9.2.53. Ask Manual Question Simple Single Sensor

Ask the question ‘Get Computer Name from all machines’, wait for result data to be complete, and get result data

9.2.53.1. Step 1 - Authenticate to the SOAP API via /auth

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "password": "VGFuaXVtMjAxNSE=",
  "username": "QWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvcg=="
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-length": "134",
  "content-type": "text/plain; charset=us-ascii"
}

9.2.53.2. Step 2 - Get the server version via /info.json

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-length": "20907",
  "content-type": "application/json"
}

9.2.53.3. Step 3 - Issue a GetObject to get the full object of a sensor for inclusion in a Select for a Question

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "565",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.4. Step 4 - Issue an AddObject to add a Question object

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "639",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-length": "766",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8"
}

9.2.53.5. Step 5 - Issue a GetObject on the recently added object in order to get the full object

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "492",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.6. Step 6 - Issue a GetResultInfo for a Question to check the current progress of answers

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "496",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.7. Step 7 - Issue a GetResultInfo for a Question to check the current progress of answers

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "496",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.8. Step 8 - Issue a GetResultInfo for a Question to check the current progress of answers

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "496",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.9. Step 9 - Issue a GetResultInfo for a Question to check the current progress of answers

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "496",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

9.2.53.10. Step 10 - Issue a GetResultData to get answers for a question

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{
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Connection": "keep-alive",
  "Content-Length": "524",
  "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
  "User-Agent": "python-requests/2.7.0 CPython/2.7.10 Darwin/14.5.0",
  "session": "1-687-994742215820b4a8d4a6d90dc1d0bbea6ab30fda6b1acf7f6e18fd6c00b0e7c6d48041d004e69fa26c5a9a5fc573845f06f5da16ea91e398128ab2a7be635bc8"
}
  • Response Headers:
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{
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "content-type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8",
  "transfer-encoding": "chunked"
}

Footnotes

[1]this file automatically created by BUILD/build_api_examples.py