Process Content Creation (By Data) (JSON)

Submits a request to create new HTML content for the Web context.

Request takes a JSON Record Data List of the data values for the Data Record as content, and on success returns a response containing the HTML output produced, specific to the record data and parameters specified.

Request

Method Type:

POST

URI:

/rest/serverengine/workflow/contentcreation/html/{templateId}

Content: JSON Record Data List specifying a list of data values for the Data Record
Content Type:

application/json

Add. Headers:

If server security settings are enabled, then one of the following:

  • Authorization – Basic Authentication (Username and Password) credentials (Base64 encoded)
  • auth_token – Authorization Token

Parameters

Path

Name Required Type Default Value Description
templateId

–

–

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  • The Managed File ID (or Name) of the template in File Store
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    Query

    Name Required Type Default Value Description
    section

    –

    –

    Default section in template
  • The section within the Web context to create
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    inline

    –

    –

    NONE

    The inline mode to be used in the creation of content. Possible values:

    • NONE - no inlining
    • CSS - converts style rules to inline styles on elements
    • ALL - inline all resources
    • LOCAL - inline local resources; remote resources remain external

    cssSelector

    No

    String

     

    A CSS selector for the creation of only a specific HTML element within the template

    Response

    Success

    The following lists status codes indicative of a successful response:

    Status Code Content Content-Type Add. Headers Description
    200
    OK    		 The entire HTML output for the Data Record, or the inner HTML of the first element that matches the given CSS selector, or an empty string if the CSS selector produced no results text/html – Output created successfully

    Error

    The following lists status codes indicative of a failed or error response:

    Status Code Content Content-Type Add. Headers Description

    400 Bad Request

     

     

     

    Web context not found / Web section not found

    401 Unauthorized

    –

    –

    WWW-Authenticate – BASIC (Basic Authentication credentials are accepted)

    Server authentication is required.

    Response when neither basic authentication credentials nor an authorization token have been specified in the request headers.

    401 Unauthorized

    Error message

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    –

    Server authentication has failed.

    Response when the authorization token specified in the request headers has now expired.

    403 Forbidden

    Error message

    –

    –

    Server authentication has failed.

    Response when either the basic authentication credentials or the authorization token specified in the request headers are invalid.

    404
    Not Found

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    –

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  • Template not found in File Store/Server
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    500
    Internal Server Error

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    –

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  • Content Creation Error: Web context in template not found / Invalid CSS selector.
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