Unqork’s Internal API: Create APIs

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Overview

Most of Unqork's internal API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. (applications programming interface) calls use one of the create, read, update, and delete (CRUD CRUD refers to the four critical operations for creating and managing data elements in your applications. It stands for create, read, update, and delete.) operations. In this article, you'll explore an example of a create API service in Unqork. Here you'll explore the Create Module Submission(s) API call.

What You'll Learn

In this article, you’ll learn about the Create Module Submission(s) API call, how it's configured, and how to test it.

Create Module Submission(s) API

A common API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. call you'll use in Unqork is the Create a Module Submission(s) API call. This API is a secure way to automatically create one or more module submissions. One way to configure the API is to have it trigger when an end-user End-users, also known as Express Users, are the individuals accessing an application through Express View. In most cases, end-users are the customers using the product. clicks Save. For improved security, our proxy module setup requires you to create a submission using this API call.

This API auto-generates submission IDs, but you must provide a JSON JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an open standard file and data interchange format. Unqork uses JSON for submission (record) data. object for the module submission data. To create multiple submissions, the Request Body must contain an array of the defined request body structure.

TIP  To learn more about the Create Module Submission(s) API's request body structure, view our Create Module Submission(s) documentation.

Review the Create Module Submission(s) API Configuration

To help explain how the Create Module Submission(s) API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. works, we've configured a module and Plug-In component that uses this API call. The following sections explore the configuration and lets you test the API.

WARNING  Feel free to use the configuration created here for your own builds. But, please do not reconfigure the modules. If you want to use the configuration, make a copy of the module and paste it in your application.

Review the initNewSubmission Initializer Component

First, let's open the preconfigured module and look at the Initializer component configuration.

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Open the preconfigured module in the Module Builder by clicking the following link: https://training.unqork.io/#/form/64cbeb70a3759b636156d703/edit.

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Hover over the initNewSubmission  Initializer component.

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Using the toolbar, click the (Settings) button.

You can see the Trigger Type is set to New Submission, firing the Initializer on page load. In the Outputs table, the component outputs values from a schema module and stores them in the moduleId Hidden component.

Review the pluginCreateModuleSubmission Plug-In Component

Let's take a closer look at the necessary Plug-In component configuration and settings to make the API work.

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Hover over the pluginCreateModuleSubmission Plug-In component.

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Using the toolbar, click the (Settings) button.

Internal Services

From the Internal Services drop-down, you'll see that the Create Module Submission(s) API is selected. Once selected, the Data Source URL auto-populates with /fbu/uapi/modules/{moduleId}/submissions. As you can see, the {moduleId} placeholder text in the URL was modified to {{data.moduleId}}. That way, you can write to the specific data fields stored in the moduleId Hidden component. These fields are first name, last name, joke question, and joke answer.

TIP  To learn more about the Create Module Submission(s) API, click the Learn More button in the Plug-In component's configuration window.

Request Type

The Request Type is also set to POST. The POST type is used to write data.

Inputs

Lastly, the Inputs table references the components that act as data fields in the new submission. The module contains four Text Field components with Property IDs A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. of firstName, lastName, jokeAnswer, and jokeQuestion. To properly map the new submission, we use the {{data.propertyId}} syntax.

Test the Create Module Submission(s) API

Now, let's preview the module and test the configuration.

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Preview the preconfigured module in Express View Express View is how your end-user views you application. Express View also lets you preview your applications to test your configuration and view the styling. This is also the view your end-users will see when interacting with your application. After configuring a module, click Preview in the Module Builder to interact with the module in Express View..

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In Express View, right-click anywhere on the page.

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Click Inspect. The Inspect panel opens to the right of the page.

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Click the Network tab.

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In the First Name, Last Name, Joke Question, and Joke Answer fields, enter some sample data.

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Click the Create Submission button. This button triggers the pluginCreateModuleSubmission Plug-In component.

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If the submission was successfuly created, a 201 response displays in the Network tab.

Resources

• Introduction to Unqork's Internal API

• Unqork's Internal API: Delete APIs

• Unqork's Internal API: Read APIs

• Unqork's Internal API: Update APIs