Slots resource (Data API 23.2)

Summary

Http Method Resource Description
GET /sites/{site_id}/slots Action to get all the slots with no filtering. Fetches the slot entities which are already populated in the database by crawling the active code.
GET /sites/{site_id}/slots/{slot_id}/{context_type} Action to get slot information. Fetches the slot entities which are already populated in the database by crawling the active code.

Get Slots

Action to get all the slots with no filtering. Fetches the slot entities which are already populated in the database by crawling the active code.

Url

GET https://hostname:port/dw/data/v23_2/sites/{site_id}/slots?start={Integer}&count={Integer}&select={String}

Formats

json, xml

Authentication

Name Description
OAuth Authentication via OAuth token.

Response Document

Slots

Path Parameters

Parameter Type Description Constraints
site_id String The id of the site. minLength=1

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Description Constraints
count Integer Optional count for retrieving only a subset of the items (default is 25).  
select String The property selector.  
start Integer Optional start index for retrieving the items from a given index (default 0).  

Sample

REQUEST:
GET  /s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/SiteGenesis/slots?select=(**) HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Authorization: Bearer a5b6eb0d-8312-41a3-88f3-2c53c4507367
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

# in case of success:
 
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 67
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
{
  "_v" : "23.2",
  "count" : 2,
  "data" : [ {
           "_v" : "23.2",
           "context_type" : "global",
           "description" : "description for slot"
           "link" : "https:/URL/s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/my-site/slots/my-slot/global",
           "slot_configurations" :
                [

                    {
                       "_type" : "slot_configuration_content",
                       "configuration_id" : "404-banner",
                       "default" : false,
                       "enabled" : true,
                       "uuid" : "cw6YLaOace0MUqwcsju07iKn3j"
                    }
                 ],
           "slot_id" : "my-slot"
       },
       {
           "_v" : "23.2",
           "context_type" : "category",
           "description" : "a slot for the htmlcategory"
           "link" : "https:/URL/s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/my-site/slots/htmlcategory/category",
           "slot_configurations" :
                [

                    {
                       "_type" : "slot_configuration_content",
                       "configuration_id" : "htmlcategory_config",
                       "default" : false,
                       "enabled" : true,
                       "uuid" : "cw6YLaOace0MUqwcsju07iKn3j"
                    }
                 ],
           "slot_id" : "htmlcategory"
       },
  ],
  "select": "**",
  "start" : 0,
  "total" : 2
}

Get Slot

Action to get slot information. Fetches the slot entities which are already populated in the database by crawling the active code.

Url

GET https://hostname:port/dw/data/v23_2/sites/{site_id}/slots/{slot_id}/{context_type}?select={String}

Formats

json, xml

Authentication

Name Description
OAuth Authentication via OAuth token.

Response Document

Slot

Path Parameters

Parameter Type Description Constraints
context_type String The context type (folder, global, category).  
site_id String The site context. minLength=1
slot_id String The id of the requested slot. minLength=1

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Description Constraints
select String The property selector. If not passed, then the default selector will be used.  

In case of a failure Fault Document is returned.

Faults

Status Type Arguments Description
404 SlotNotFoundException

slotId (String)

contextType (Enum {global, category, folder})

siteId (String)

Indicates the slot does not exist matching the given id.

Sample

REQUEST:
GET /s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/SiteGenesis/slots/my-slot/global HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Authorization: Bearer a5b6eb0d-8312-41a3-88f3-2c53c4507367
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

# in case of success:
 
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Expires: Thu, 01-Aug-2014 00:00:00 GMT
{
   "_v" : "23.2",
   "_resource_state" : "860cde3040519cce439cd99e209f8a87c3ad0b7e2813edbf6f5501f763b73bd5",
   "_type" : "slot",
   "context_type" : "global",
   "description" : "description for slot"
   "link" : "https://example.com/s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/SiteGenesis/slots/my-slot/global",
   "slot_configurations" : 
            {
               "_type" : "slot_configuration",
               "assignment_information" : 
               {
                   "_type" : "slot_configuration_assignment_information",
                   "active" : false,
                   "enabled" : false,
                   "schedule_type" : "none"
               },
               "configuration_id" : "my-config",
               "context" : "global",
               "default" : false,
               "enabled" : true,
               "link" : "https://example.com/s/-/dw/data/v23_2/sites/SiteGenesis/slots/my-slot/slot_configurations/Account%20Banner",
               "slot_content" : 
               {
                   "_type" : "slot_content",
                "type" : "html"
               },
               "slot_id" : "my-slot",
               "template" : "slots/html/htmlslotcontainer.isml",
               "uuid" : "cw6YLaOace0MUqwcsju07iKn3j"
            }
         ],
   "slot_id" : "my-slot"
}

# in case of failure:
 
RESPONSE:
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Expires: Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00 GMT
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Cache-Control: max-age=0,no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate
{
  "_v" : "23.2",
  "fault":{
    "type":"SlotNotFoundException",
    "message":"No slot with ID 'my-slot' and context type 'GLOBAL' for site 'SiteGenesis' was found."
  }
}
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