REST API v1: GET database collections

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This method is used to request all collections in a database. It is an HTTP GET call to the following address:

https://api.copernica.com/v1/database/$id/collections?access_token=xxxx

In this, $id should be replaced by the numerical identifier or the name of the database of which you want to request the collections.

Available parameters

The following parameters can be added to the URL as variables:

  • start: the first collection to be requested
  • limit: length of the requested batch
  • total: whether or not the total number of collections should be counted

More information on the meaning of these parameters can be found in the article on paging.

Returned fields

The method returns a list of collections in the database. For each collection, the following properties are displayed:

  • ID: ID of the collection
  • name: the name of the collection in the database
  • database: ID of database of the collection
  • fields: fields in the collection

PHP example

The following PHP script demonstrates how to use the API method:

// dependencies
require_once('copernica_rest_api.php');

// change this into your access token
$api = new CopernicaRestApi("your-access-token");

// parameters to pass to the call
$parameters = array(
   'limit'     =>  100
);

// do the call, and print result
print_r($api->get("database/1234/collections", $parameters));

The example above requires the CopernicaRestApi class.

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