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Create a service dynamically

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Disclaimer: example was provided by Hatcher Chad - chad@onfarmsystems.com

  //

  // For this example, we'll have an Math service

  // which takes two numbers, and an operation.

  // The result will be that operation performed on the two inputs.

 

 

  //

  // We either need an Application Key,

  // or user credentials to perform the reads and writes.

  // App keys are a little safer.

  // In this demo, we'll store it on the Entity as a Property.

  var appKey = me.appKey;

 

 

  //

  // The service name needs to be unique and not already in use.

  var serviceName = "MyMath";

 

 

  //

  // What are the inputs to the service?

  // We'll define them nicely here, but manipulate this object later.

  var parameters = {

  "op" : "STRING",

  "x" : "NUMBER",

  "y" : "NUMBER"

  };

 

 

  //

  // What datatype does the service return?

  // If it's an infotable,

  // then you'll also have to specify the data shape

  // as part of the resultType's aspect,

  // but I won't demonstrate that here.

  var output = "NUMBER";

 

 

  //

  // What is the actual service script?

  // We'll define it here as an array of lines, and then join them together.

  var serviceScript = [

  "var result = (function() {",

  " switch(op) {",

  " case \"add\": return x + y;",

  " case \"sub\": return x - y;",

  " case \"mult\": return x * y;",

  " case \"div\": return x / y;",

  " default: return op in Math ? Math[op](x, y) : 0;",

  " };",

  "})();",

  ].join("\n");

 

 

  ////////

 

 

  //

  // Let's convert the friendly parameter definition

  // into the structure that ThingWorx uses:

  var parameterDefinitions = Object.keys(parameters).reduce(function(parameterDefinitions, parameterName, index) {

  var parameterType = parameters[parameterName];

  parameterDefinitions[parameterName] = {

  "name": parameterName,

  "aspects": {},

  "description": "",

  "baseType": parameterType,

  "ordinal": index

  };

  return parameterDefinitions;

  }, {});

 

 

  //

  // Now let's set up our service definition and implementation.

  var definition = {

  "isAllowOverride": false,

  "isOpen": false,

  "sourceType": "Unknown",

  "parameterDefinitions": parameterDefinitions,

  "name": serviceName,

  "aspects": {

  "isAsync": false

  },

  "isLocalOnly": false,

  "description": "",

  "isPrivate": false,

  "sourceName": "",

  "category": "",

  "resultType": {

  "name": "result",

  "aspects": {},

  "description": "",

  "baseType": output,

  "ordinal": 0

  }

  };

 

 

  var implementation = {

  "name": serviceName,

  "description": "",

  "handlerName": "Script",

  "configurationTables": {

  "Script": {

  "isMultiRow": false,

  "name": "Script",

  "description": "Script",

  "rows": [{

  "code": serviceScript

  }],

  "ordinal": 0,

  "dataShape": {

  "fieldDefinitions": {

  "code": {

  "name": "code",

  "aspects": {},

  "description": "code",

  "baseType": "STRING",

  "ordinal": 0

  }

  }

  }

  }

  }

  };

 

 

  ////////

 

 

  //

  // Here are the URLs we'll need in order to make updates.

  // You can change the thing name ('ServiceModifier' here)

  // to something else.

  // If you use credentials instead of an app key,

  // then you can remove the appKey parameter here,

  // but you'll have to add the username and password

  // to the two ContentLoaderFunctions calls.

  var url = {

  export : "http://127.0.0.1:8080/Thingworx/Things/ServiceModifier?Accept=application/json&appKey="+appKey,

  import : "http://127.0.0.1:8080/Thingworx/Things/ServiceModifier?appKey="+appKey

  };

 

 

  //

  // We can download the entity to modify as a JSON object.

  // Older versions of ThingWorx might not support this.

  var config = Resources.ContentLoaderFunctions.GetJSON({

  url : url.export,

  });

 

 

  //

  // We have to modify both the 'effectiveShape',

  // as well as the 'thingShape'.

  config.effectiveShape.serviceDefinitions[serviceName] = definition;

  config.effectiveShape.serviceImplementations[serviceName] = implementation;

 

 

  config.thingShape.serviceDefinitions[serviceName] = definition;

  config.thingShape.serviceImplementations[serviceName] = implementation;

 

 

  // Finally, we can push our updates back into ThingWorx.

  Resources.ContentLoaderFunctions.PutText({

  url : url.export,

  content : JSON.stringify(config),

  contentType : "application/json",

  });

 

 

  // The end.

Comments

Thanks Vladimir, I'll refer to this from my other thread: Modify service code programmatically

/ Constantine

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