinks. In this case its assumed that the link returns a componentDefinition as UTF-8 string.
If any error occurs, no changes are made. If the content contains an existing id and allowUpdate = false a conflict ( 409) will be returned with an import log.
CSV fields
Contains all field specified in {/:id/components} csv, but ignores the tag_ids, additionally includes the (optional) fields
tag_ids_to_add : all tags ids to add separated by ' ' (whitespace).
tag_ids_to_remove : all tags ids to remove separated by ' ' (whitespace).
GET /:id/componentBatch Deprecated
use /:id/components instead with header accept = text/csv
POST /:id/componentBatch Deprecated
use /:id/components instead with header accept = text/csv
PUT /:id/componentBatch Deprecated
use POST /:id/components instead with header accept = text/csv and query parameter allowUpdates = true
Prices
GET /:id/prices
Generates: csv
Returns all prices from the given catalog in csv representation. Requested user has to have admin rights for the given catalog.
price fields:
article_number
price: default price for this article number. default means if a country gets requested, where there is no specific entry this default price will be returned
currency_symbol: default currency symbol for this article number. default means if a country gets requested, where there is no specific entry this default currency symbol will be returned
price_{countryCode}: countryCode can be "at", "de" and so on. Represents a specific price entry for this country
currency_symbol_{countryCode}: countryCode can be "at", "de" and so on. Represents a specific currency symbol for this country
POST /:id/prices
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: csv
Batch uploading prices
Side information:
Given CSV will be parsed and converted to fit our price engine needs and then forwarded to it. There can be errors where the upload is correct but we encounter problems when accessing our price engine.
Drafts
GET /:id/drafts
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
Returns all catalogs that are drafts of the given catalog, including published ones. Requesting user has to have Catalog Management rights for the given catalog.
POST /:id/drafts - create empty draft
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
used to create an empty draft of this catalog. If it is the first draft for this catalog, locksLiveCatalog
is set to true. In case there are already drafts active, it's set to false.
POST /:id/drafts - create draft from ZIP
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: application/json
used to create a draft of this catalog for automatic importing.
Send a zip and type to this endpoint for starting the automatic import. will happen asynchronously.
bodyparameters:
file: zip file to import from
type: type id of the source format. Currently supported: bb, idmp,idmw
PUT /:id/drafts/:draftid - reimport (Deprecated)
Accepts: multipart-formdata
Generates: application/json
used to make re-imports into existing drafts. A reimport is only possible for a draft that originated as an import. The multi-part must contain:
file - the source file for the import
mergePolicies - String - serialized merge policies between the current draft and the reimport are required
POST /:id/drafts/:draftId/publish - publishes this draft
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
publishes all data from this draft according to the defined merge policies
POST /:id/drafts/:draftId/unpublish - reverts the changes of a published this draft
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
undoes the publishing of this draft. any data that was added to the catalog (was in the draft before but not in the catalog) stays in the catalog even after the unpublish. Only data that was swapped between live and draft is swapped back.
Imports
CatalogImportStatus object example
CatalogImport fields:
id - String - unique id
draftCatalogExtId - String - externalId of the draft catalog
sourceCatalogExtId - String - externalId of the source catalog
importType - String - type of import
mergePolicies - JSONObject - nested MergePolicies json object - contains the Merge policies used for the import
status - Integer - integer representing the status
CREATED(10)
PROCESSING(20)
SUCCESS(30)
FAILED(-1)
progress - Integer - integer representing the current progress of the import (0-100)
importLog - String - serialized ImportLog object - contains the logs of the import process
email - String - email of the user who started the import
created - Date - date of creation
updated - Date - date of update
sourceFile - String - url of zip file used for the import
Meshes
GET /:id/meshes
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/json
returns a json containing all the mesh objects in the given catalog.
Mesh fields:
catalog - externalId of the catalog
id - combinedId of the mesh
created - date of creation
links - links to connected endpoints
data - link to meshdata endpoint
GET /:id/meshes - ZIP
Accepts: application/json
Generates: application/zip
returns a zip containing the meshData for the given catalog, that match the query params currently supports only crt format returned quality will be equal, better or closest match the file currently contains just the meshData, no additional data (csv)
query-param:
format - format of requested meshes (accepted values - crt)
quality - quality level of meshData (accepted value Integer 0-100)
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