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I am trying to get a REST Web-Service-Endpoint Action working.
Extending the Default endpoint, I added an Action CreateShipmentAction.
URL: .../17.200.001/SalesOrder/CreateShipmentAction
SEND: {'entity':{'OrderNbr':{'value':'ME050225'},'OrderType':{'value':'SO'}},'parameters':{'value':null}}
METHOD: post
and this works fine.
Following the same procedure, I added CancelPurchaseOrderAction to Purchase Order.
URL: .../17.200.001/PurchaseOrder/CancelPurchaseOrderAction
SEND: {'entity':{'OrderNbr':{'value':'ME006802'},'OrderType':{'value':'DP'}},'parameters':{'value':null}}
METHOD: post
fails with "The Cancel Order button is disabled". Manually checking the PurchaseOrder, the Cancel-Order button is active via the website.
If I change the 'entity' OrderNbr to
SEND: {'entity':{'OrderNbr':{'value':'xxxME006802'},'OrderType':{'value':'DP'}},'parameters':{'value':null}}
which shouldn't match anything, I get the same error. It's like my 'entity' for the PurchaseOrder is not formatted correctly.
I would look up the necessary formatting for the 'entity' of PurchaseOrder in the Acumatica documentation, but I can't find any documentation. The VIEW_ENDPOINT_SERVICE documents do not spell this out either, which I think they should (else why have an API if the parameters are not defined...)
This issue is inconsistency in Acumatica fields.
While the website URL for a PurchaseOrder has
?ScreenId=PO301000&OrderType=DP&OrderNbr=ME006802
Making one think the 'entity' fields for a REST Action API call would be
{OrderNbr:{value:"ME006802"},OrderType:{value:"DP"}}
It's actually (note the OrderType is now just Type with a different value)
{OrderNbr:{value:"ME006802"},Type:{value:"Drop Ship"}}
Programming to Acumatica's REST API is like Whack-A-Mole.... randomly try different things (since there is no documentation) and hopefully one may just luckily work....
One thing for sure is that when dealing with Acumatica Web Service, you need to work with the screen in the browser as well.
The Web Service can only do the same thing that are possible to do on the screen.
So if you go to the Purchase Order Screen and look at the record is the Cancel Order button enabled?
I notice something when I was testing this is that for the Sales Order and the Purchase Order, the same steps will not enable both actions. At least with the default settings one is getting when using the Sales Demo Data provided with the installer.
For the Sales Order, the record only need to not be "On Hold" in order for the action Create Shipment to be enabled.
Though for the Purchase Order, you not only need to not be "On Hold", you also need to have used the Approve action before the Cancel button gets enabled.
If I were to use the Cancel Order action before these were done, I was getting the same error as you are noting in your question but once these steps were done I was able to Cancel the Order properly.
The Request that I used were to following
Sales Order
.../entity/DefaultPlus/17.200.001/SalesOrder/CreateShipmentAction
{
"entity":
{
"OrderType":{"value":"SO"},
"OrderNbr":{"value":"SO004264"}
},
"parameters":
{
"ShipmentDate":{"value":"06/05/2019"},
"WarehouseID":{"value":"RETAIL"}
}
}
Purchase Order
.../entity/DefaultPlus/17.200.001/PurchaseOrder/CancelPurchaseOrderAction
{
"entity":
{
"Type":{"value":"Normal"},
"OrderNbr":{"value":"PO000701"}
}
}
Related
Google calendar REST API GET method (https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events/get) should return this structure (https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events#resource), unless I'm missing something.
I need to get event title and description to use in my application. I 'm getting below response instead.
I've tried to change event visibility (public/private) and availability (free/busy). Actually, API does not show events with Free availability, for which I don't have solution either.
