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10{htxt id="param-name-title"}
11 {ts}Parameter Name{/ts}
12{/htxt}
13{htxt id="param-name"}
14 <p>
15 {ts}Choose a parameter from the list, or select "other" for manual entry.{/ts}
16 </p>
17{/htxt}
18
19{htxt id="param-op-title"}
20 {ts}Operator{/ts}
21{/htxt}
22{htxt id="param-op"}
23 <p>
24 {ts}The default operator is equals (=), and is the only operator supported for "create" or "delete" actions.{/ts}
25 </p>
26 <p>
27 {ts}Some apis support a special syntax to allow other operators for "get" type actions. Choosing a different operator will automatically use this syntax, although it may not work with every api.{/ts}
28 </p>
29{/htxt}
30
31{htxt id="param-value-title"}
32 {ts}Parameter Value{/ts}
33{/htxt}
34{htxt id="param-value"}
35 <p>
36 {ts}The following formats are accepted:{/ts}
37 <ul>
38 <li>{ts}Simple values such as numbers, true, false and null.{/ts}</li>
39 <li>{ts}Strings. You may include quotes around the string to ensure it's not interpreted otherwise, e.g. "false".{/ts}</li>
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40 <li>{ts}Arrays in js format, e.g. [1, 2, 3, 'foo', 'bar', 'baz'].{/ts}</li>
41 <li>{ts}Associative arrays in js object format, e.g. {ldelim}first: "one", second: "two", third: 3{rdelim}.{/ts}</li>
42 <li>{ts}A comma-separated list will automatically be turned into an array for multivalue operations, or you can explicitly use the js array format above.{/ts}</li>
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43 </ul>
44 </p>
45{/htxt}
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46
47{htxt id="api-chain-title"}
48 {ts}Api Chaining{/ts}
49{/htxt}
50{htxt id="api-chain"}
51 <p>{ts}Chains allow you to execute api calls on the results of this one.{/ts}</p>
52 <p>{ts}Example: When creating a contact, you can chain the Email.create api to add email addresses for them.{/ts}</p>
53 <p>{ts}Disambiguation: api chains are different from joins in that chaining executes a separate api call for every result returned from the main call.{/ts}</p>
54{/htxt}
55
56{htxt id="api-join-title"}
57 {ts}Api Joins{/ts}
58{/htxt}
59{htxt id="api-join"}
60 <p>{ts}Join this api call to return values from or filter on a related entity.{/ts}</p>
61 <p>{ts}The new fields will be selectable from the "Params" and "Fields to return" lists.{/ts}</p>
62 <p>{ts}Example: If the api entity is Email, you can also fetch the display name of the contact this email belongs to.{/ts}</p>
63 <p>{ts}Disambiguation: Joins are different from api chaining in that joins execute as a single SELECT query, and only work for api "get" operations.{/ts}</p>
64{/htxt}