Interface: ApiExportInterface

Methods

addEventListener(type, callback)

Add a callback to be invoked when a certain event occurs

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
type	ExportEventType	Type of event to subscribe to
callback	EventListenerCallback	Function to be called when the event fires

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with an EventListenerToken object. The event listener token can be used to remove the event listener by calling removeEventListener.

get()

Get all export definitions

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with an array of export definitions

removeEventListener(token)

Remove an event listener

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
token	EventListenerToken	event listener token for event listener to be removed

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with a Boolean data, indicating whether the event listener could be removed.

requestAsync(requestObject [, payload])

Requests an export for current parameter values.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
requestObject	ExportRequestObject		Object defining the export request.
payload	*	<optional>	Payload which will be passed through to the response and events related to a call of this function.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise.<APIResponse>	APIResponse with a export result object.

updateProperties( [definitions])

Update properties of registered exports.

The following properties can be updated: name, order, hidden This function will fail in case no unique export can be found for each export definition given.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
definitions	Array.<ExportDefinition>	<optional>	updated export definitions

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with its data set to a boolean according to success or error

Members

<readonly> EVENTTYPE :ExportEventType

Enum for supported export event types.

Type:

• ExportEventType

Properties:

Name	Type	Default	Description
AVAILABLE	ExportEventType	available	the result of an export has become available
REGISTERED	ExportEventType	registered	a new export has been registered
REGISTERED_BATCH	ExportEventType	registered.batch	a batch of exports has been registered
UPDATE	ExportEventType	update	the definition of an export has been updated, typically one of the properties name or order or hidden
STATUS	ExportEventType	status	status event for an ongoing export

<readonly> RESULT :ExportRequestResult

Enum for export request result.

Type:

• ExportRequestResult

Properties:

Name	Type	Default	Description
EXPORT_NOT_FOUND	ExportRequestResult	export_not_found	the export was not found
PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND	ExportRequestResult	plugin_not_found	the plugin responsible to handle the export request was not found
ERROR	ExportRequestResult	error	the export request failed
CACHE	ExportRequestResult	cache	the export request can be answered from the local cache
LOAD	ExportRequestResult	load	the export request needs to be loaded from somewhere

Type Definitions

ExportDefinition

Definition of an export

Type:

• Object

Properties:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
id	String		unique id of export
plugin	String		plugin runtime id of export
name	String		name of export
_name	String	<optional>	original name of the export, will be set in case the export name got changed from its original value
type	String		type of export, currently we support 'email', 'download', and 'shapeways'
hidden	Boolean	<optional>	must exist and be true if the export should be hidden from the ui
order	Number	<optional>	optional number used for ordering exports in the ui

ExportEventType

Export event type, see EVENTTYPE for values

Type:

• String

ExportRequestObject

Data required for requesting an export

Type:

• Object

Properties:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
id	String	<optional>		id of export, takes precedence over idOrName and name
idOrName	String	<optional>		id or name of export, takes precedence over name
name	String	<optional>		name of export, last priority after id and idOrName
plugin	String	<optional>		runtime id of plugin the export belongs to
parameters	Object	<optional>		optional key value pairs of parameter ids and corresponding values to use instead of the currently set values
silent	Boolean	<optional>	false	if true, do not display any information about the export to the user

ExportRequestResult

Export request result, see RESULT for values

Type:

• String

ExportResult

Definition of the object resulting from a finished export, or from a status of an ongoing export

Type:

• Object

Properties:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
id	String		unique id of the export
plugin	String		plugin runtime id of export
name	String		name of the export
type	String		type of export, currently we support 'email', 'download', and 'shapeways'
msg	String	<optional>	optional status message for the export, e.g. describing server side progress or status
version	String	<optional>	version id of the export
filename	String	<optional>	optional filename to be used for files which are part of content (FILENAME.FILETYPE)
content	Array.<ExportResultContentItem>	<optional>	will be set once the export has been finished for type 'download'. Typically this array has only one entry.
result	Object	<optional>	optional object describing the result of the export for types 'email' and 'shapeways' Properties Name Type Argument Description msg String <optional> optional message to display to the user err String <optional> optional error message to display to the user href String <optional> optional link to direct the user to modelId String <optional> optional ShapeWays model id
resultcode	ExportRequestResult	<optional>	result code

ExportResultContentItem

Export content item of a ExportResult

Type:

• Object

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
format	String	format of the exported file, e.g. stl|3dm|dxf|dwg|…
href	String	download link to the exported file, time limited to the duration of the session
size	Number	size in bytes of the exported file