Here is event edit screen screenshot:
https://www.screencast.com/t/X8bRS8kJDT
{
"kind":"calendar#event",
"etag":"\"3145149995624000\"",
"id":"5fnlvcl2msab46p8roqbahhb6g",
"status":"confirmed",
"htmlLink":"https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NWZubHZjbDJtc2FiNDZwOHJvcWJhaGhiNmcgZWQtYWRtaW4uY29tXzMwOHNycjdzdjdiM28xazRpdjZ2cm9mb3Y0QGc",
"updated":"2019-11-01T02:23:17.812Z",
"start":{
"dateTime":"2019-11-11T09:30:00+11:00"
},
"end":{
"dateTime":"2019-11-11T10:00:00+11:00"
},
"visibility":"private",
"iCalUID":"5fnlvcl2msab46p8roqbahhb6g#google.com"
}
Are there other methods to get calendar events details with REST API, including ones with free availability?
Thanks.
04/02/2020:
I actually made it work for "ordinary" Google account - add project, add API, add service account and allocate service account email to the calendar. But I still not sure how to change access level for G Suite account. It allows only to see Free/Busy status.
I've changed default access in Admin Console as this article suggests, but it does not help:
https://www.macworld.com/article/2980005/the-mystery-of-the-unsharable-google-apps-calendar.html
You could try specifying the fields you want to retrieve like the image below:
Or you could put a " * " as the image below to retrieve all values:
fields is a standard Query parameter, which specifies what values you want to include in your response. To learn more about it, you can check Here.
I have an API where we want to save commercial breaks. There are also validations in terms of rules such as hour limit not breach, average duration with in limits etc.
Should such validations have a different endpoint such as POST commercialbreaks/validation and then we validate the same from UI
a. UI ->commercialbreaks/validation , if pass then UI hit commercialbreaks->POST /commercialbreaks.
b. or should we have a single endpoint i.e POST /commercialbreaks and then have /commercialbreaks/validation be called from inside inside this API.
Validation takes user input too for rules to validate against. We will have to pass the same whenever we hit POST /commercialbreaks if we go for b).
THere is a also a possibility that post validation there is a delay in save and then by then some changes have happened in system so we may need revalidation again.
Which is a better design approach. Also, we have a situation where Validation gives a message that it failed/passed and if user has the Override prvilige then he will be be able to override the validation and still be able to save the breaks. In this case should we have use the same endpoint POST /commercialbreaks with override flag =true/false. Please suggest.
You don't do validation on a second endpoint, because you ALWAYS want the validation to run. You should do client-side validation in case you want to visualize problems before the user hits the save button. Then it should be server-side validation happening on that one endpoint. If validation fails, please note that you can return http status 400, but also return a JSON object if necessary with all infos about any remedy suggestions. I guess, validation is an implementation design topic and not an API design one.
I have absolutelly the same question as dan here - Facebook conversion pixel with "server to server" option . There was written, that there was no way, but it was 2013, so I hope something changed.
So, is there any way to call facebook pixel events (e.g. CompleteRegistration) from server side now?
I can describe situation in more details. Imagine, that user visits our site, where fb pixel tracks 'PageView' of course. When user passes form and sends his phone number, we call 'Lead' event. But then we need to track one more event, when our manager successfully confirmes this user! Of course, it happens on other computer and so on, so there is no idea, how to "connect" to base user.
I've seen a lot of documentation departments like this, but I can't fully understand even if it's possible or not.
Logically, we need to generate specific id for user (or it can be phone number really), when 'Lead' event is called. Then, we should use this id to 'CompleteRegistration' for that user. But I can't understand, how to do it technically.
It would be gratefull, if somebody could explain it.
P.S. As I understand, it is fully available in API for mobile apps. Is it ok idea to use it for our situation, if there is no other solution?
Use Offline Conversions to record events that happen after a user has left your website. Logging these conversions, technically, is very easy. Setting everything up takes a little effort
tldr; check the code below
Follow setup steps in the FB docs (Setup steps 1-5) which are:
Setup facebook Business Manager account
Add a new app to Business Manager account
Create an Ad account, if you don't already have one
Create a System User for the ad account
After the setup, follow Upload Event Data steps on the same page, steps 1-3 to create an offline event set and associate it with your ad. These can be carried out in the Graph API Explorer by following the links in the examples. These can be done programmatically, but is out of the scope of making the event calls from the server for one campaign.
Once you have created the event set, then you can upload your CompleteRegistration events!
