Access Resources
In order to access a private project's resources over the API, you must include a valid access token in the
Authorization header with each request:Authorization: Bearer {access_token}1
//Example of getting entries using jQuery
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//Replace parameters with your own
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var params = {
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grant_type: 'client_credentials',
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client_id: 2,
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client_secret: 'QowjYIFrWbzLEwttXzuTnb20OPbRWwlPlaNLQ6VW'
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}
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//perform Ajax request to get token
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$.ajax({
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url: 'https://five.epicollect.net/api/oauth/token',
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type: 'POST',
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contentType: 'application/vnd.api+json',
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data: JSON.stringify(params),
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success: function(response) {
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console.log(JSON.stringify(response));
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//the token is valid for 2 hours, let's get the entries
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_getEntries(response.access_token);
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},
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error: function(xhr, status, error) {
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console.log(xhr.responseText);
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}
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});
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//get the entries, passing token for authorisation
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//ec5-api-test is the project slug
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function _getEntries(token) {
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$.ajax({
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url: 'https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/ec5-api-test',
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type: 'GET',
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contentType: 'application/vnd.api+json',
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headers: {
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Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
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},
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success: function(response) {
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//Here are the entries, just log them for now ;)
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console.log(JSON.stringify(response));
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//do what you want with the response (entries)
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// ...
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},
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error: function(xhr, status, error) {
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console.log(xhr.responseText);
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}
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});
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}
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use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
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use GuzzleHttp\Client;
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$tokenClient = new Client(); //GuzzleHttp\Client
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$tokenURL = 'https://five.epicollect.net/api/oauth/token';
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//get token first
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try {
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$tokenResponse = $tokenClient->request('POST', $tokenURL, [
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'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/vnd.api+json'],
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'body' => json_encode([
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'grant_type' => 'client_credentials',
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'client_id' => {your_client_id},
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'client_secret' => '{your_client_secret}'
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])
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]);
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$body = $tokenResponse->getBody();
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$obj = json_decode($body);
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$token = $obj->access_token;
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} catch (RequestException $e) {
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//handle errors
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//...
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}
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//get entries now
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$entriesURL = 'https://five.epicollect.net/api/export/entries/{project_slug}';
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$entriesClient = new Client([
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'headers' => [
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'Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$token //this will last for 2 hours!
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]
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]);
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try {
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$response = $entriesClient-> request('GET', $entriesURL);
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$body = $response->getBody();
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$obj = json_decode($body);
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//do something with the entries
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echo '<pre>';
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print_r($obj);
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echo '</pre>';
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} catch (RequestException $e) {
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//handle errors
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//...
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}
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