Snapshots can be created through this API using a POST service and snapshot information can be retrieved using a GET service.

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GET

There are two implementations of GET. One will find a Snapshot with the given release id and snapshot id and return the JSON representation of the Snapshot. The other will find a list of Snapshots matching the parameters supplied to it.

GET (By Id)

This GET service will return the JSON representation of a snapshot given a release id and snapshot Id.

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Request

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
snapshotId	URL	Yes	Path parameter for the snapshot Id which is used to return a snapshot
releaseId	URL	Yes	Path parameter for the release Id which contains the snapshot that will be returned

Response

Snapshot JSON objects can having the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
snapshotId	Long	The id of the snapshot
snapshotName	String	The name of the snapshot, which is generated based on the time of creation
snapshotStatus	String	The status of the snapshot. Possible values are: COMPLETED - The snapshot was successfully assembled, but has not yet been sent to pipeline for execution. Snapshot will stay in this status for very short time and will transition to INITIATED. FAILED - The snapshot failed to be assembled (which could mean the underlying build failed). FAILED TO INITIATE - The snapshot was assembled, but failed to be sent to the pipeline for execution. INITIATED - The snapshot has been sent to the pipeline for execution. PENDING - The snapshot is in the process of being assembled and sent to the pipeline for execution.
description	String	The description of the snapshot
snapshotVersions	List<SnapshotVersionPojo>	The version information about the projects/packages contained within this snapshot
snapshotVariables	List<SnapshotVariable>	The related snapshot variables
links	List<Link>	List of any relevant links for the object.

Elements of snapshotVersions has following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
projectId	Long	The id of the project
projectStreamId	Long	The id of the Stream which the project/package was built from
projectVersionId	Long	The version id of the project
packageName	String	The name of the package (partial deployment projects only)
snapshotVersionStatus	String	The current status of the individual project version within the snapshot. Possible values are: PENDING - The project is has not yet been built for the snapshot. SUBMITTED - The project is currently being built for the snapshot. COMPLETED - The project has been built successfully for the snapshot. FAILED - The project has failed to build. EXISTING - The snapshot is utilizing an already built version of the project.

Elements of snapshotVariables has the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
displayName	String	Display name
code	String	Code for the variable
description	String	Description of the variable
dataType	String	Data type of the variable
value	String	Value of the variable
updatedBy	String	Who last updated this variable
updatedOn	String	Last time the variable was updated

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Response Codes

HTTP Code	Description
200	Snapshot was found and returned
400	Bad request
401	Authentication failure
403	Authorization failure (no access to resource)
404	Release or snapshot not found
500	Unexpected internal server error

Example

If a snapshot in our database had an id of 10005 and releaseId of 14321 and a GET request was sent to http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/releases/14321/snapshot/10005

A Snapshot JSON object will be returned with snapshot information:

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title	Response JSON

{
	"snapshotId": 10005,
	"snapshotName": "07-09-2018 12:15:03",
	"description": "",
	"snapshotStatus": "INITIATED",
	"snapshotVersions": [
	{
		"projectId": 10000,
		"packageName": "package1",
		"projectVersionId": 10025,
		"snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING"
	},
	{
		"projectId": 10000,
		"packageName": "package2",
		"projectVersionId": 10040,
		"snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING"
	},
	{
		"projectId": 10002,
		"packageName": null,
		"projectVersionId": 10065,
		"snapshotVersionStatus": "EXISTING"
	}],
	"snapshotVariables": [
	{
		"value": "",
		"displayName": "Name",
		"description": "description",
		"dataType": "String",
		"code": "VARIABLE",
		"updatedBy": "fduser",
		"updatedOn": "07-02-2020 12:37:18"
	}],
	"links": [
        {
                "type": "UI",
                "link": "http://host:port/flexdeploy/faces/releases?dashboard=true&relSnapshotId=10005&relDefinitionId=14321"
        }
    ]
}

GET (Using Query Parameters)

This GET service will return the JSON representation of a list of snapshots given the release id and snapshot query parameters. Results are sorted so latest snapshots are returned first.

