4.5 Custom attribute service

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Custom attribute Service

Bimplus DB

Team DB

Create a free attribute group
Get the info about a particular free attribute group
Update a particular free attribute group
Delete a particular free attribute group
Create a free attribute under a particular attribute group or as stand-alone
Get the info about a particular free attribute
Update a particular free attribute

Custom attribute Service

Using these services, custom property groups & its associated properties can be created.

Create a new custom group in Bimplus DB

Resource: content/freeattributegroups

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
name	mandatory	string	Name of the attribute group
description	optional	string	Short description of the attribute group
parent	optional	string (guid)	Parent attribute group. If not specified, then the created group is a stand-alone group

POST

Creates a new custom attribute group. The created group could be either stand-alone ( parent not specified ), or created inside another group (the id of the parent has to be specified)

Headers

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

JSON

{
  "name": "TestGroup",
  "description": "Test group",
  "parent" : "6e57160e-5d5d-46a4-b4d3-b9e46d03ee75"
}

Status

Status: 201 Created

JSON

{
  "id": "da9c6db5-92fa-473d-9282-483c40907a95",
  "name": "TestGroup",
  "description": "Test group",
  "parent" : "6e57160e-5d5d-46a4-b4d3-b9e46d03ee75"
}

Get all the free attribute groups from the Bimplus DB

Resource: content/freeattributegroups

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups

GET

Get all the free attribute groups from the Bimplus DB

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

 [
    {
        "id": "81a39304-9d4a-4e8d-826e-7736b9350562",
        "name": "ALLFA Attributes",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "e6b44081-8983-4c07-b1a7-2c43bc199927",
        "name": "Allplan Attributes",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "af12dda5-dafe-4b05-adeb-638617cc6907",
        "name": "BaseQuantities",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "children": [
            {
                "parent": "073245c3-6ed4-40a0-9146-ecd1eb111500",
                "id": "170820da-de29-437a-aa97-f7984a319890",
                "name": "Element",
                "description": "tabAttribbElement"
            },
            {
                "parent": "073245c3-6ed4-40a0-9146-ecd1eb111500",
                "id": "af946941-5a14-4c6a-be9f-424ca59b10b5",
                "name": "Element State",
                "description": "tabAttribbElementState"
            },
            {
                "parent": "073245c3-6ed4-40a0-9146-ecd1eb111500",
                "id": "0f6906f2-305d-4899-979a-6ce1e49af6a9",
                "name": "General",
                "description": "tabAttribGeneral"
            },
            {
                "parent": "073245c3-6ed4-40a0-9146-ecd1eb111500",
                "id": "66c2ba5e-8a70-40b8-9918-fccd1663f3bb",
                "name": "IFC",
                "description": "tabAttribIFC"
            }
        ],
        "id": "073245c3-6ed4-40a0-9146-ecd1eb111500",
        "name": "Bimplus Property Sets",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "5d184904-fab5-4e53-9916-e9c20c4e31b7",
        "name": "Building Attribute",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "1b567ec2-4a10-43ba-b791-45f288866808",
        "name": "CostPlanning",
        "description": "DIN276"
    },
    {
        "id": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "name": "Engineering Attributes",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "1d9b883c-ecf5-4b91-b6a0-adea66432f6c",
        "name": "Identity Data",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "children": [
            {
                "parent": "99b99afa-abed-4a9e-99be-f2d3a2cb29de",
                "id": "6f496c13-e153-4ebd-8662-f00fe3e81e20",
                "name": "Pset_StairCommon",
                "description": ""
            }
        ],
        "id": "99b99afa-abed-4a9e-99be-f2d3a2cb29de",
        "name": "IFC",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "cf83b687-b7ff-466b-9c15-853488455c5b",
        "name": "MEP Attribute",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "969df3d1-5e79-4eea-aca9-5758d0026b39",
        "name": "Pset_[EType]Common",
        "description": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "431754db-32e6-4fc4-b252-a647b94aa5a8",
        "name": "Space Attributes",
        "description": ""
    }
]

Get the info about a particular free attribute group

Resource: content/freeattributegroups

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/<attributegroup_id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8

GET

Get the info about a particular free attribute group and its sub-groups(hierarchy) It doesn't return the free attributes under this group.

