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Access Resource Dependency service

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This service is currently available to a limited set of clients and Microsoft employees only.

The access-resource-dependency service retrieves a list of resource IDs for all parents, children, and dependencies associated with a resource. Use this service to manage dependencies within the system that are under access control.

REST API

HTTP Method Endpoint Description
GET https://api.appnexus.com/access-resource-dependency View all resources and their dependencies.
POST https://api.appnexus.com/access-resource-dependency?resource_id=ID Create dependencies to a resource.
DELETE https://api.appnexus.com/access-resource-dependency?resource_id=ID Delete a resource.

JSON fields

General

Field Type (Length) Description
children array of ints An array of resource IDs for the children of the resource.
dependencies array of dependency objects An array of dependency objects containing direct parent/child relationships.
parents array of ints An array of resource IDs for the parents of the resource.
resource_id int The ID of the resource.
Required On: POST and DELETE.

Dependencies

Resource values can be retrieved by calling the access-resource service. For more information on retrieving resources, see View System Resources using the API.

Field Type (Length) Description
parent_id int The ID of the parent resource in the parent/child relationship.
child_id int The ID of the child resource in the parent/child relationship.

Examples

View all resource dependencies

$ curl -b cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/access-resource-dependency'
"access-resource-dependency": [
    {
        "resource_id": 22,
        "parents": [
            123,
            134
        ],
        "children": [
            11
        ],
        "dependencies": [
            {
                "parent_id": 15,
                "child_id": 789
            },
            {
                "parent_id": 2,
                "child_id": 15
            }
        ]
    },
        ...

View resource dependencies for a single resource

$ curl -b cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/access-resource-dependency?resource_id=22'
"access-resource-dependency": [
    {
        "resource_id": 22,
        "parents": [
            123,
            134
        ],
        "children": [
            11
        ],
        "dependencies": [
            {
                "parent_id": 15,
                "child_id": 789
            },
            {
                "parent_id": 2,
                "child_id": 15
            }
        ]
    }
]