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Learn By Example: History Queries

This section is a series of examples, starting with simpler queries and moving to more advanced queries. Any of these examples are viewable directly in a web browser capable of displaying XML data.

How to query an asset "as of" a specific time

Use the asof query parameter to retrieve data as it existed at some point in time. This URL finds the version of a Story asset as it existed at 5:30 PM on October 3rd, 2005:


http://localhost/VersionOne/rest-1.v1/Hist/Story/1364?asof=2005-08-03T17:30:00.00&sel=Name,ToDo,ChangeDate

How to query the history of a single asset

This URL will retrieve the history of the Member asset with ID 20.

http://localhost/VersionOne/rest-1.v1/Hist/Member/20

How to query the history of a single attribute

This URL will retrieve the history of changes to the Email attribute of the Member asset with ID 20:

http://localhost/VersionOne/rest-1.v1/Hist/Member/20/Email

How to query the history of many assets

This URL will retrieve history for all Story assets you are able to see:

http://localhost/VersionOne/rest-1.v1/Hist/Story?sel=Name,ToDo,ChangeDate