Retrieve Source Systems
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids"
payload = {
"items": [{ "externalId": "my.known.id" }],
"ignoreUnknownIds": True
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id'}], ignoreUnknownIds: true})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
],
'ignoreUnknownIds' => true
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"documentation": "<string>",
"imageUrl": "<string>",
"tags": [
"<string>"
]
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 422,
"message": "Extra inputs are not permitted: type"
}
}Retrieve Source Systems
Retrieve source systems. Source systems represent sources that extractors may read from. They are tied to extractors through Solutions.
POST
/
extractors
/
sources
/
byids
Retrieve Source Systems
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids"
payload = {
"items": [{ "externalId": "my.known.id" }],
"ignoreUnknownIds": True
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id'}], ignoreUnknownIds: true})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
],
'ignoreUnknownIds' => true
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/extractors/sources/byids")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"documentation": "<string>",
"imageUrl": "<string>",
"tags": [
"<string>"
]
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 422,
"message": "Extra inputs are not permitted: type"
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Body
application/json
List of source systems to retrieve.
Response
List of source systems.
List of source systems
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