Meta-data

If you require to see the related metadata for Synergist fields you should pass the parameter style=modelstructure when making the appropriate API call. You also need to specify which model you wish to use. This will specify for which fields attributes will be returned.

Data models

If you wish to return the field attributes you will typically call the API and specify the data model required. All the key tables will have two standard models available
list model
details model

Example - Activities

e.g using the activities.json API to return the field attributes for the required model

activitylist
activitydetails

Parameter	Description	Examples
Action	Not required
	Parameters described in overview	user=user&password=user&version=3.9
Company	The company context	company=1
Style	Which kind of data is required	style=modelstructure
Modelstructure	Name of model required	Modelstructure=activitylist / Modelstructure=activitydetails
Response	Returned data	A JSON string containing the data

Example request:
request for meta-data (structure of specified model)

http://<SERVER>/jsonapi/activities.json?company=1&version=3.9&user=user&password=user&style=modelstructure&modelstructure=activitylist

Example response:

{
  "responsecode": 1,
  "responsestatus": "OK",
  "errorcode": 0,
  "errormessage": "",
  "totalrows": 0,
  "totalpages": 1,
  "responsemessage": "",
  "pagerows": 0,
  "pagenumber": 1,
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "data": "activityDetails1stLine",
      "label": "Details",
      "align": "",
      "editable": false,
      "fieldtype": "text",
      "displayorder": 0,
      "mandatory": false
    }
    etc., etc.
    ]
}

Response attributes (meta-data):

Attribute	Description
data	Field name
label	The suggested label for the field
align	Suggested alignment for the field e.g. a financial field may be aligned right
editable	Indicates whether field is editable
fieldtype	Indicates type of field – text/number/time/date/boolean
displayorder	Indicates the hierarchical position of a field in a list or form display