I have an application that uploads bulk (master) data from users. Now instead of creating forms i figured that i could download the existing data into excel and the user simply changes what they need to in Excel, and click on say 'save' or some buttom provided on theexcel worksheet, which in turn invokes a web service to load this data into the app. (we already have a web service api for this). I am assuming that when i download the excel file (from the server) to the user, the macros that are in the excel file are also now available to the user.
Any thoughts on the approach and if this sounds ok, any suggestions on how i can modify the excel file so that when the user clicks 'save' it gets uploaded (rather that get saved on the users system). Also not sure how to invoke a WS from within Excel to do this.
thx in advance,
-anish
While some of the details you may have to investigate yourself, I've created the following library for interacting with web services that may help:
https://github.com/timhall/Excel-REST
Here's a quick example:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim Api As New RestClient
Api.BaseUrl = "http://.../yourapi/"
Dim Data As New Collection
' Add data from sheet...
' Create update request to api
Dim Request As New RestRequest
Request.Resource = "resource/{id}"
Request.AddUrlSegment "id", "123"
Request.Body Data
Request.Method = httpPUT
' Execute the update
Dim Response As RestResponse
Set Response = Api.Execute(Request)
' Check on what happened
If Response.StatusCode < 400 Then
' Success!
Else
' Uh oh, check on the error
MsgBox Response.Content
End If
End Sub
Related
I'm looking on how to update the ajax configuration dynamically using data from a resource when updating a record. Django REST expects the id at the end of the url and the request method must be type PUT
I've spent some time figuring out how to update the ajax request made by the Datatable Editor plugin. I'm using Django Rest as the backend. This might be useful for some people looking for a similar answer.
Technically you can update the ajax options if the editor object before it sends the request by using the preSubmit Event.
editor.on('preSubmit', (e, request,) =>{
let _url = new URL(window.location.origin + "/" + editor.ajax().url)
if(request.action == 'edit'){
editor.ajax().url = `${_url.protocol}//${_url.host}/api/v1/some-endpoint/${Object.keys(request.data)[0]}/${_url.search}`;
editor.ajax().type = 'PUT'
}
editor.ajax().data = request.data[Object.keys(request.data)]
})
This will update the ajax configuration of the edit request right before it get sent. Django Rest expects a PUT request and the id of the record to be added at the end of the URL. As you can see we grab the id from the data object (Its the first key of the request.data object), and we can also change the type of request to PUT.
I've got a PATCH request that looks like this:
{{host}}/api/invoice/12345678/withdraw
host is a variable determining the environment.
For this request I need to add a unique authorization token.
The problem is I need to send dozens of such requests. Two things change for each request:
id of invoice (for this case is '12345678')
auth token (herebetoken1).
How can I automate it?
You can use Postman Runner for your problem. In Runner, you can send specified requests in specified iterations and delay with data (json or csv file).
For more info, I suggest you take a look at the links below.
Importing Data Files in Postman
Using CSV and JSON Data Files
Request:
Runner:
Data: (You can choose one of them)
Json Data: (data.json)
csv Data: (data.csv)
Preview Data in Runner:
Result:
use the below pre-request script , and call replace id in url and auth in authorization with {{id}} and {{token}} variables . Use collection runner to execute it .
Replace the hashmap with what you requires
hashmap = {
"1234": "authtoken1",
"2222": "authtoken2"
}
pm.variables.get("count") === undefined ? pm.variables.set("count", 0) : null
let keyval = Object.entries(hashmap)
let count = pm.variables.get("count")
if (count < keyval.length) {
pm.variables.set("id", keyval[pm.variables.get("count")][0])
pm.variables.set("token", keyval[pm.variables.get("count")][1])
pm.variables.set("count", ++count)
keyval.length===count? null:postman.setNextRequest(pm.info.requestName)
}
Example collection:
https://www.getpostman.com/collections/43deac65a6de60ac46b3 , click inport and import by link
I have to fetch the retweets for the tweets and create the JSON file with retweets,user id etc using the python script. Kindly help me to sort it our this issues.
Thanks in advance!!
This task require some fields of knowledge, and since you ask in a general way, I reckon you need a script to run immediately, but setting up this process requires sometime
This part to get connect to twitter API
from twython import Twython, TwythonError
APP_KEY = 'YOUR_APP_KEY'
APP_SECRET = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET'
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET)
Use Twitter API call from Twython,
you can find a list here https://twython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html, the param is the same as twitter API
response = twitter.get_retweets(id, 100)
Pagnation
each call to API have limit of returns, in example for engine.get_friends_ids was limited to 5000 (https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/friends/ids), if you want to get more than 5000, you have to use the cursor in the returned result (if cur = 0 in json returned means no more results), following is example of how to handling cursor
#Set a temp to loop
cur = -1
#Stop when no more result
while cur !=0:
response = twitter.get_friends_ids(user_id=user_id, cursor=cur)
#Some code to handle the response
cur = response["next_cursor"]
API key
Key expires after some calls (https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/rate-limits), so you need to set some code to auto change your key, or wait for some period (key reached limit return error code 429)
Response
The response from API was in JSON format, which was easy to use, you can access data by selecting base on response[key], in example
reponse["ids"] or response["next_cursor"]
I am trying to receive ebay api transaction notifications into an ASP hosted on a web server. The notifications are sent as SOAP messages and can be sent to a URL with a query string. Notifications must be responded to with HTTP 200 OK. I would like the notification to land inside a variable so that I can parse it and send it on to the next part of the system.
http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/guides/ebayfeatures/Notifications/Notifications.html#ReceivingPlatformNotifications
In the documentation they mention that this is possible, but the sample they give goes the route of subscribing to an email server. This ASP would not necessarily need to make SOAP requests, just accept SOAP messages from the ebay servers.
