Structure of an API call

Synergist API call

This URL would get system information.

GET /jsonapi/system.json?user=user&password=user&action=version&version=3.1

Called using a browser

http://<server>/jsonapi/system.json?user=user&password=user&action=version&version=3.1

Returns

"responsecode": 1,
"responsestatus": "OK",
"errorcode": 0,
"errormessage": "",
"responsemessage": "",
"warningmessage": "",
"success": true,
"data": [
{
"uuid": "E646889F48DD423CA1300491A31E8C50",
"systemparameters_versionno": 12.2,
"systemparameters_versionrevision": "d",
"variable_apiversion": "3.1"
}
]

General parameters for all requests:

parameter	description
user	Synergist login ID
password	Synergist password
page (optional)	Data page to return, page numbering starts at 0
rows (optional)	Number of records/rows to return. 0 = return all rows
version	Version of the API – currently 3.1

The API supports SHA512 encryption of passwords. Replace 'password' with 'sha512password' and pass the hashed password instead.

e.g.
http://<SERVER>/jsonAPI/diary.json?user=user&sha512password=05d929ccb4693507ab5c1c25f6a582da1f27ac225882af5295e392ae89033c356b4ddf201f78dda3c16a4d6d198998

JSON Response

When a response is sent which contains multiple records, the root of the JSON string will have the following attributes:

attribute	description
totalrows	this will be the total number of records/rows in the selection, regardless of page requested
totalpages	this will be the total number of pages available, based on the rows parameter supplied
pagenumber	the current page returned in the set
pagerows	number of rows requested

A successful response will contain the following attributes at root level:

attribute	description
Success	true
Responsemessage	a context response message
Responsecode	response code indicator
Errormessage	empty string
Errorcode	0
Data	the root json element containing the data result rows

A response error will contain the following attributes at root level:-

attribute	description
Success	false
Errormessage	any error context message
Errorcode	response code indicator

In case of any error, the Synergist server will return an HTTP 404 error together with an XML structure containing the error details:

<Responses>
    <Error ErrorID="404500">
        <ErrorText>invalid action companylist</ErrorText>
    </Error>
</Responses>

Error codes