Demographic Lookup by Brand API
Summary
This API provides capabilities to retrieve the defined demographics of a single brand. This service is useful for building your own data mapping service when reading or writing from/to other Omeda services.
General Technical Requirements
The following technical requirements apply to all requests for this API.
Base Resource URI
Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/demographics/*
Testing: https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/demographics/*
brandAbbreviationis the abbreviation for the brand
HTTP Headers
The HTTP header must contain the following element: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.
Content Type
The content type is application/json. JSONapplication/json
JSON is the preferred data exchange format, because it is lightweight and, in most cases, faster to process and utilizes less bandwidth. There are many available open-source JSON libraries available. See json.org for details.
Supported HTTP Methods
There is one HTTP method supported:
GET : See W3C’s GET specs for details.
Demographic Lookup by Brand
Retrieves all demographics of a single brand.
Field Definition
The following tables describe the hierarchical data elements present on the response from the API.
Brand Elements
Element Name | Always Returned… | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Id | Yes | Integer | The brand identifier. |
Description | Yes | String | The name of the brand. |
BrandAbbrev | Yes | String | The abbreviation for the brand (used in most web service URLs). |
Demographics | Yes | List | A list of Demographic elements. These define the customized information that is being collected about a customer for this brand. |
Demographics Elements
Element Name | Always Returned… | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Id | Yes | Integer | This is the Omeda demographic id, and is the value used for the OmedaDemographicId attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API. |
DemographicType | Yes | Integer | Type of demographic. See Demographic Types for the list of values and their descriptions |
Description | Yes | String | The name of the demographic, and the value used for the ClientDemographicId attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API. |
DemoLegacyId | Yes | String | This is the Demographic ID that is used in the Omeda’s V10 system. |
DemographicValues | Yes | List | a list of DemographicValue elements. These define the values associated with the customized demographic information that is being collected about a customer |
AuditedProducts | No | List | This is a list of Product Ids that the demo is audited for. If the demo is not audited for any product, this will not be returned. |
OmedaWebformText | Yes | String | Omeda INTERNAL use only |
OmedaWebformViewCode | Yes | Integer | Omeda INTERNAL use only. See View Codes for the list of values and their descriptions |
OmedaWebformSequence | Yes | Integer | Omeda INTERNAL use only |
DemographicValues Elements
Element Name | Always Returned… | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Id | Yes | Integer | This is the Omeda demographic value id, and the value used for the OmedaDemographicValue attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API. |
Description | Yes | String | The name of the demographic value. |
ShortDescription | Yes | String | The short name of the demographic value. |
DemographicValueType | Yes | Integer | Type of demographic value. See Demographic Value Types for the list of values and their descriptions |
AlternateId | Yes | String | The client’s associated value to Omeda’s demographic value, and the value used for the ClientDemographicValue attribute when using the Save Customer and Order API. |
Sequence | Yes | Integer | Order in which to display demographic items. If you would like this order to be adjusted, please contact your Account Representative. |
OmedaWebformText | Yes | String | Omeda INTERNAL use only |
OmedaWebformViewCode | Yes | Integer | Omeda INTERNAL use only. See View Codes for the list of values and their descriptions |
OmedaWebformSequence | Yes | Integer | Omeda INTERNAL use only |
Response
HTTP Response Codes
Status | Description |
---|---|
200 OK | The request has succeeded. See Example Response below. |
404 Not Found | In the event no Brand Information is found, an HTTP 404 (not found) response will be returned. |
Success
{
"SubmissionId":"C95AE90C-BEC6-41F2-91E2-2BA9168D1D1F",
"Id":3000,
"Description":"AppDev Today",
"BrandAbbrev":"APPDEV",
"CustomerCount":4,
"Demographics":[
{
"Id":1,
"DemographicType":1,
"Description":"Job Title",
"AuditedProducts":[
101,
102,
103
],
"DemographicValues":[
{
"Id":1,
"Description":"Owner, President, CEO",
"ShortDescription":"Owner",
"AlternateId":"02"
},
{
"Id":2,
"Description":"CIO, CFO, CXO",
"ShortDescription":"CIO, CFO, CXO",
"AlternateId":"04"
},
{
"Id":3,
"Description":"Vice President",
"ShortDescription":"VPs",
"AlternateId":"05"
},
{
"Id":4,
"Description":"Management",
"ShortDescription":"Management",
"AlternateId":"09"
}
]
},
{
"Id":2,
"DemographicType":2,
"Description":"Technology",
"DemographicValues":[
{
"Id":11,
"Description":"Java",
"ShortDescription":"Java",
"AlternateId":"23"
},
{
"Id":12,
"Description":"C#",
"ShortDescription":"C#",
"AlternateId":"34"
},
{
"Id":13,
"Description":"C, C++",
"ShortDescription":"C, C++",
"AlternateId":"35"
}
]
}
]
}
Failure
{
"SubmissionId":"ec0c2ba6-13f4-4934-8efa-74c2ccb33f1d",
"Errors":[
{
"Error":"Brand 12345 was not found."
}
]
}
Possible Error Messages
In the event of an error, an error response will be returned. Here are some of the possible responses you might receive.
Brand {brandId} was not found.
Additional Information
Demographics – DemographicType
StatusCode | Description |
---|---|
1 | A single-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – one answers) |
2 | A multiple-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – many answers) |
3 | An open-form short answer question. (No choices – text input) |
5 | A yes/no answer. |
6 | A date answer. |
7 | A whole number answer. |
8 | A decimal answer. |
Demographics – DemographicValueType
StatusCode | Description |
---|---|
0 | Standard Choice: Type indicating a single-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – one answers). |
3 | None-of-the-above Choice: None-of-the-above choice value type. A type of standard choice whose selection may force some special validation. |
4 | ‘Other’ Choice: This value type will represent the “Other” option ( Open ended Coding ). |
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