The Public Application Programming Interface (API) function is an interface that allows sharing your datasets and widgets with your clients. In the Public API section of the MSPbots app, you can create, share, and delete your own API key. Once you have made and shared your public API, your clients can access the datasets and widgets assigned to that key.

What's on this page: 

How to access the Public API section

To access the Public API section, log in to MSPbots and navigate to Settings > Public API. 

How to add, copy, and remove an API key

1. Create an API key: 

   1. Go to the Public API tab and click the Add New Key button. 

   2. Input a Name, select Custom for Type, and provide a short Description for your API.
      
       

   3. Click Save.
       

2. Copy the API Key

   1. Select the API you created in Step 1 from the APIKey dropdown. 
      
      

   2. Click the copy icon to copy the API. Send this to your clients for access to your datasets and widgets. 
      
      

To remove an API Key, click the Remove This Key button. Removing an API key will draw your client's access to the datasets and widgets you assigned to the key. 

Connecting your data to an API

Binding a dataset to the API key

1. Go to the Public API tab, click Datasets, and hit the Add button. 
   
   
2. On the Add Dataset window, select the dataset or datasets that should be accessible with the API key.
    
3. When done selecting the datasets for binding, click the Selected button to view your selection. You may remove datasets from the list by clicking the X sign corresponding to the dataset for removal. 
   
   
4. Click Add Selected once you confirm the list is correct. 
5. Then you can see the selected dataset in the dataset list.

Binding a widget to the API key

1. Go to the Public API tab, click Widget, and hit the Add button. 
   
   
2. On the Add Widget window, select the widget or widgets that should be accessible with the API key.
    
3. When done selecting the widgets for binding, click the Selected button to view your selection. You may remove widgets from the list by clicking the X sign corresponding to the widget for removal. 
   
   
4. Click Add Selected once you confirm the list is correct. 
5. Then you will see the selected widget in the widget list.

Stop connecting your data to the API

Unbinding your data 

To disconnect and unbind data to the API, click the Delete icon for the datasets and widgets.

Click Confirm to finish the deletion.

Enable Public API Switch 

The Enable Public API switch is the global switch that controls the availability of the Public API feature. The API Keys and all connected data will not be available if this switch is OFF or disabled. 

Summary

• Public API provides an HTTP-based API that follows the principles of REST.
• The HTTP rules allow the use of simple HTTP clients like cURL.
• The URLs are resource-oriented, the request format is form-encoded, and the responses are JSON.
• All operations are read-only.

Resources

Public API follows the REST model of exposing resources as URLs. The unified domain name of all interfaces is:

https://api.mspbots.ai/ 

Request, Response, Sample Request

REQUEST

Depending on the type of operation, the endpoints use one of two HTTP methods: POST, GET

RESPONSE

The response is in JSON format.

SAMPLE REQUEST

GET REQUEST (Dataset)

curl https://api.mspbots.ai/api/dataset/{resourceId} -H 'apikey: {apiKey}' -X GET

REQUEST

RESPONSE

GET REQUEST (Widget)

curl https://api.mspbots.ai/api/widget/{resourceId} -H 'apikey: {apiKey}' -X GET

REQUEST

RESPONSE

Sample Error Response

1. Rate limits
   
2. Invalid apiKey: Error or deleted
   
3. Resource unbound
   
4. The resource does not exist