DataLayer.REST - Attributes
The DataLayer.REST element has the following attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
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| Connection ID | (Required) Specifies the ID of a Connection.REST element defined in the _Settings definition. |
| Url Path |
(Required) Specifies the portion of the URL that will be appended to the end of the URL specified in the Connection.REST element's Url Host attribute and may need to begin with a "/". For example,
Connection.REST Url Host = http://local.yahooapis.comDataLayer.REST Url Path = /MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=YD... etc.
producing this complete URL to request the web service method:http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=YD... etc. |
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Accept Type | Specifies the type of data expected to be received from a REST request. Options include application/json and application/xml (the default). |
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Http Method | Specifies the verb to be sent with a REST request. Options include: DELETE, GET, POST, and PUT, orcan bea custom verb.The default value is GET. |
| ID | Specifies an optional element ID. Recommended for easier identification when debugging. |
 New for 14.1 Maximum Rows | Specifies the maximum number of data rows to be retrieved. |
| Remove Namespace |
Specifies whether the namespace and schema information that some data sources will add to the retrieved data is removed. The default value is False. |
| XPath | Specifies a standard XPath string that will be used to select a set of matching nodes. All of the matching nodes are then used to generate the resulting datalayer. Tokens may be used in this attribute value. |