Standard Procedure
Generally, the Bim+ REST API calls consist of three steps for accessing the resources.
1. Send a request for the authentication token.
2. Receive the authentication token.
3. Get the team information.
4. Use the token and team information 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.
Service available !
POST
Resource: authorize
URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/authorize
Authenticates a user and returns a token which can be used for further API calls for accessing the desired resources.
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
"password" : "test"
}
Status: 200 OK
{
access_token: "9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088"
expires_in: 2591999
token_type: "BimPlus"
}
2. Receive the authentication token
The token is received in the request.
Service available !
POST
Resource: authorize
URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/authorize
Authenticates a user and returns a token which can be used for further API calls for accessing the desired resources.
Authorization: BimPlus c939ebf5b96646528e0022a35f7a2e67 Content-Type: application/json
{
"user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
"password" : "test"
}
Status: 200 OK
{
access_token: "c939ebf5b96646528e0022a35f7a2e67"
expires_in: 2591999
token_type: "BimPlus"
}
3. Get the team information
The team has to be specified and setup through the bimplus portal as so-called slugs to present a clean URL. Slugs are lowercase unique identifiers based on English characters and numbers. The team slug will be used to know which tenant database to work on. If you are not sure of your team slug please use our user administration service.
Service available !
GET
Resource: teams
URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/teams
Get all the available teams.
Content-Type: application/json
Status: 200 OK
[2]
0: {
id: "82884f54-96bf-4e9c-a2fb-44db8379378d"
slug: "nemetschek"
name: "Nemetschek"
owner: "132a78a5-b523-4bf2-8382-7098fac3f803"
totalStorage: 0
storageStats: null
status: "Active"
teamWorksConnection: "RGF0YSBTb3VyY2U9YmltcGx1cy5tYW50cm8ubmV0OyBJbml0aWFsIENhdGFsb2c9QmltUGx1cy5UZW5hbnQuRGV2OyBVc2VyIElkPWRiYmltbWFudHJvdGVzdDsgUGFzc3dvcmQ9MWprdGNudG9DcU9qeGtIMU9QOXg7IENvbm5lY3QgdGltZW91dD0xMA=="
dataStorageStatus: "Online"
}-
1: {
id: "7eab1453-a4e7-4d05-983e-031544540e6f"
slug: "bimplus-demo"
name: "BimPlus Demo"
owner: "5592c628-588e-f5c0-b08b-088d43de9209"
totalStorage: 53687091200
storageStats: null
status: "Active"
teamWorksConnection: "RGF0YSBTb3VyY2U9YmltcGx1cy5tYW50cm8ubmV0O0luaXRpYWwgQ2F0YWxvZz1CaW1QbHVzLlRlbmFudC5iaW1wbHVzLWRlbW87VXNlciBJRD1iaW1wbHVzLWRlbW87UGFzc3dvcmQ9YWI3ZDRmNDc5ZGM4YjI1Yjg2MDc0Y2ZmZTNiNDBjZmY2OWQwNzQ1YjtDb25uZWN0IFRpbWVvdXQ9MTA="
dataStorageStatus: "Online"
}
4. 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.
For example, we can use this token to get the project list.
Service available !
GET
Resource: projects
URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<company>/projects
Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/projects
Get available project list with main properties.
Authorization: BimPlus c939ebf5b96646528e0022a35f7a2e67 Content-Type: application/json
Status: 200 OK
[3]
0: {
id: "c8c8e6f2-4495-484c-929d-0049f1f9d4ff"
name: "!!!!!_VORTEILSHAUS V40 SD45 Traufeingang"
}-
1: {
id: "2d703abe-b4f9-407c-af53-a39c5b7ba872"
name: "__5 999 Parklife Salzburg Lehen"
}-
2: {
id: "c480cc54-aec4-4bef-8d35-93bb090e1aba"
name: "0811-Wohnhaus Kraus - Carport1"
}
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/
