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Call Rest API using Blox

Here is an example of calling a rest API using Blox and displaying its response. This example is to display a list of Sisense folders owned by the logged in user. You can use any other url instead.



Steps:

  1. Create a blox widget with 3 value panels, Name, Id and Type.

Type 0 instead of formula in all panels as in the screenshot below.


2. Copy and paste below blox script. In the below script, replace "/api/folders" (line 21) with any other URL you need to call.


Blox Script:

{
    "style": ".blox-slides:not(:first-child) .fetch-button{display:none; !important;} .blox-slides .btn{margin-bottom:10px; font-weight:bold; color:black; font-size:1em}",
    "script": "",
    "title": "",
    "carouselAnimation": {
        "delay": 0
    },
    "body": [
        {
            "type": "ActionSet",
            "class": "fetch-button",
            "style": {
                "padding": "5px"
            },
            "actions": [
                {
                    "type": "fetchFromAPI",
                    "class": "fetch-button",
                    "title": "Get Data",
                    "data": {
                        "apiUrl": "/api/folders"
                    },
                    "style": {
                        "background-color": "#1f8038",
                        "color": "#ffffff"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "ColumnSet",
            "separator": false,
            "columns": [
                {
                    "type": "Column",
                    "width": "25%",
                    "separator": true,
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "class": "fetch-button",
                            "weight": "light",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "text": "Name",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px",
                                "font-weight": "bold",
                                "margin": "5px"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "weight": "light",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "text": "{panel:Name}",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "type": "Column",
                    "separator": true,
                    "width": "50%",
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "class": "fetch-button",
                            "weight": "light",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "text": "Id",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px",
                                "font-weight": "bold",
                                "margin": "5px"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "weight": "light",
                            "text": "{panel:Type}",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "type": "Column",
                    "separator": true,
                    "width": "25%",
                    "items": [
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "class": "fetch-button",
                            "weight": "light",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "text": "Type",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px",
                                "font-weight": "bold",
                                "margin": "5px"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "TextBlock",
                            "weight": "light",
                            "horizontalAlignment": "left",
                            "separator": true,
                            "color": "default",
                            "text": "{panel:Id}",
                            "style": {
                                "font-size": "13px"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Configuration:


{
    "fontFamily": "Open Sans",
    "fontSizes": {
        "default": 16,
        "small": 12,
        "medium": 22,
        "large": 32,
        "extraLarge": 50
    },
    "fontWeights": {
        "default": 500,
        "light": 100,
        "bold": 1000
    },
    "containerStyles": {
        "default": {
            "backgroundColor": "#ffffff",
            "foregroundColors": {
                "default": {
                    "normal": "#000000"
                },
                "white": {
                    "normal": "#000000"
                },
                "grey": {
                    "normal": "#3A4356"
                },
                "orange": {
                    "normal": "#f2B900"
                },
                "yellow": {
                    "normal": "#ffcb05"
                },
                "black": {
                    "normal": "#000000"
                },
                "lightGreen": {
                    "normal": "#3ADCCA"
                },
                "green": {
                    "normal": "#54a254"
                },
                "red": {
                    "normal": "#dd1111"
                },
                "accent": {
                    "normal": "#2E89FC"
                },
                "good": {
                    "normal": "#54a254"
                },
                "warning": {
                    "normal": "#e69500"
                },
                "attention": {
                    "normal": "#cc3300"
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "imageSizes": {
        "default": 40,
        "small": 40,
        "medium": 80,
        "large": 160
    },
    "imageSet": {
        "imageSize": "medium",
        "maxImageHeight": 100
    },
    "actions": {
        "color": "",
        "backgroundColor": "white",
        "maxActions": 5,
        "spacing": "extraLarge",
        "buttonSpacing": 5,
        "actionsOrientation": "horizontal",
        "actionAlignment": "center",
        "showCard": {
            "actionMode": "inline",
            "inlineTopMargin": 16,
            "style": "default"
        }
    },
    "spacing": {
        "default": 5,
        "small": 20,
        "medium": 60,
        "large": 20,
        "extraLarge": 40,
        "padding": 2
    },
    "separator": {
        "lineThickness": 1,
        "lineColor": "#eeeeee"
    },
    "factSet": {
        "title": {
            "size": "default",
            "color": "default",
            "weight": "bold",
            "warp": true
        },
        "value": {
            "size": "default",
            "color": "default",
            "weight": "default",
            "warp": true
        },
        "spacing": 20
    },
    "supportsInteractivity": true,
    "imageBaseUrl": "",
    "height": 618
}

3. Create a custom action with name 'fetchFromAPI' and use below script. Here we are pushing the response from API to widget. So panel names specified in script should be same as in Blox widget.



 const apiUrl = payload.data.apiUrl;

 const $internalHttp = prism.$injector.has("base.factories.internalHttp") ?
  prism.$injector.get("base.factories.internalHttp") : null;
  // Ajax configurations
  const ajaxConfig = {
      url: apiUrl,
    method: "GET",
    contentType: "application/json",
    accept: "application/json",
    
    async: false
  };
 
  const httpPromise = $internalHttp ? $internalHttp(ajaxConfig, true) : $.ajax(ajaxConfig);

payload.widget.on('processresult', function(se, ev){
    ev.result.length = 0
    $.each(httpPromise.responseJSON, function(index, value){
        ev.result.push({
            "0": {
                "Panel": "Name",
                "Value": value.name,
                "Text": value.name,
                "HasValue": true
            },
            "1": {
                "Panel": "Id",
                "Value": value.type,
                "Text": value.type,
                "HasValue": true
            },
            "2": {
                "Panel": "Type",
                "Value": value.oid,
                "Text": value.oid,
                "HasValue": true
            }
        })
    })
    

})
payload.widget.refresh()






4. Add below widget script. This is to hide '0' (which we specified in value panel formula)


widget.on('processresult', function(se, ev){
	$.each(ev.result[0], function(index, value){
		value.Value = ''
		value.Text = ''
	})

})



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