The GET Screen (Details Screen Search) API endpoint returns the Published version of matching Detail Screens or all versions of a single specified Detail Screen.

On the Cloud, this API is available via SSL-secured HTTPS connection using the REST GET verb. The format query string parameter controls the desired response format. Specify either XML or JSON.

/api/v2/screen/detail/search?format=xml/json

You may use either JSON or XML formats in your GET request.
You indicate this by setting the ContentType HTTP header as “application/json” or “application/xml”.

If no ContentType is specified, XML format is assumed.

All XML formatted requests must specify the following XML namespace in the data source root element: xmlns:i=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”

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Parameters

The GET verb on this API endpoint allows you to return the Published version of matching Detail Screens or all versions of a single specified Detail Screen.

The required and optional parameters for a GET call to the Screen API are outlined below.

Example

Given that the API is REST-based, you can access the API directly via your web browser to test or by using Postman API Platform.

The below example demonstrates a simple request returning all Details screens from a specific company account.

Request URL

https://eforms.mobileform.net:443/api/v2/screen/detail/search?CompanyId=6XXXX&IntegrationKey=995XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Response Body:

{
  "DetailScreens": [
    {
      "Id": "d2fXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Name": "Details of Inventory",
      "Icon": "Book",
      "Version": 2,
      "Status": "Published",
      "IsLatestVersion": true,
      "LinkedDataSourceId": "add8XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Settings": {
        "RestrictToGroup": "00000000000000000000000000000000",
        "HideFromUsers": true,
        "DisplayOrder": 1
      },
      "CompanyId": 6XXXX
    },
    {
      "Id": "775XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Name": "Field Sales - Product Detail",
      "Description": "This screen shows the details of a selected Product row from the Product List Data Source.rnWe have set this screen to "Hide From Users" since the only way to access this screen is from the Product List screen.",
      "Icon": "Info",
      "Version": 1,
      "Status": "Published",
      "IsLatestVersion": true,
      "LinkedDataSourceId": "415XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Settings": {
        "RestrictToGroup": "00000000000000000000000000000000",
        "HideFromUsers": true
      },
      "CompanyId": 6XXXX
    },
    {
      "Id": "f4dXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Name": "Field Sales - Company Detail",
      "Description": "This screen displays the details of a selected Company.rnNote that we have set the screen to be hidden from users since we do not want it to be displayed by default - it is only accessed the user tapping on the company name found in the Client Detail screen.",
      "Icon": "Building",
      "Version": 1,
      "Status": "Published",
      "IsLatestVersion": true,
      "LinkedDataSourceId": "2a0XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Settings": {
        "RestrictToGroup": "00000000000000000000000000000000",
        "HideFromUsers": true
      },
      "CompanyId": 6XXXX
    },
    {
      "Id": "4e2XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Name": "Field Sales - Client Detail",
      "Description": "This is an example of a Detail screen that shows the details of a Client that has been selected through the Client List screen.rnrnNote that "Hide From Users" below is ticked on since it requires a selected Client to be passed in from another screen in order to function.rnrnIn the design you will see that several detail fields have been linked to user interactions that will open phone dialer, web browser and even another screen in the case of the company field.",
      "Icon": "Contact",
      "Version": 2,
      "Status": "Published",
      "IsLatestVersion": true,
      "LinkedDataSourceId": "7aeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "Settings": {
        "RestrictToGroup": "00000000000000000000000000000000",
        "HideFromUsers": true
      },
      "CompanyId": 6XXXX
    }
  ],
  "TotalRows": 4
}