timestreams.select_metadata_by_name XML RPC procedure

Timestreams is an API that provides functions to add and organise sensor data. This page describes the timestreams.select_metadata_by_name XML-RPC API procedure.

Description

A POST request containing this procedure name will have returned a corresponding metadata record. The following is the procedure call signature required to retrieve metadata: <methodCall> <methodName>timestreams.select_metadata_by_name</methodName> <params> <param><value><string>User Name</string></value></param> <param><value><string>Password</string></value></param> <param><value><string>Measurement Container Name</string></value></param> <param><value><string>Limit</string></value></param> <param><value><string>Offset</string></value></param> </params> </methodCall>

Parameter	Description
User Name	Name of blog user
Password	Password of blog user
Measurement Container Name	The name of the measurement container to retrieve metadata from
Limit	A positive integer value determining the number of records to return.
Offset	The offset of the first row to return.

Example Results

<methodResponse> <params> <param> <value> <array><data> <value><struct> <member><name>metadata_id</name><value><string>9</string></value></member> <member><name>tablename</name><value><string>wp_2_ts_SomeMeasurementType_9</string></value></member> <member><name>measurement_type</name><value><string>SomeMeasurementType</string></value></member> <member><name>min_value</name><value><string>-100</string></value></member> <member><name>max_value</name><value><string>100</string></value></member> <member><name>unit</name><value><string>SomeUnit</string></value></member> <member><name>unit_symbol</name><value><string>SU</string></value></member> <member><name>device_details</name><value><string>SomeDevice</string></value></member> <member><name>other_info</name><value><string>SomeOtherInformation</string></value></member> <member><name>data_type</name><value><string>DECIMAL(4,1)</string></value></member> </struct></value> </data></array> </value> </param> </params> </methodResponse>