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

{
    "id": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
    "name": "Engineering Attributes",
    "description": ""
}

Update a particular free attribute group

Resource: content/freeattributegroups

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/<id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
name	mandatory	string	Name of the attribute group
description	optional	string	Short description of the attribute group
id	will be ignored	string (guid)	Id of the free attribute group

PUT

Update a particular free attribute group. It is also possible to move the group as a sub-group of another group by changing its parent

Headers

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

JSON

{
    "description": "updated description"
}

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

{
    "id": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
    "name": "Engineering Attributes",
    "description": "updated description"
}

Delete a particular free attribute group

Resource: content/freeattributegroups

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/<id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8

DELETE

Deletes a specified attribute group.

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

Create a free attribute under a particular attribute group or as stand-alone

Resource: content/freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
name	mandatory	string	Name of the attribute
description	optional	string	Short description of the attribute
type	mandatory	string	Type of free attributes. It could be one of the following: "int", "double", "string", "guid", "datetime", "binary"
minvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Minimum value constraint of the attribute
maxvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Maximum value constraint of the attribute
defaultvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Default value of the attribute (if it's value is not specified)
decimal	optional	int	Number of decimals
unitid	optional	string(guid)	Id of the unit
optionalsymbol	optional	string(symbol)	Optional symbol
visible	optional	int	0 or 1. It determines whether the attribute should be visible
changeable	optional	int	0 or 1. It determines whether the attribute should be chnageable
controltype	optional	string	The control type (eg: "textbox")
symbol	will be ignored	string	Symbol of the unit
parent	optional	string(guid)	Id of the attribute group. If not specified, then the created attribute is a stand-alone one.

POST

Creates a new custom attribute. The created attribute could be either stand-alone ( parent not specified ), or part of the custom attribute group (the id of the parent has to be specified)

Headers

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

JSON

{
 "name": "NewFreeAttribute",
 "description": "Test attribute",
 "type": "int",
 "minvalue" : "1",
 "maxvalue" : "1000",
 "defaultvalue" : "1",
 "decimal" : "0",
 "attribunitnameid" : "F99F40CF-DA64-4C4F-8434-CB90722BA485",
 "optionalsymbol" : "$",
 "visible" : "1",
 "changeable" : "1",
 "controltype" : "textbox",
 "parent" : "6e57160e-5d5d-46a4-b4d3-b9e46d03ee75"
}

Status

Status: 201 Created

JSON

{
  "freeattribtype": "int",
  "minvalue": "1",
  "maxvalue": "1000",
  "defaultvalue": "1",
  "decimal": 0,
  "attribunitnameid": "f99f40cf-da64-4c4f-8434-cb90722ba485", --> unitId (we already know it is attribute)
  "symbol": "mm",
  "optionalsymbol": "$",
  "visible": 1,
  "changeable": 1,
  "controltype": "textbox", --> The client should decide
  "id": "d6cac39a-4b6e-473f-813f-87f7fb92d3fe",
  "name": "NewFreeAttribute",
  "description": "Test attribute",
  "parent" : "6e57160e-5d5d-46a4-b4d3-b9e46d03ee75"
}

Get all the free attributes from the Bimplus DB

Resource: content/freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes

GET

Get all the free attributes from the Bimplus DB

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

 [
    {
        "parent": "5d184904-fab5-4e53-9916-e9c20c4e31b7",
        "type": null,
        "id": "8d3d9dd5-c998-465b-b13e-87901c90f3bc",
        "name": "heat transfer coefficient"
    },
    {
        "parent": "5d184904-fab5-4e53-9916-e9c20c4e31b7",
        "type": null,
        "id": "a6645047-39ee-4c87-9fc3-14ccca0c50ac",
        "name": "density"
    },
    {
        "parent": "431754db-32e6-4fc4-b252-a647b94aa5a8",
        "type": null,
        "id": "8807e401-6e3c-4536-88e1-e834d4de745d",
        "name": "floor area"
    },
    {
        "parent": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "type": null,
        "id": "b5850e23-b1df-4d4f-aae8-cee0d4bb06e6",
        "name": "bend radius"
    },
.....
]

Get all the free attributes under a attribute group

Resource: freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/<attributegroup_id>/freeattributes

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributegroups/b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8/freeattributes