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title	API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/releases/{releaseId}/snapshot

Request

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
releaseId	Long (URL)	Yes	Path parameter for the release Id. All returned snapshots will be in this release.
snapshotName	String (Query)	No	Query based on the generated name of the snapshot. Name is case sensitive and must be exact.
snapshotStatus	String (Query)	No	Query based on the status of the snapshot. Possible statuses are COMPLETED, FAILED, FAILED TO INITIATE, INITIATED, and PENDING. Status is case insensitive.
limit	Integer (Query)	No	Limits the number of snapshots returned to specified value. If no limit is provided, all snapshots matching the criteria are returned.

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If no query parameters are provided, all the snapshots in the release will be returned.

Response

Snapshot JSON objects can have the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
snapshotId	Long	The id of the snapshot
snapshotName	String	The name of the snapshot, which is generated based on the time of creation
snapshotStatus	String	The status of the snapshot. Possible values are: COMPLETED - The snapshot was successfully assembled, but has not yet been sent to pipeline for execution. FAILED - The snapshot failed to be assembled (which could mean the underlying build failed). FAILED TO INITIATE - The snapshot was assembled, but failed to be sent to the pipeline for execution. INITIATED - The snapshot has been sent to the pipeline for execution. PENDING - The snapshot is in the process of being assembled and sent to the pipeline for execution.
description	String	The description of the snapshot
snapshotVersions	List<SnapshotVersionPojo>	The version information about the projects/packages contained within this snapshot
snapshotVariables	List<SnapshotVariable>	The related snapshot variables

Elements of snapshotVersions has the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
projectId	Long	The id of the project
projectStreamId	Long	The id of the Stream which the project/package was built from
projectVersionId	Long	The version id of the project
packageName	String	The name of the package (partial deployment projects only)
snapshotVersionStatus	String	The current status of the individual project version within the snapshot. Possible values are: PENDING - The project is has not yet been built for the snapshot. SUBMITTED - The project is currently being built for the snapshot. COMPLETED - The project has been built successfully for the snapshot. FAILED - The project has failed to build. EXISTING - The snapshot is utilizing an already built version of the project.

Elements of snapshotVariables have the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
displayName	String	Display name
code	String	Code for the variable
description	String	Description of the variable
dataType	String	Data type of the variable
value	String	Value of the variable
updatedBy	String	Who last updated this variable
updatedOn	String	Last time the variable was updated

Response Codes

HTTP Code	Description
200	Search successful and results returned
400	Bad request
401	Authentication failure
403	Authorization failure (no access to resource)
500	Unexpected internal server error

Example

If we have a release with id 11211 and want to see the latest 2 snapshots with a status of COMPLETED, we would send this request:

Request: http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/releases/11211/snapshot?statussnapshotStatus=COMPLETED&limit=2

A GET request would be triggered and return the following JSON snapshots object:

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[
	{
		"snapshotId": 11501,
		"snapshotStatus": "COMPLETED",
		"snapshotVersions": [
		{
			"snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED",
			"projectVersionId": 33129,
			"projectId": 25208,
			"packageName": null,
			"projectStreamId": 25209
		},
		{
			"snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED",
			"projectVersionId": 33175,
			"projectId": 25228,
			"packageName": "Package1",
			"projectStreamId": 25229
		},
		{
			"snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED",
			"projectVersionId": 33146,
			"projectId": 25228,
			"packageName": "Package2",
			"projectStreamId": 25229
		}
		],
		"snapshotName": "02-08-2019 08:52:02",
		"description": null,
		"snapshotVariables": [
		{
			"value": "",
			"displayName": "Name",
			"description": "description",
			"dataType": "String",
			"code": "VARIABLE",
			"updatedBy": "fduser",
			"updatedOn": "07-02-2020 12:37:18"
		}]
	},
	{
		"snapshotId": 11346,
		"snapshotStatus": "COMPLETED",
		"snapshotVersions": [
		{
			"snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED",
			"projectVersionId": 32466,
			"projectId": 25208,
			"packageName": null,
			"projectStreamId": 25209
		},
		{
			"snapshotVersionStatus": "COMPLETED",
			"projectVersionId": 32436,
			"projectId": 25228,
			"packageName": null,
			"projectStreamId": 25229
		}
		],
	"snapshotName": "02-06-2019 16:35:04",
	"description": null,
	"snapshotVariables": []
	}
]

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