API Details
On this page you will find some technical details of the Dizions API that works with the system. This enables you to interact with your data without having to log in to the web interface. It is a RESTful API using JSON over https. For prices, please call the office.
Selecting Specific Fields Via The API
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Single Record Extension Databases
As mentioned previously, for referrals and clients you can select single record extension database data, or filter by these values. To expose these fields to the API you need to edit that field in the front end, setting Allow collaborator API access? to Yes and choosing a suitable Name to share with collaborators. You can then reference that extension database field by the collaborator name.
Multiple Record Extension Databases [GET]
Multiple record extension databases work as their own entity. They can be accessed in the API by a combination of their name and ID. Convert the name to lowercase, and replace spaces with underscores. Then separate the name and ID with an underscore. For example, this end point that gets all records for extension database 13, called Staff Disciplinary:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/extension_database/staff_disciplinary_13
You can also specify which fields you want to select, to make things more efficient. Extension database records can be filtered in the same way as other requests, to get all results for a particular referral you can do this:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/extension_database/wellcheck_notes_9/referral/2289
Multiple Record Extension Databases [PUT]
To create a new record you need to do a [PUT] request.
[PUT] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/extension_database/staff_disciplinary_13
Then add the body:
referral 2289
date_43 2018-11-08
The ID of the new record will be returned.
Multiple Record Extension Databases [POST]
To update a record you also need to supply the ID:
[POST] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/extension_database/wellcheck_notes_9/id/17 Then add the POST body in the same way as a PUT request.
Reports
Reporting is based on dimensions and metrics, conceptually similar to an X and Y axis, although metrics are optional. If you pass in a dimension against a group, you will get a breakdown of the number of records in that group. For examplem, this will show you how many clients there are in each district:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/clients/dimension/district
If you want this further broken down by gender:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/clients/dimension/district/metric/gender
You can also filter the results in the same way as other [GET] requests:
To view a user's completed contacts by day for a range of time, you can do this:
Dictionaries
Many of the values returned by the API are IDs, so there's a selection of dictionaries to get the friendly names. As a (slow and heavy) reference you can get all datadict dictionaries:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary (not suggested for general use)
If the dictionary is set up in datadict you can access via api_group/table_reference. The end points below will return the full list of IDs and friendly names.
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary/organisations/district
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary/referrals/project
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary/contacts/contact_type
You can also search for items in the dictionary:
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary/search/referrals/project/SEARCH_TERM
[GET] https://api.dizions.co.uk/v2/dictionary/search/referrals/referrer/SEARCH_TERM
