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Intergraph Smart Instrumentation Smart API Tutorial

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To work with the tutorial, we supply two files: one containing the environment variables you require, whose values you will need to set according to your Smart API Server, Smart API Manager, Site and PlantGroup; and the other containing the request collection. The first step to working with the tutorial is to import these files into Postman.

  1. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of Postman and select Manage Environments.

  2. In the Manage Environments window, click the Import button.

  3. Click the button.

  4. Navigate to the supplied JSON file: TrainingEnv.postman_environment.json and click Open.

    The file is located in the API server machine where Smart Instrumentation Smart API is installed, under the following folder: <Smart Instrumentation installation folder>\WEB Services\Help

  5. Click the TrainingEnv, to see the list of keys and values.

  6. Select and fill in the relevant values in the CURRENT VALUE column, as appropriate for your environment. The values displayed are only an example.

    • baseUri — the base address to the hostname/domain. (Must include forward slash (/) after the name.)

    • resourceID — the API resource identifier from SAM (Smart API Manager).

    • samServerUri — the address of the SAM server.

      A forward slash (/) must be included after the name.

    • samUserName — the user name of a group allowed to access the API.

    • samPassword — the SAM user password.

    • samClientId — a unique identifier of the Smart Client. Smart Clients are software applications that consume one or more Smart APIs.

    • samClientSecret — used to authenticate the Smart Client (in this case Postman) and authorize it to access a Smart API. The client secret can be generated automatically or set by an Administrator. It must not be shared like a user password.

    • SiteId — the Smart Instrumentation database you connect to. You can supply the SiteId at a later time, based on the Get Sites request.

    • PlantGroupId — the Smart Instrumentation domain name within the selected site. You can supply the PlantGroupId at a later time, based on the Get PlantGroup request.

    • versionNumber — the API’s version number.

    • token — a string supplied by SAM to access the API. The value is generated by a Post request and populated automatically.

  7. Click the button, and then close the Manage Environments window.

  8. Click the drop-down menu in the upper right corner of Postman and select TrainingEnv.

Import a Collection

The sample requests are grouped to create a Collection, which you need to import into Postman.

  1. On the Postman tool bar, click the Import button.

  2. From the IMPORT window, click , and navigate to the SI_WS_Tutorial.postman_collection.json.

  3. Click Open.

A new folder named SI_WS_Tutorial is added to the Collections tab, containing the sample requests.