You will need to make a multipart form data request to FB, the data key will be an array of your conversion events. As #Cbroe mentioned, you must hash your match keys (the data you have available about your user to match them with a FB user) before sending to FB. The more match keys you are able to provide, the better chance at matching your user. So if you can get their email and phone at the same time, you're much more likely to match your user.
Here's an example of the call to FB using node.js:
var request = require('request')
// The access token you generated for your system user
var access_token = 'your_access_token'
// The ID of the conversion set you created
var conversionId = 'your_conversion_set_id'
var options = {
url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.12/' + conversionId + '/events',
formData: {
access_token: access_token,
upload_tag: 'registrations', //optional
data: [{
match_keys: {
"phone": ["<HASH>", "<HASH>"]
},
currency: "USD",
event_name: "CompleteRegistration",
event_time: 1456870902,
custom_data: { // optional
event_source: "manager approved"
},
}]
}
}
request(options, function(err, result) {
// error handle and check for success
})
Offline Conversion Docs
Facebook has now a Server-Side API: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/server-side-api/get-started
Implementing this is similar to implementing the offline events outlined in the accepted answer.
Keep in mind that it will always be cumbersome to track and connect events from the browser and from your server. You need to share a unique user id between the browser and server, so that Facebook (or any other analytics provider) will know that the event belongs to the same user.
Tools like mixpanel.com and amplitude.com may be more tailored to your needs, but will get very expensive once you move out of the free tier (100+ EUR at mixpanel, 1000+ EUR at Amplitude, monthly). Those tools are tailored towards company success, whereas Facebook is tailored towards selling and measuring Facebook ads.
I am attempting to track successful form Submissions using an event in Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager. My current setup successfully tracks when users submit the form. However, the event still fires even when the form submission is invalid and does not submit (ie a user hasn't filled out all of the required fields, clicks the submit button, the form attempts to validate, but comes back to the user with errors instead of submitting). I have the Check Validation feature on my listener checked which theoretically should keep the tag from firing if the form submission is prevented, so it's not the obvious error.
The form in question is created with Sitecore's Web Forms for Marketers. Colleagues of mine have had similar unsolved issues with their WFFM forms.
This particular form is used to gate content so that only users who fill out the form will have access to the content resource. So for example if I go to www.mydomain.com/resource I will be redirected to www.mydomain.com/form where if I fill out all of my information correctly and submit it I will then be redirected to the resource that I was originally attempting to view at www.mydomain.com/resource.
Here's my setup:
Tag 1
Name: Form Submission Listener
Type: Form Submit Listener
Wait For Tags: Checked
Max Wait Time: 2000 milliseconds
Check Validation: Checked
No advanced Settings
Firing Rule: On form pages by URL
Tag 2
Name: Event Form Submission
Type: Universal Analytics
Tracking ID: UA-.....
Enable Display Advertising Features: Checked
Track Type: Event
Category: Form
Action: Submission
Label: {{Form resource URL}}
Non-Interaction Hit: False
No More Settings
No Advanced Settings
Firing Rules: {{event}} equals gtm.formSubmit
Theoretically the Check Validation check box should prevent the tag from firing if the form does not successfully submit, but in the case of this form it does not. The tag fires regardless of whether the form submits or not.
Apologies that I cannot link to the form as it is for a client and behind security.
We were able to find an answer to our question via the Sitecore forums, but I wanted to pass it along for your benefit.
From Sitecore:
The Web Forms module provides the double level validation, 1-client validation, 2-server validation.
By default, the client validation is disable for the Required Field validator. So, when you press Submit, the form posts to the server, and returns with the validation error. It's a possible reason why Google Analytics considers that as a form submit.
Find the following item in the Master database:
/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/System/System Validation/NotEmpty
Find the "Enable Client Script" checkbox and enable it.
Save and publish the item.
Check whether the issue was fixed.
This fixed the issue for all of our text based fields. It did not fix the issue for the one checkbox on the form. I've followed up with sitecore on this, but I figured that I'd update here in the meantime.
With only the checkbox remaining I was also able to use a a macro and add to my original firing rule in google tag manager so that the event would not fire if the checkbox was not checked.
I created a Custom Javascript Macro called Radio Button Checked (not sure it's the best, but it worked), and added a new condition to my original Form Submission Rule: {{Radio Button Checked}} equals true
The macro:
function() {
var radioName = "radioButtonName";
try {
var buttons = document.getElementsByName(radioName);
for (var i = 0;i < buttons.length;i++){
if(buttons[i].checked) {
return true;
}
}
} catch(e) {}
return false;
}
EDIT: Sitecore got back to me about the checkbox issue.
From Sitecore:
Currently the CheckBox field type doesn't have the client-side validation. I registered it as a bug for the WFFM module. I'll let you know as soon as it's fixed.
They let me know also that this isn't something that will be fixed near-term so I need to continue using my GTM workaround for the check box field.
The Google Chrome plugin "Tag Assistant" is super helpful in debugging these sorts of issues. It will show you what (if any) structural or implementation issues exist on a given page that might be preventing your intended tracking behavior (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tag-assistant-by-google/kejbdjndbnbjgmefkgdddjlbokphdefk?hl=en)
My gut feel is that this issue is not specifically related to WFFM, but may be due to the implementation of the Tag Manager code on the page. I seem to recall having an issue like this when the Tag Manager include code gets dumped inside the auto-generated .NET tag when using WebForms in general. Google's docs (https://developers.google.com/tag-manager/quickstart) say to put it immediately after the opening tag, and I recall that being my issue with tracking form submits.
This is all from memory, so I could be wrong, but it's something else to check.
Good luck!
I have built a Facebook app using OpenGraph that permits the users to write reviews on concerts, so that I've defined a concert_id attribute on which the user can insert a review.
Now I would like to show all the reviews inserted for a certain concert_id but cannot find a way. If I do (in JS)
FB.api('/me/MY_APP:action', { limit: 0}, function(response) {
console.log(response);
});
I get all items. This app has to be consumed by mobile, I think it is bad to get all items and, then, filtering only the concert_id i need. What do I have to do to apply a where condition in OpenGraph to a custom action?
As far as I can tell from the API and the Facebook developer pages, it's not possible to filter a call by custom action property using the public Open Graph API.
Two options I can think of:
Option 1:
Implement the category filter by creating custom category objects:
if "review" is a custom action and
GET https://graph.facebook.com/me/[name_space]:review
returns all review actions then
GET https://graph.facebook.com/me/[name_space]:review/scifi_movie
GET https://graph.facebook.com/me/[name_space]:review/action_movie
return actions specific to movie type, where scifi_movie and action_movie are custom objects. You would need to create one object type for each category.
Option 2:
Implement a custom action for each category, e.g.
review_scifi_movie
review_action_movie
These are not particularly elegant solutions but perhaps useful as a hack if nothing else works and you really don't want to do filtering on client side.
The Facebook API will not return individual published objects for a particular action, but that's not your only problem. By the look of it, you're trying to bring in ALL the reviews given for a concert, right? (Meaning those by other users too).
The "/me/" part of the Facebook API call will only return those published actions made by the user that is currently logged in. That won't work for you, as you want those of all your users
The only suggestion I can give is to create a simple web service, where you store all the reviews given for the various concerts. Use this service to pull in reviews given for a particular concert. (I use a similar methodology for reviews in an app of my own).
I dont understand javascript or opengraph..
But when I required in JAVA to fetch reviews made by any user I have used FQL for that and It retrived me all the reviews and FQL also used to fetch all the tables related to Facebook.
I don't think that you can pull that off with the JS SDK.
You can do that in your server though, and since this is a mobile app (or has a mobile version) then that's another good reason to remove this from the client responsibility.
In the server side you can ask facebook for the published actions as you posted, filter them and then return the response.
Another thing that you can do is to save each published action in your db (on each action post you should get an id back from facebook, just persist that) and then you can easily filter the published actions according to what ever criteria you want/need (since you are no longer restricted by the facebook api).
The open graph thing is still pretty new and not tat mature, for example you can't use FQL with it, something that could have been handy for your case.
Regardless though I think that a server solution is best for calculations when mobile is concerned.
i don't know exactly but try this
if (session.authResponse) {
FB.api('/me', {
fields: 'name, picture' // here mention your fields
},
function(response) {
if (!response.error) {
//here response value
});