Galia Traub

Senior Software EngineerBIM 360, Autodesk

Extend BIM 360 Docs with the Issues API

Mikako Harada

AEC Technical Lead & Americas Manager Developer Technical Services, Autodesk

Session Goals

• Preview API’s for BIM 360 Docs

• Give overview of API structure and design

• Get ready for the beta

Agenda

• BIM 360 Docs - Product Overview

• BIM 360 Docs - API• Overview

• Data Management API

• Issues API

• Q&A

BIM 360 Docs – Product Overview

BIM 360 Docs – Product Demo

Why BIM 360 Docs?

• Docs as data at center

• Seamless, unified future

DocsHQ

Glue FieldDocsLayout Plan

BIM 360 Docs - API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)I

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

BIM 360 Docs – API Overview

• Authentication (OAuth)

• BIM 360 API (Account/HQ Mgmt)

• Data Management API

• Model Derivative API

• Viewer

• Issues API

Authentication Methods for BIM 360 Docs

• OAuth2• 2-legged

• Application-only

• 3-legged• User context

• Re-direct to accounts.autodesk.com

https://developer.autodesk.com/en/docs/oauth/v2/overview/

Data Management API

Data Management API – Overview

• Document Management

• Common across Autodesk products• A360

• Fusion/Life Cycle

• BIM 360 Docs

• Consumer products (Tinker CAD)

• …

Data Management API – Service Groups

• Project service

• Data service

• Object storageservice (OSS)

• Schema services

https://developer.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/overview/

Data Management API

• JSON API{json:api}http://jsonapi.org/format/

Data Management API

• Drill down withTest Harness

Learn more: Data Management & Related API Classes

Time Title Focus

Wednesday

2:25 PM Visual Reporting with Connected Design Data Platform, Viewing

3:55 PM Increasing Supply Chain and Manufacturing Capacity with Forge Manufacturing, partner

Thursday

10:50 AM The Path to Forge Platform, Overview

10:50 AM Cloud PDM Demystified – The Future of File Management Manufacturing, PLM

1:00 PM Free Your BIM Data AEC, Model Derivative

2:05 PM Building Data Centric Applications on Forge Manufacturing, partner

3:35 PM Collaborating with Design Data Platform, DM basics

4:40 PM Free Your Design Data Platform, Model Derivative

Issues API

Outline

• Product demo

• API Intro

• hello world – GET issues

• JSON API

• Demo

• Future work

Issues API in Docs

Issue Created

POST https://developer.api.autodesk.com/

issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues*

*internal for now

Issue Created

POST https://developer.api.autodesk.com/

issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues*

*internal for now

Issue Created

POST https://developer.api.autodesk.com/

issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues

Container lets us map this issue to a BIM360 Project

Issue Created

Lets go find it

{json:api}

• Open standard

• Consistency - shared conventions

• Clear & detailed specification

• 50+ Clients & Implementations

• Details: jsonapi.org

{json:api}{

data: […],

meta: { record_count: 186 },

links: {

first: "https…",

last: "https…",

next: "https…"

}

}

{json:api}data: [{

id: "<issue_id>",type: "issues",links: {self: "https …/<issue_id>"

},attributes: {title: "Grade of parapet is not to

code",status: "open"…

},}…

]

{json:api}{

data: […],

meta: { record_count: 186 },

links: {

first: "https…",

last: "https…",

next: "https…"

}

}

Demo

issue.status

assigned_to & assigned_to_type

• Company

• Role

• Individual User

assign & open the issue

GET (open, company ) issues

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues?

filter[status]=open&

filter[assigned_to_type]=company

Paging

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues?

filter[status]=open&

filter[assigned_to_type]=company

page[limit]=100&

page[offset]=0

Sparse fields

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/issues/v1/containers/:container_id/issues?

filter[status]=open&

filter[assigned_to_type]=company

page[limit]=100&

page[offset]=0&

fields[issues]=assigned_to

Demo

Issues Vision

• Provides a toolset to track issues

• Data in the middle approach

• Leverages Forge APIs & BIM 360 Docs’ powerful permissions system

Future Capabilities

• Bulk updates for syncing & importing

• Issue creation & updating

• Association to location

• Linking to 3D element

• New Issue types• Quality Issues

• RFIs

• Beyond BIM 360 (A360 & External)

• What else?

Thanks! Questions?

Contact us at

Galia.Traub@autodesk.com ( @galiat)

Mikako.Harada@autodesk.com

Or come find us at

BIM 360 Tower

@AutodeskForge

#ForgeDevCon