Quick Start

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

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"
}

Get Project Properties

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

Status: 200 OK

{
disciplines: [0]
name: null
shortDescr: null
thumbnail: null
created: "0001-01-01T00:00:00"
changed: "0001-01-01T00:00:00"
id: "c8c8e6f2-4495-484c-929d-0049f1f9d4ff"
}

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/