Search Entity Events with Cursor

The Search Entity Events with Cursor function returns the records matching a specified criteria with a strictly defined order.

The Search Entity Events with Cursor function works like a cursor in relational databases. When using this function, some character sequences are returned to the API user as a part of the response and all the subsequent requests with this cursor, then returns the next portion of data in the defined order. No data is repeated in the entire dataset that is returned.

Request:

POST {TenantURL}/entities/_events/_scan

Table 1. Parameters
Parameter		Required	Details	Example
Headers	`Authorization`	Yes	This represents the information about authentication access token in the format of "Bearer `<accessToken>`" (see details in Authentication API ).
Query	`filter`	No	This enables events filtering by a condition. Format for the `filter` query parameter is, `filter=({Condition Type}[AND/OR {Condition Type}]*)` To know more about the conditions, see Filtering Entities. Note: Consider the following points: Following are the fields and its values that are available for search: `timestamp` `entity_type` `entity_uri` `eventType` The `eventType` field can have the following values: `ENTITY_CREATED` `ENTITY_CHANGED` `ENTITY_REMOVED` `ENTITIES_MERGED` `ENTITIES_MERGED_MANUALLY` `ENTITIES_MERGED_ON_THE_FLY` `ENTITIES_SPLITTED` `ENTITIES_LOST_MERGE` `ENTITY_REMOVED_GDPR`	Consider the following examples: Filter by `entity_uri`: `filter=(equals(entity_uri, 'entities/005ZBhp')` Filter by `entityType`: `filter=(equals(entity_type, 'Organization')` Filter by event timestamp: `filter=(gt(timestamp, 1373288685810) and lt(timestamp,1373288903390))`
Query	types	No	This indicates a comma-separated list of event types using which events must be filtered. The possible values for the `eventType` field are as follows: `CREATED` `UPDATED` `DELETED` `DELETED_GDPR` `MERGED` `MERGED_MANUALLY` `MERGED_ON_THE_FLY` `SPLITTED` `ENTITY_LOST_MERGE`	`types=CREATED,UPDATED`
Query	offset	No	This represents the positive Integer value to identify which starting element in a result set must be returned in a response.	`offset=100`
Query	options	No	An option for the endpoint to return: `resolveMergedEntities`: Actual winner URIs for start/end objects. Loser URIs are resolved into winner URIs for all events, except for these merge operation events: `ENTITY_LOST_MERGE` `MERGED MERGED_MANUALLY` `MERGED_ON_THE_FLY`	`options=resolveMergedEntities`
Query	max	No	This indicates the maximum number of events to be retrieved. Note: You can specify a maximum value of 2000 for this parameter .	`max=200`
Request body	Cursor definition	Yes for all requests except the first one.	This indicates the JSON object that defines the cursor value and must have one JSON attribute `cursor` with the sub-JSON structure having one string attribute `value`.	`{ "cursor": { "value": "cXVlcnlBbmRGZXRjaDsxOzE0NDI3OmpzdTdBNGNnUWU2YlBqc1JQbTlNbnc7MDs=" } }`

Response:

Indicates a JSON object with the cursor specification and the response part.

Request

POST {TenantURL}/entities/_events/_scan?filter=(gt(timestamp, 1373288685810) and lt(timestamp,1373288903390))

Response

GET {TenantURL}/entities/_events/_scan?filter=(gt(timestamp, 1373288685810) and lt(timestamp,1373288903390))

Headers: Authorization: Bearer 204938ca-2cf7-44b0-b11a-1b4c59984512

{
  "cursor": {
    "value": "c2NhbjsxOzU5Okg5TkZ5UlVrUmJXOVh0NVp0LTVuSGc7MTt0b3RhbF9oaXRzOjQ7"
  },
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "UPDATED",
      "timestamp": 1373288732189,
      "entity_uri": "entities/00tTuN7",
      "entity_type": "HCP",
      "label": "  TheRipper0001"
    },
    {
      "type": "UPDATED",
      "timestamp": 1373288732190,
      "entity_uri": "entities/00tTydN",
      "entity_type": "HCP",
      "label": " AAAAAAAAAAAAAA2  "
    }
  ]
}

Consequent Request - get next data part

POST {TenantURL}/entities/_events/_scan

Headers: Authorization: Bearer 204938ca-2cf7-44b0-b11a-1b4c59984512

{
  "cursor": {
    "value": "c2NhbjsxOzU5Okg5TkZ5UlVrUmJXOVh0NVp0LTVuSGc7MTt0b3RhbF9oaXRzOjQ7"
  }
}

Response

POST {TenantURL}/entities/_events/_scan

Headers: Authorization: Bearer 204938ca-2cf7-44b0-b11a-1b4c59984512

{
  "cursor": {
    "value": "c2NhbjsxOzU5Okg5TkZ5UlVrUmJXOVh0NVp0LTVuSGc7MTt0b3RhbF9oaXRzOjQ7"
  },
  "objects": [
    {
      "type": "UPDATED",
      "timestamp": 1373288829551,
      "entity_uri": "entities/00tTuN7",
      "entity_type": "HCP",
      "label": "  TheRipper0001"
    },
    {
      "type": "UPDATED",
      "timestamp": 1373288829551,
      "entity_uri": "entities/00tTydN",
      "entity_type": "HCP",
      "label": " AAAAAAAAAAAAAA3  "
    }
  ]
}

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Search Entity Events with Cursor

Request

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Consequent Request - get next data part

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