Custom resource-path

Server-Side Scripting
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Hi,

Sorry if this is the wrong category.

I created a “Custom Scripting Service” running at “…api/v2/clients/”, but i need to create a resource-path, like “…api/v2/clients/list_something” or “…api/v2/clients/do_something/diferent”?

Can i have custom scripts for each one of those “custom endpoint”?

Thanks!

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Are you using the standard customer scripting service and are you using DF2.0? I don’t understand what you mean with: > running at "...api/v2/clients/, or do you mean your custom server script is called clients and within that script you have different scripts / functions defined?

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Hi @mrjohny,

Yes, i using a Custom Scripting Service, DF2.0.4, and yes, the service is called “clients” :slight_smile:

I want to have different resources/operations in this service, for example:

/clients/order/confirm/{orderId} “confirm the order”
/clients/order/cancel/{orderId} “cancel the order”
/clients/order/send/{orderId} “send the order to an email”
/clients/order/{orderId} “get an specific order”
/clients/registration/
/clients/my_custom_operation/

Thank you!

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OK, i’m not running the latest version myself, so that is probably what caused a bit of confusion :slightly_smiling: , so i’m not sure if my answer is really going to help.

I think the simple answer is: yes, it should be possible. I’m not sure how new you are to DF, but did you read this document:

https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/API-Access-via-Scripts

I have around 20 scripts for 1 application and I call them all separately with different values/parameters

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First week with DF :smile:

I’ve already read the doc, but its not exactly what i want.

I dont want to use params to select what operation/action i will run, if i can use the url (i just dont know how exactly) :sweat_smile:, but its possible, DF use this in his native services (system).

Did you keep these scripts in files or each script is a custom service and you use platform.api.get to invoke?
You could post some examples of your “Request URL”?

Thanks!

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Sure. I’m using it in combination with Ajax on the client side. To call the scripts I’m using something like this:

declare some variable, for example (but you can use different names):
var AP = put your application key here, you can find it after you created yours under Apps;
var UT =put your session token here, it’s provided when your user logged in; there are way where your user doesn’t need to login;
var var1 = some variable;
var var2 = some other variable;

$.ajax({
	type: 'POST', 
	beforeSend: function(request) {
		request.setRequestHeader('X-DreamFactory-Api-Key', AP);
		request.setRequestHeader('X-DreamFactory-Session-Token', UT);
	}, 
	url: '//177.77.88.88/api/v2/*name of your script*?n1=' + var1 + '&n2=' + var2,
	//dataType: "JSON", //use this if you want JSON back 
	dataType: "TEXT", //use this if you want text / string back
	contentType: "JSON",
	
	success: function(response) {
		console.log(response); 
	},
	error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) { 
		console.log(thrownError); 
		console.log(ajaxOptions);
	}
});

If you want to call a script or db service within the the custom script you would use platform.api.post, for example something like this:

var adddata = platform.api.post("mysql/_table/Pictures", {"resource": [{"Picture_addedby" : username, "Picture_date" : dformat, "Picture_number" : picturename, "Picture_width" : width, "Picture_height" : height}]});

Also make sure that under roles you give access to a user to use the script API side (meaning the first example) or on the server side (SCRIPT) and what types you want to use. So for example if you want a user to call your script from a webpage, you would allow POST + API.

Hope it helps.

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Maybe to add: so what you can do is the following URL:

url: '//177.77.88.88/api/v2/order?n1=' + scriptname + '&n2=' + user,

And pick this up on the server side (e.g. V8js)

//input variables
var params = event.request.parameters;
var procedure = params.n1;
var user = params.n2;

if (procedure === "confirm") {
        //do something
} else {
        //do something else
}

return "something";

But I would personally create multiple scripts and just call these. It makes it easier I would say, unless there are many functions you want to reuse and you don’t want to call scripts on the server side.

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Thanks man, for the enlightening examples. Maybe that’s the only way to do what I want, even disliking hahahaha

Thanks for you time, u helped alot.

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It really depends from where you want to call it and how you want to organize it I guess :slightly_smiling:

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I agree, organization is the key :slight_smile: