REST - singleton aspect

[ACDC]

The AwareIm REST setup must be a singleton, which means it's a single-user-only

How could I have multiple users posting Invoices to a REST-based accounting API. It seems this is not possible with the standard configuration.

Any suggestions on how to get some degree of multi-user functionality within the REST setup?

I understand that non-persisted objects can only be seen by the user creating them. Would this be an option i.e. set the Rest Objects as Non-Persisted ?.

[PointsWell]

The REST instance is a singleton but (from memory) you could use multiple different user/tenant keys stored in a user or a tenant record.

The singleton aspect is only related to the definition of the REST call, it can be parameterised.

[ACDC]

The REST instance is a singleton but (from memory) you could use multiple different user/tenant keys stored in a user or a tenant record.

Not sure I understand ,could you expand on this

The singleton aspect is only related to the definition of the REST call, it can be parameterised.

same goes for this


In both a Get and a POST, the REST Objects in Context are predefined in the Service that is being called , not sure how this can be parameterised.
I am referring to a single tenant with multiple users on the same API key

[PointsWell]

You can build up the API call using objects that are in context.

Eg

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api.made up company.com/apikey?id=<<customer.id>>&name=<<customer.name>>

There’s a tutorial on REST on YouTube using the Weather.com app I built a few years ago.

[BobK]

The AwareIm REST setup must be a singleton, which means it's a single-user-only

Wrong. A singleton means there is only 1 actual object in the database for this BO.

If your REST service is defined in a BO called MyRestSevice, you need to create 1 MyRestService in the DB. AwareIM will not let you create more than 1.

When calling the REST Service using REQUEST SERVICE, the data being passed to the service can came from almost anywhere.

[ACDC]

Wrong. A singleton means there is only 1 actual object in the database for this BO.

If your REST service is defined in a BO called MyRestSevice, you need to create 1 MyRestService in the DB. AwareIM will not let you create more than 1.

I am still confused

Picture this:

There are 4 users working for the same company, logged into a single tenant app "Sales Invoicing", each one creates an Invoice at roughly the same time and then needs to Post the Invoice to the Accounting REST API.

I currently have this working, but the invoices are queued and batch-processed individually at the end of the day

How can I make this process real-time so invoices are processed at the time of creation? Going through a single Rest configured object does not seem possible

[BobK]

There are 4 users working for the same company, logged into a single tenant app "Sales Invoicing", each one creates an Invoice at roughly the same time and then needs to Post the Invoice to the Accounting REST API.

So you got the REST service working and you are now concerned with possibly sending multiple invoices and the same time, correct?

Are you using the BO that has the REST service defined and is a singleton to store the data to be sent via the REST service?
If so, you do not need to do that.

[ACDC]

So you got the REST service working and you are now concerned with possibly sending multiple invoices and the same time, correct?

Yes I want to prevent a collision

Are you using the BO that has the REST service defined and is a singleton to store the data to be sent via the REST service?

No, it is purely to set the service

I am creating the REST Invoice from the Current Invoice and then calling the service. It seems I must reference the REST invoice with the current Invoice ID and then bring that Rest Invoice into Context before calling the service -

I have this mindset that there can only be one REST invoice that exists during the POST event.. but not so. Multiple calls can be made providing the right ID is in context.

Okay I am slowly getting it, thank you