GET

Get all the free attributes under a attribute group

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

 [
    {
        "parent": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "type": "double",
        "minvalue": "0",
        "decimal": 2,
        "unitid": "f99f40cf-da64-4c4f-8434-cb90722ba485",
        "unit": "mm",
        "visible": 1,
        "changeable": 0,
        "controltype": "TextBox",
        "id": "b5850e23-b1df-4d4f-aae8-cee0d4bb06e6",
        "name": "bend radius",
        "description": "bend diameter for reinforcement bars"
    },
    {
        "parent": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "type": "double",
        "minvalue": "0",
        "defaultvalue": "5",
        "decimal": 2,
        "unitid": "f99f40cf-da64-4c4f-8434-cb90722ba485",
        "unit": "mm",
        "visible": 1,
        "changeable": 0,
        "controltype": "TextBox",
        "id": "c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf",
        "name": "concrete cover",
        "description": "the least distance between the surface of embedded reinforcement and the outer surface of the concrete"
    },
    {
        "parent": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "type": "int",
        "decimal": 0,
        "visible": 1,
        "changeable": 0,
        "controltype": "TextBox",
        "id": "1c838554-3692-4ed4-afaf-989a9e59252b",
        "name": "SteelGrade",
        "description": "Kurzbez. der Stahlgüte @495@"
    },
    {
        "parent": "b03b5eb0-58f0-40a7-95fb-cb36b6f14cc8",
        "type": "int",
        "decimal": 0,
        "visible": 1,
        "changeable": 0,
        "controltype": "TextBox",
        "id": "d7ab92f4-ddf1-404b-8875-57b25b8fe66a",
        "name": "CrossSectionNumber",
        "description": "Nummer der Querschnittsreihe @496@"
    }
]

Get the info about a particular free attribute in Bimplus DB

Resource: content/freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/<attribute_id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf

GET

Get the info about a particular free attribute in Bimplus DB

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

{
    "type": "double",
    "minvalue": "0",
    "defaultvalue": "5",
    "decimal": 2,
    "unitid": "f99f40cf-da64-4c4f-8434-cb90722ba485",
    "unit": "mm",
    "visible": 1,
    "changeable": 0,
    "controltype": "TextBox",
    "id": "c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf",
    "name": "concrete cover",
    "description": "the least distance between the surface of embedded reinforcement and the outer surface of the concrete"
}

Update a particular free attribute in Bimplus DB

Resource: content/freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/<attribute_id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
id	will be ignored	string(guid)	Id of the free attribute
name	mandatory	string	Name of the attribute
description	optional	string	Short description of the attribute
type	mandatory	string	Type of free attributes. It could be one of the following: "int", "double", "string", "guid", "datetime", "binary"
minvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Minimum value constraint of the attribute
maxvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Maximum value constraint of the attribute
defaultvalue	optional	string(numbers)	Default value of the attribute (if it's value is not specified)
decimal	optional	int	Number of decimals
unitid	optional	string(guid)	Id of the unit
optionalsymbol	optional	string(symbol)	Optional symbol
visible	optional	int	0 or 1. It determines whether the attribute should be visible
changeable	optional	int	0 or 1. It determines whether the attribute should be chnageable
controltype	optional	string	The control type (eg: "textbox")
symbol	will be ignored	string	Symbol of the unit
parent	optional	string(guid)	Id of the attribute group. It is also possible to move attribute to another group by changing its parent

PUT

Update a particular free attribute. It is also possible to move attribute to another group by changing its parent.

Headers

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

JSON

{
    "description": "updated description"
}

Status

Status: 200 OK

JSON

{
    "type": "double",
    "minvalue": "0",
    "defaultvalue": "5",
    "decimal": 2,
    "unitid": "f99f40cf-da64-4c4f-8434-cb90722ba485",
    "unit": "mm",
    "visible": 1,
    "changeable": 0,
    "controltype": "TextBox",
    "id": "c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf",
    "name": "concrete cover",
    "description": "updated description"
}

Delete a particular free attribute

Resource: content/freeattributes

URL: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/<id>

Example: https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/content/freeattributes/c4623c1b-dfd3-4117-af37-091eaaff60bf

DELETE

Deletes a specific attribute.

Headers

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

Status

Status: 200 OK

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Custom attribute Service

Create a new custom group in Bimplus DB

Get all the free attribute groups from the Bimplus DB

Get the info about a particular free attribute group

Update a particular free attribute group

Delete a particular free attribute group

Create a free attribute under a particular attribute group or as stand-alone

Get all the free attributes from the Bimplus DB

Get all the free attributes under a attribute group

Get the info about a particular free attribute in Bimplus DB

Update a particular free attribute in Bimplus DB

Delete a particular free attribute