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h1. API / Web Services Definition 

h2. 1. General Requirements

h3.  1.1. *The API is based on RESTful web services*

h3. 1.2. *No authentification is needed to query/download published data*

h3. 1.3. *The API has a version*

This can either be done through a parameter or a path. Preferably part of the path to force version idication.

h3. 1.4. *Output/Answer*

The Output formats should selectable between JSON,XML and CSV with JSON as default.

h2. 2. Configuration queries

h3. 2.1. All configurations

* *Request* 

<pre>

GET .../configurations

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**Returns:* 

** List of all active configurations

** *Items contained:*

*** All fields from configuration_configuration table, except _'data'_

* *Parameter:* <pre> configurations/code </pre> 

** code: is the code of a questionnaire

* *Request* 

<pre>

GET .../configurations/code

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**Returns:* 

** List of all configuration versions of <code>, active or inactive

** *Items contained:*

*** All fields from configuration_configuration table, except _'data'_

* *Parameter:* <pre> questionnaires=yes </pre> 

**Returns:* 

** List of all active configurations

** *Items contained:*

*** All fields from configuration_configuration table, except _'data'_

*** Array of all linked questionnaires

h3. 2.2. Single configuration

* *Request:*

<pre>

GET ../configuration/<identifier>

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* *Parameters:*

** 

* *Returns:*

** A single configuration 

* *Items*

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