Getting variable value via HTTP GET

[maxi...@googlemail.com]

Hello there,

first of - thanks for creating this nifty tool.

I'm trying to retrieve the current value of a variable via a HTTP request, but I can't seem to find the functionality.
Is it possible to just do a curl -X GET https://apilio.herokuapp.com/boolean_variables/.../get/with_key/1234 and retrieve a simple 1 or 0 depending on the variable's value?

I'd like to poll that url every five minutes to trigger a shell script without having to expose a port to the net.

Thanks a lot in advance,

[pebneter]

Hi,

I get to hear that question more frequently these days -  very interesting!

Your findings are correct: This functionality is currently not implemented. But I see the value of it and will consider it as an feature to add in the future.

In the meantime, you can get there with a little workaround and an undocumented feature.

If you make a logicblock "evaluate" call and add .json at the end of the URL, you will get the result in JSON. So if you create a logicblock with just one boolean variable connected, you can actually read out that value with this trick.

Thanks!

Philipp

[maxi...@googlemail.com]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply! That undocumented feature is indeed exactly what I was looking for!

There is only one issue with that approach : apilio requires log in through my Google account before granting access to the json URL.

Regular variables can be set without prior authentification, which simplifies matters quite a bit.

Is there a best practice you recommend for accessing the json from e.g. curl?

Thanks again,

Maximilian

[pebneter]

Hi Maximilian,

you don't need to authenticate with username and password for that call. That works with the authentication key. The URL looks something like this: https://apilio.herokuapp.com/logicblocks/your_logicblock/evaluate/with_key/77xxxxxxxxxxxx98.json

I have no recommendation for how to consume the JSON - curl should be fine of course.

[Philipp]

Hi there,

we have started implementing a very early version of an API. We launched it sliently today!

Here's the link to the documentation: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7602053/S1TSZeSA?version=latest

Try it out and tell us what you think! Is this the right direction? Does it add value?

Cheers

Philipp