Can I call IDM from a public service?

Question

I would like to sync my documents from my IDM service.  I have images in IDM that I want my web host services to pull to update their catalog.  The images will only be changed when item information is updated and the catalog pulls the images.  Everything public will be run on the CDN.

Answer 1

A step by step guide on how to build an IDM Lookup via API

This is meant for a technical audience and will require an understanding of REST calls and related technologies.

You will need an IONAPI Token to connect to IDM to pull information.  Once you have a token, you make a call to the IDM endpoint to pull the document.  The method I will present will be the endpoint that allows a search on IDM Attributes for an item.  I will present a Preview function that retrieves an image, and the actual item function that downloads the original file.

IDM Pull Document Example.docx (0,4 MB)

Answer 2

I took an hour today to dig into IDM to see if I could setup public anonymous access.  

You can’t access IDM without a login, and the API calls to get a token, then to get information about the files, then to actually pull the file cause an issue for something like a website wanting to display images in a catalog.  I had pulled the links generated by IDM in an API call hoping to use them to push to publish, but they seemed to expire after a certain period of time as was discovered when I shared the links.

https://mingle-ionapi.inforcloudsuite.com/<InforEnv>/CustomerApi/Images/IDM/items/search?query=@JPEG/[Item_No]=0&offset=0&limit=100

IDM Public.docx (23 kb)