DC 5.10 Working with combo node definitions

There are generally 3 APIs to be aware of when working with combo values. Each API covers slightly different use cases. Those use cases are outlined in this document.

CRUD on combo values

This is the most general use case, where an integration should manage the combo node definitions.

This requires the Editor_SystemTools_Metadata role.

There are 6 endpoints to be aware of here.

Response properties

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

id

int

A language-independent id for this combo value.

optionValue

string

A language-independent string value for this combo value.

sortIndex

int

A value indicating how this node should be sorted in relation to all other combo value.

metaFieldId

int

The metafield id of the metafield this combo value belongs to.

itemId

int

The itemId of the combo value.

itemGuid

string/guid/uuid

The itemGuid of the combo value.

labels

dictionary

The translations of this combo value. The key is the languageId.

labels.label

string

The title/name/label of the combo value in this language.

labels.languageId

int

The language id of this translation.

labels.comboValueId

int

The language specific id of this combo value.

Get all combo values

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values

Method: GET

Auth required: YES

Request

GET https://<my-dam>/digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values Authorization: AccessKey MIIC...dEK

Response

[ { "id": 50239, "optionValue": "five", "sortIndex": 0, "metaFieldId": 50398, "itemId": 20460, "itemGuid": "8129443f-be24-4c48-9579-b8c91be41385", "labels": { "1": { "label": "fem", "languageId": 1, "comboValueId": 50239 }, "3": { "label": "five", "languageId": 3, "comboValueId": 50240 } } } ]

Get a specific combo value

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/{id}

Method: GET

Auth required: YES

Request

GET https://<my-dam>/digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/50239 Authorization: AccessKey MIIC...dEK

Response

Create a new combo value

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values

Method: POST

Auth required: YES

This api is also available as a bulk variant, that takes an array of the objects described here: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/bulk-create

Request parameters:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

optionValue

string

A language-independent string value for this combo value.

sortIndex

int

A value indicating how this combo value should be sorted in relation to all other combo values.

metaFieldId

int

The metafield id of the metafield this combo valuebelongs to.

accessRightsMode

enum, string, one of:

  • CalculateAutomatically

  • DoNothing

Controls how access rights/item security is created when this combo value is created.

  • CalculateAutomatically: Security is inherited from the metafield.

  • DoNothing: No item security is created for this combo value, which means nobody can access it. If you use this, you should make sure to create item security entries yourself.

If not specified, CalculateAutomatically will be used.

labels

array of object

The translations that should be created for this object.

labels.languageId

int

The id of the language this translation is for.

labels.label

string

The language specific translation of this value.

Request

Response

Update a combo value

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/{comboId}

Method: PUT

Auth required: YES

Request parameters:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

optionValue

string

A language-independent string value for this combo value.

sortIndex

int

A value indicating how this combo value should be sorted in relation to all other combo values.

comboId

int

A language-independent id for this combo value.

Request

Response

Update a combo value translation

 

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/{comboId}/{languageId}

Method: PUT

Auth required: YES

Request parameters:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

label

string

The translated label for the combo in the specified language.

comboId

int

The language-independent id for this combo value.

languageId

int

The id of the language to update the combo in

 

Request

Response

Delete a combo value

URL: /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/admin/combo-values/{comboId}

Method: DELETE

Auth required: YES

Request parameters:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

comboId

int

The language-independent id for this combo value.

synchronous

bool

If false or not passed, the value will be deleted in the background. This means you can still get the value back in the api and can still keep using it for a little while.

If true, the request will be held until the api is completely done cleaning up.

 

Get combos to display

 

URL:

  • /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/combo/values/metafield/{metafieldId}

  • /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/combo/values/metafield/{metafieldId}/assignable

  • /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/combo/values/metafield/{metafieldItemGuid}

  • /digizuitecore/legacyservice/api/combo/values/metafield/{metafieldItemGuid}/assignable

Method: GET

Auth required: YES

This gets the combo nodes which the authorized user has access to based on item security. It is available in two flavors. One which returns everything the user has read access to and the /assignable variant of the endpoint which returns everything the user has write access to. The difference between the two is what the user can assign to an asset (i.e. write) and what the user can see as assigned on the asset (i.e. read).

Request parameters:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

metafieldId

int

The metafield id of the tree metafield to fetch nodes for.

metafieldItemGuid

string/guid/uuid

The itemGuid of the tree metafield to fetch nodes for.

Response properties:

Name

Type

Description

Name

Type

Description

id

int

A language-independent id for this combo value.

optionValue

string

A language-independent string value for this combo value.

sortIndex

int

A value indicating how this node should be sorted in relation to all other combo value.

metaFieldId

int

The metafield id of the metafield this combo value belongs to.

itemId

int

The itemId of the combo value.

itemGuid

string/guid/uuid

The itemGuid of the combo value.

labels

dictionary

The translations of this combo value. The key is the languageId.

labels.label

string

The title/name/label of the combo value in this language.

labels.languageId

int

The language id of this translation.

labels.comboValueId

int

The language specific id of this combo value.

Create new combo nodes while updating asset metadata

See documentation and examples here: DC 5.10 Updating asset metadata | ComboValue request properties