Add a New Record

Use the AddData endpoint to input a new record into a board.

AddData endpoint description
Description	Adds a record into a board
URL	/board/[boardname]/input/[inputviewname]
Method	POST
Parameters	boardname inputviewname

Review the parameter definitions and examples of how to use the AddData endpoint in JavaScript and C# calls.

Parameters

AddData endpoint parameters
Variable Name	Type	Description	Required
boardname	String	Name of the board to which the new record will be added	True (URL)
inputviewname	String	Name of the view that contains the input fields for the record type	True (URL)

Examples

JavaScript Call

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//dataObject will be different for every board. It represents a record. 
var dataObject = {
title: 'newtitle', 
published_date: DateTime.Now,
approval_status: 'Pending Approval', 
originating_position: 'CMD EOC Director', 
originating_user: 'WebEOC Administrator'
};
var newData = {
data: JSON.stringify(dataObject)
};
await fetch(`${baseUrl}/board/Press Release/input/Input`, { 
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, 
body: JSON.stringify(newData)
})

C# Call

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public async Task AddData()
{
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
{
var dataObject = new
{
title = "newtitle", 
published_date = DateTime.Now,
approval_status = "Pending Approval", 
originating_position = "CMD EOC Director", 
originating_user = "WebEOC Administrator"
};
string serializedData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataObject); 
var newData = new
{
data = serializedData
};
var serializedInformation = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(newData); 
await httpClient.PostAsync($"{baseUrl}/board/Press Release/input/Input",
new StringContent(serializedInformation, Encoding.UTF8, 
"application/json"));
}
}