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PowerBuilder / Cognite API v1 / Insert data points

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Resp

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "items": [
//     {
//       "id": 3763034135448832,
//       "datapoints": [
//       ]
//     },
//     {
//       "externalId": "non sunt",
//       "datapoints": [
//       ]
//     }
//   ]
// }

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateInt("items[0].id",123)
loo_Json.UpdateNewArray("items[0].datapoints")
loo_Json.UpdateString("items[1].externalId","non sunt")
loo_Json.UpdateNewArray("items[1].datapoints")

loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("content-type","application/json")
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("api-key","{{api-key}}")

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/api/v1/projects/{{project}}/timeseries/data","application/json",loo_Json)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

Write-Debug string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "api-key: {{api-key}}"
	-H "content-type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "items": [
        {
            "id": 3763034135448832,
            "datapoints": []
        },
        {
            "externalId": "non sunt",
            "datapoints": []
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/api/v1/projects/{{project}}/timeseries/data

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "id": "postMultiTimeSeriesDatapoints",
  "name": "Insert data points",
  "request": {
    "url": {
      "host": "{{baseUrl}}",
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v1",
        "projects",
        "{{project}}",
        "timeseries",
        "data"
      ],
      "query": [
      ],
      "variable": [
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "api-key",
        "value": "{{api-key}}",
        "description": "An admin can create API keys in the Cognite console."
      },
      {
        "key": "content-type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "description": "Insert datapoints into a time series. You can do this for multiple time series.\nIf you insert a datapoint with a timestamp that already exists, it will be overwritten with the new value.",
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"items\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": 3763034135448832,\n            \"datapoints\": []\n        },\n        {\n            \"externalId\": \"non sunt\",\n            \"datapoints\": []\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  }
}