<access-service>/api/v1/collections/{collectionId}/collections

URL structure

https://access-service.xy-company.com/api/v1/collections/{collectionId}/collections

where {collectionId} is the ID of a collection.

Supported methods and overview

• GET - used to retrieve a list of metadata/attribute information about all collections contained within a collection (specified by this collection's ID).

Detailed description

This API endpoint retrieves a list of metadata/attribute information about all collections contained within a collection, using this collection's ID.

A collection's ID can be obtained by calling the <access-service>/api/v1/items API endpoint, which retrieves a list of information associated with collections that can be filtered using various 'search' criteria.

If the access token passed in the header of requests to this endpoint belongs to a Covata user with the Collaborator role, then only collections which this user is a collaborator on are returned in the response.

The collections returned in the response can also be filtered according to collections:

• Whose name contains a string specified in the request.
• Whose owner's email address, first name or last name contains the string specified in the request.
• Contained within a subcollection whose ID is specified through a parameter in the request.

Supported roles

This API endpoint supports the following Covata user roles (as described in the Covata Platform Administrator's Guide):

• Originator
• Collaborator

The Covata Platform's resources available to one of these Covata users (above) is determined by the access token passed in the header of requests to this endpoint.

Required headers

The appropriate access token as the Bearer token:

• Authorization: Bearer a1b2c3d4-e5f6-g7h8-i9j0-k1l2m3n4o5p6

Optional parameters

The following optional parameters can be sent in the URL of the GET request:

• collectionId - .
• incomplete - true or false (default is false).
• limit - 0 to 100 (default is 10).
• offset - default is 0.
• orderBy - ASC or DESC (default is ASC).
• searchText - search on any text value.
• sortBy - .

• view - .

  Example ():

Returns

A JSON-formatted response containing the following members:

• id - The ID of the collection in the URL of this request.
• parentId - .
• name - .
• createdAt - .
• modifiedAt - .
• shared - .
• originator - .
  • id - .
  • email - .
• owner - .
  • id - .
  • email - .
  • firstName - .
  • lastName - .
• permissions -.
• count - .
• offset - .

• items - .

  • id - The ID of a collection contained within the collection whose ID was specified in the URL of this request.
  • name - .
  • parentId - .
  • parentName - .
  • createdAt - .
  • modifiedAt - .
  • type - .
  • shared - .
  • owner - .
    • id - .
    • email - .
    • firstName - .
    • lastName - .
  • permissions -.

  Example (response from ...):