REST API

Connect to your Giraffe repository & build deep integrations with your enterprise processes

Overview

Giraffe's REST API allows users to access the repository of data that is collected from your workspace's projects. This may include buildings, shapes, usages/types, layers This data allows users to do things such as:

  • Set up Giraffe as a data source for other tools such as Tableau.
  • Query the data on Giraffe to use for custom data analysis and visualization, or for automated reporting.
  • Create and update Giraffe projects programmatically, to synchronize business logic between Giraffe and other systems.
Browse Giraffe APIs (must be logged in to grant access)
https://app.giraffe.build/api/

User-level API

All of a Giraffe user's data can be accessed via API.

Giraffe has dozens of API endpoints, however most data can be retrieved in a structured way with just a few of them. Giraffe data is principally arranged under projects.

To access project data the Giraffe REST API has these endpoints:

  • A list of all projects that the user has access to.
  • An individual project’s details such as who the project is shared with.
  • An individual project’s contents including:
  • The buildings and geometry
  • Project usage data
  • App data associated with the project (where Apps have been added to the project)
  • Project views
Projects the logged in user has access to
https://app.giraffe.build/api/projects/
Individual project details
https://app.giraffe.build/api/project-details/
Individual project contents
https://app.giraffe.build/api/load/

Connecting to the User-level API

To test the API, follow the steps below:

  • Login to Giraffe in a browser
  • Get your token
  • Ensure your token is included in your request header

Please note: Tokens will expire and need to be renewed on a regular basis.

To build with our API for a production environment, we recommend using the Workspace-level API.

Get your token
https://app.giraffe.build/api/viewCookie
Check your request header
headers: {
   cookie: `giraffe_session=${}`
 }

Workspace-level API

Customers who want to synchronize the data from their entire workspace have more options. In order to access this functionality, you must be issued with a workspace API token.

This API unlocks the ability to do things, such as:

  • Create a new project.
  • Update a project.
  • Connect your Tableau Web Data Connector
Create a project
https://app.giraffe.build/api/sync/project/
Update a project
https://app.giraffe.build/api/sync/project/
Tableau Web Data Connector
https://app.giraffe.build/api/load/

Questions?

For more information or clarification, please contact us directly.

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