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Purpose: get either a specific application or a list of applications for a project, with their module, form, and case schemata. Includes support for linked applications. 

Base URL: https://www.commcarehq.org/a/[domain]/api/[version]/application/[app_id]

  • omit app_id in URL to retrieve list of applications

Input parameters:

  • extras: if true, includes a dump of application data; else, does not include additional data.

Output description:

The output of the API in the "objects" field is a list of configurations for your applications. Each one has a list of its modules with all case properties and forms.

  • name: The name of the application

  • version: The application version (build number)

  • modules: This is a list of the modules with their forms, case type, and case properties

    • case_type: The case type for the enclosing module

    • case_properties: The names of all properties for the case type for the enclosing module

    • forms: A list of all forms for the module

      • questions: A list of the schema for each question of the module

  • versions: This is a list of app versions (builds) which have been created from this application.

  • other application data, if extras is set to true.

 

Sample JSON Output:

JSON Format
Code Block
languagejavascripttitleJSON Formatjs
{
  meta: {
    limit: 20,
    next: null
    offset: 0,
    previous: null,
    total_count: 4
  },
  objects: [ {
	id: "app uuid",
    build_on: null,
	build_comment: null,
	is_released: false,
    version: 16,
	built_from_app_id: null
    name: "My application",
	case_types: {
		type_of_case_from_app_builder: [
			"case_prop1",
			"case_prop2",
			...
		]
	},
    modules: [ {
      case_type: "type_of_case_from_app_builder",
      forms: [ {
        name: {
          en: "Name in English",
          es: "Nombre en Español",
          ...
        },
        questions: [ {
            label: "The question",
            repeat: "",
            tag: "input",
            value: "/name_in_english/the_question"
          },
        ...
        ]
      }
    ],
    versions: [ {
        id: "app version uuid",
        build_on: "2017-01-30T19:53:20",
		build_comment: "",
		is_released: true,
        version: 16
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
}