Device42 Buildings API

The Buildings API from Device42 — 3 operation(s) for buildings.

Operations 5

GET /api/1.0/buildings/ Get all #
POST /api/1.0/buildings/ Create/update #
GET /api/1.0/buildings/{ID}/ Get specific building by id #
DELETE /api/1.0/buildings/{ID}/ Delete #
PUT /api/1.0/custom_fields/building/ Custom fields #

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OpenAPI Specification

device42-buildings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Device42 Buildings API
  version: '2.0'
  description: 'API Overview


    RESTful APIs are supported in Device42 as one of the primary methods of entering, editing and retrieving data.'
  contact:
    name: Device42
    email: support@device42.com
servers:
- url: https://<host>
security:
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Buildings
paths:
  /api/1.0/buildings/:
    get:
      operationId: getBuildings
      description: Retrieve information about all buildings
      summary: Get all
      tags:
      - Buildings
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/name'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/building_include_cols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'The above command returns results like this:'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  buildings:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/buildings'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
    post:
      operationId: postBuildings
      description: Create/update building
      summary: Create/update
      tags:
      - Buildings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name of building
                  type: string
                latitude:
                  description: north-south position
                  type: string
                longitude:
                  description: east-west position
                  type: string
                address:
                  description: Address of building
                  type: string
                contact_name:
                  type: string
                contact_phone:
                  type: string
                notes:
                  description: Any additional notes
                  type: string
                groups:
                  description: If multitenancy is on, admin groups that have access to this object are specified here, e.g. Prod_East:no,Corp:yes specifies that the admin groups for this object are Prod_East with view only permission and Corp with change permission. If this parameter is present with no value, all groups are deleted.
                  type: string
                tags:
                  description: add tags (comma separated)
                  type: string
                tags_remove:
                  description: comma separated tags to remove
                  type: string
                new_name:
                  description: Change name of an existing building. This parameter is ignored when creating a new building.
                  type: string
              required:
              - name
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'The above command returns results like this:'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  msg:
                    example:
                    - Building added/updated successfully
                    - 4
                    - main office
                  code:
                    example: 0
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
  /api/1.0/buildings/{ID}/:
    get:
      operationId: getBuildingByID
      description: This call will get a building by ID
      summary: Get specific building by id
      tags:
      - Buildings
      parameters:
      - name: ID
        in: path
        description: Building ID.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/building_include_cols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'The above command returns results like this:'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/building'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteBuildings
      summary: Delete
      description: This API is used to delete the building with the building id supplied as the required argument
      tags:
      - Buildings
      parameters:
      - name: ID
        in: path
        description: building id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'The above command returns results like this:'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  deleted:
                    example: 'true'
                  id:
                    example: '114'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
  /api/1.0/custom_fields/building/:
    put:
      operationId: putCustom_fieldsBuilding
      summary: Custom fields
      description: Create or update custom fields for building. "ID" or "name" of building is needed even when value is not being changed
      tags:
      - Buildings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name of building
                  type: string
                id:
                  description: ID of building
                  type: string
                key:
                  description: Can be new or existing. This is the custom field name.
                  type: string
                type:
                  description: this is the custom field type. If left blank, default is text. Date should be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - text
                  - number
                  - date
                  - related_field
                  - boolean
                  - url
                  - picklist
                  - json
                  - markup
                mandatory:
                  description: Is custom field mandatory? yes/no
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                filterable:
                  description: Is custom field filterable? yes/no
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                log_for_api:
                  description: Log custom field? yes/no
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                related_field_name:
                  description: Required if type = related_field. The existing field to relate this custom field to. Below are details for some of the fields that have been renamed or require further clarification. appcomp (for application components), businessapp (for Business Service), circuit (for Telco Circuit), cloudinfrastructure (for Cloud Account),  hardware (for device hardware model), netport (for Switch Port), organisation (for Vendor), pdu (for Power Unit), pdu_model (for Power Unit Model), purchase (for Purchase Order), software (for Software Component), vlan (for Subnet)
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - appcomp
                  - building
                  - businessapp
                  - certificate
                  - circuit
                  - cloudinfrastructure
                  - costcenter
                  - customer
                  - device
                  - dns_zone
                  - endusers
                  - hardware
                  - ip_address
