AEC Data Model Step-by-Step Tutorial

Description

This repository contains a set of API working as tutorial of AEC Data Model workflow to help you understand. The collection contains the GraphQL requests covering the Step-by-Step Tutorials. Including all the tasks of Basic Queries and Advanced Queries.

Preparation before you begin:

• Create APS App, get an ACC Account, integrate ACC account with your APS Client Key, refer tutorial for details, enable AEC Data Model in ACC Account Settings.

Tutorials of AEC Data Model

Prepare Environment Variables

• Setup the environment variables, please specify your information as follow:
  • client_id
  • client_secret
  • account_name
  • project_name
  • aec-dm-url

3 Legged Token Setup

• Get the Authorization for the collection, right click on the collection and select Edit, go to Authorization tab, make sure to use OAuth 2.0 to get a 3 legged token, use it in the Request Headers.
  • Callback URL: https://www.getpostman.com/oauth2/callback
  • Auth URL: https://developer.api.autodesk.com/authentication/v2/authorize
  • Access Token URL: https://developer.api.autodesk.com/authentication/v2/token
  • Include Scope: data:read

Getting Started

• Task 1 – Get Hubs
• Task 2 – Get Projects
• Task 3 – Navigate to ElementGroups within a Project
• Task 4 – Get Elements from a Category

Advanced Queries

• Task 1 – Get ElementGroups Based on Metadata
• Task 2 – Get Versions of an ElementGroup
• Task 3 - Get Element Instances of a Particular Type
• Task 4 - Get Element Instances in a Category by Version
• Task 5 – Get Project Elements with Specific Properties
• Task 6 – Get Elements with Specific Properties

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for full details.

Written by

Zhong Wu @johnonsoftware, APS Partner Development