I am studying ASP, SOAP, and query strings, but a little guidance would be truly appreciated. Thanks!
This should be pretty straight forward, your Classic ASP page becomes the endpoint for the eBay Notification API (as long as you have configured it to send notifications and what URL to send them to).
You should be able to test this with a simple Classic ASP page
<%
Dim isPost: isPost = (UCase(Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") & "") = "POST")
Dim hasSoapAction
'Is it a HTTP POST?
If isPost Then
'Do we have a SOAPACTION header (check both because
'it can be either HTTP_ or HEADER_ depending on IIS version)?
hasSoapAction = ( _
Len(Request.ServerVariables("HEADER_SOAPACTION") & "") > 0 Or _
Len(Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_SOAPACTION") & "") > 0 _
)
If hasSoapAction Then
'Process the notification here.
'Use Request.BinaryRead to read the SOAP
End If
'Let eBay know we have received and processing the message.
Response.Status = "200 OK"
Else
'Return method not allowed
Response.Status = "405 Method Not Allowed"
End If
Response.End
%>
You might also want to check REMOTE_HOST to make sure that you are only getting sent messages for the expected source (this isn't bulletproof though as the information can be spoofed).
Useful Links
Accessing a request's body (great existing answer that explains how to use Request.BinaryRead() to read the content and convert it to a string which you can then use in a variable or for parsing with XMLDocument.LoadXML()).
How to generate MD5 using VBScript in classic ASP? (If you want to look at a way of verifying the MD5 signature)
This is what i have so far in my notifications.asp. When I try to send it a basic SOAP post through Postman nothing is happening. Does this look like it should work?
I tested this without the If statements checking for SOAP headers, and I posted just regular string data and it works. So the binary to string conversion and output to file is all good. Now I just need to test it with actual ebay api notifications. ;-)
<%
Function BytesToStr(bytes)
Dim Stream
Set Stream = Server.CreateObject("Adodb.Stream")
Stream.Type = 1 'adTypeBinary
Stream.Open
Stream.Write bytes
Stream.Position = 0
Stream.Type = 2 'adTypeText
Stream.Charset = "iso-8859-1"
BytesToStr = Stream.ReadText
Stream.Close
Set Stream = Nothing
End Function
Dim isPost: isPost = (UCase(Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") & "") = "POST")
Dim hasSoapAction
'Is it a HTTP POST?
If isPost Then
'Do we have a SOAPACTION header?
hasSoapAction = (Len(Request.ServerVariables("HEADER_SOAPACTION") & "") > 0)
If hasSoapAction Then
'Process the notification here.
'Use Request.BinaryRead to read the SOAP
If Request.TotalBytes > 0 Then
Dim lngBytesCount, text
lngBytesCount = Request.TotalBytes
text = BytesToStr(Request.BinaryRead(lngBytesCount))
dim fs, tfile
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set tfile=fs.CreateTextFile("C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ASPtest\notifications.txt")
tfile.WriteLine(text)
tfile.Close
set tfile=nothing
set fs=nothing
End If
End If
'Let eBay know we have received and processing the message.
Response.Status = "200 OK"
Else
'Return method not allowed
Response.Status = "405 Method Not Allowed"
End If
Response.End
%>
I'm trying to do integration with Salesforce using their REST API and CF8.
I got the OAuth bit working, getting data etc but now I'm trying to update some records in Contact table.
First I tought about doing it the "proper" way as their docs say -
Update a record using HTTP PATCH.
But CFHTTP doesn't support PATCH method.
So then I tried running a SOQL query:
UPDATE Contact SET MailingStreet = 'Blah Blah' WHERE Id = '003A000000Zp4ObIAJ'
but here I'm getting
{"message":"unexpected token: UPDATE","errorCode":"MALFORMED_QUERY"}
Does anyone have an idea how to do it?
You can create your own PATCH method if your client supports it, but there is an easier way. From the Force.com REST API Developer's Guide:
If you use an HTTP library that doesn't allow overriding or setting an
arbitrary HTTP method name, you can send a POST request and provide an
override to the HTTP method via the query string parameter
_HttpMethod. In the PATCH example, you can replace the PostMethod line
with one that doesn't use override:
PostMethod m = new PostMethod(url + "?_HttpMethod=PATCH");
In CF9 CFScript, using the method that Paddyslacker already suggested for adding _HttpMethod=PATCH to the URL:
private boolean function patchObject(required string sfid, required string type, required struct obj) {
local.url = variables.salesforceInstance & '/services/data/v' & variables.apiVersion &'/sobjects/' & arguments.type & '/' & arguments.sfid &'?_HttpMethod=PATCH';
local.http = new Http(url=local.url,method='post');
//... convert obj to a json string, add to local.http ...
local.httpSendResult = local.http.send().getPrefix();
}
We have a CF9 CFC that we wrote that wraps most of the REST API that we will be open sourcing soon. I'll come back and link to it when we do.