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V4 Retrieving Table Structures

The V4 calls to retrieve the definition of one/all profile or custom tables can be used to discover the databases of a license and familiarize oneself with their structure.

As such, they are most likely manual calls made at the beginning of a project.

Indeed, the V4 API only allows to retrieve the definition of tables, but not to create new tables: the creation of profile and custom tables can already only be done through V5 operations, whose JSON format differs slightly.

Profile tables​

Retrieving all profile tables​

The V4 call to 'Get all profile tables' could be used to retrieve a list of profile tables.

> GET /v4/entity/{entity}/table

Its response was only a list of the names of the corresponding profile tables, without their definition.

This call can be replaced by the V5 operation to 'Get a list of profile tables'

> GET /profile-table-structure/v5/entities/{entity}/profile-tables

The response body is much more comprehensive, as it includes the whole definition of all corresponding tables.

The ?fields=name query parameter can be used to only retrieve the "name" of the tables, like in the V4 call.

Retrieving one profile table​

When the name of a profile table is known, it was possible to retrieve its definition with the V4 call to 'Get a profile table'.

> GET /v4/entity/{entity}/table/{profileTable}

This can be replaced by the V5 operation to 'Get a profile table':

> GET /profile-table-structure/v5/entities/{entity}/profile-tables/{profileTableId}

tip

The payload differ slightly, with the most notable difference being that the "name" parameters are the technical names of all fields, while display names are defined separately in the "displayOptions" object.

Custom tables​

Retrieving all custom tables​

The list of custom tables could be retrieved with the V4 call to 'Get a list of custom tables'

> GET /v4/entity/{entity}/customTable

Its payload included the whole definition of the corresponding tables.

It can be replaced by the V5 operation to 'Get a list of custom tables'

> GET /v5/entities/{entity}/custom-tables

tip

Like for profile tables the JSON payload differs slightly, with the display names being defined separately in the "displayOptions" object.

In addition:

  • the "capabilities" parameter is no longer displayed, as the capabilities of a table are based on their "type".
  • the "primaryKey" and "businessKey" of the V4 payload are replaced by the "primaryKeyAttribute" parameter.

Retrieving one custom table​

The definition of one specific custom table could be retrieved with the 'Get a table' V4 operation:

> GET /v4/entity/{entity}/customTable/{customTable}

It can be replaced by the 'Get a custom table' V5 operation:

> GET /custom-table-structure/v5/entities/{entity}/custom-tables/{customTableId}

The same remarks on format as documented in the above tip apply.

Timing​

The V4 operation will continue working until the 22nd January 2025 (which is the first Actito update following the initially communicated deadline of end of 2024).

Afterwards, only the V5 operations will remain available.