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Standard Procedure

Generally, the Bim+ REST API calls consist of three steps for accessing the resources.

1. Send a request for the authentication token.

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2. Receive the authentication token.

3. Use the token for making the API request for any resource.

1. Authentication token request 

The authentication request for accessing the BimPlus resource should be sent in the JSON format using the Authorization service.

Example:

POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2/authorize

JSON Request:

{
 "user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
 "password" : "test"
}

Header:

If the Browser based REST clients does not select the Content-Type as "application/json", then please mention the content type in the header(Content-Type: application/json)

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
 "user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
 "password" : "test"
}

Status: 200 OK

{
access_token: "c939ebf5b96646528e0022a35f7a2e67"
expires_in: 2591999
token_type: "BimPlus"
}

2. Receive the authentication token 

The token is received in the request

{
access_token: "c939ebf5b96646528e0022a35f7a2e67"
expires_in: 2591999
token_type: "BimPlus"
}

3. Request the desired resource

Using the authentication token, the necessary resource can be accessed and the desired action can be performed on that resource using the BimPlus REST API.

Example:

GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/projects

JSON Response:

[4]
0:  {
id: "c8c8e6f2-4495-484c-929d-0049f1f9d4ff"
name: null
}-
1:  {
id: "f404ee03-2e04-4d81-873e-13d672b02b7d"
name: null
}-
2:  {
id: "1dc48a10-f283-497a-83de-e5f1b56c4a41"
name: null
}-
3:  {
id: "586b02be-43b8-4e27-b698-e067e85e38e2"
name: "!!!!!_VORTEILSHAUS V40 SD45 Traufeingang"
}

Tools 

Plugins for doing REST based calls (REST Client)

Chrome --> Advanced REST client, Postman - REST client, Simple REST client

Firefox --> RESTClient

For validating or formatting JSON --> http://jsonlint.com/