                  - netport
                  - organisation
                  - os
                  - pdu
                  - pdu_model
                  - powercircuit
                  - purchase
                  - rack
                  - room
                  - servicecategory
                  - software_category
                  - software
                  - vlan
                add_to_picklist:
                  description: Comma separated values to add to picklist. If type is picklist and custom field is new, this is a required field. Duplicates will be ignored.
                  type: string
                remove_from_picklist:
                  description: Comma separated values to be removed from picklist. Duplicates will be ignored. Values that are in use will Not be deleted, unless <b>delete_in_use</b> parameter is provided and set to <b>yes</b>
                  type: string
                delete_in_use:
                  description: pass in <b>yes</b> if you want to delete Picklist value that is in use. Used in conjunction with <b>remove_from_picklist</b>.
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                related_field_value_by_id:
                  description: Select yes if you want to set the related field value by ID.
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                value:
                  description: This will set the value of the custom field for the specific object.
                  type: string
                clear_value:
                  description: yes to clear existing value for that field
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                notes:
                  description: Any additional notes
                  type: string
                clear_notes:
                  description: Yes to clear any existing notes
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
                groups:
                  description: If multitenancy is on, admin groups that have access to this object are specified here, e.g. Prod_East:no,Corp:yes specifies that the admin groups for this object are Prod_East with view only permission and Corp with change permission. If this parameter is present with no value, all groups are deleted.
                  type: string
                bulk_fields:
                  description: comma separated key value pairs, with key and value separated by colon. e.g.key1:value1, key2:value2
                  type: string
                multi_select:
                  description: Applies only to Picklist fields. Is custom field multi select? yes/no
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - 'yes'
                  - 'no'
              required:
              - key
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'The above command returns results like this:'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  msg:
                    example:
                    - custom key pair values added or updated
                    - 2
                    - main office
                  code:
                    example: 0
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
components:
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden (The resource requested is hidden)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 403
              reason: Forbidden
              title: Forbidden
              detail: The resource requested is hidden
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request (A validation exception has occurred.)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 400
              reason: BAD_REQUEST
              title: The error response code title.
              detail: Details of the error response.
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized (Invalid credentials.)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 401
              reason: Unauthorized
              title: Unauthorized
              detail: Invalid credentials.
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error (A required parameter is missing or there is an issue with the server. Check the returned 'msg' field from the call.)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 500
              reason: Internal Server Error
              title: Internal Server Error
              detail: A required parameter is missing or there is an issue with the server. Check the returned 'msg' field from the call.
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found (The specified resource could not be found)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 404
              reason: Not Found
              title: Not Found
              detail: The specified resource could not be found.
    ServiceUnavailable:
      description: Service Unavailable (Please check if your Device42 instance is working normally.)
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: 503
              reason: Service Unavailable
              title: Service Unavailable
              detail: Please check if your Device42 instance is working normally.
  parameters:
    name:
      name: name
      in: query
      description: filter by name (Added in v6.0.0)
      schema:
        type: string
    building_include_cols:
      name: include_cols
      in: query
      description: 'Return only specified columns. For example, ?include_cols=name, building_id will only result in name and building_id  included in the output. The following column names can be part of include_cols: building_id, name, address, contact_name, contact_phone, notes, tags, custom_fields, latitude, longitude, image_url'
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    building:
      type: object
      properties:
        address:
          example: 879 main st
        building_id:
          example: 3
        contact_name:
          example: roger
        custom_fields:
          example: []
        groups:
          example: Prod_East:no, Corp:yes
        name:
          example: Las Vegas Office
        notes:
          example: super critical
        tags:
          example: []
        longitude:
          example: '60'
        latitude:
          example: '30'
        contact_phone:
          example: ''
    buildings:
      type: array
      items:
        type: object
        properties:
          address:
            example: 879 main st
          building_id:
            example: 3
          contact_name:
            example: roger
          custom_fields:
            example: []
          groups:
            example: Prod_East:no, Corp:yes
          name:
            example: Las Vegas Office
          notes:
            example: super critical
          tags:
            example: []
          longitude:
            example: '60'
          latitude:
            example: '30'
          contact_phone:
            example: ''
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic authentication using a Device42 user's username and password.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token obtained from POST /tauth/1.0/token/ using an API Client's key/secret as Basic auth credentials.