API get request: Get all Variables over all configurations

dsteinegger

Hello i'm Daniel,

I want to use the API of Onsahpe to get all the variables of all configurations in a Part Studio. Actually, i was already able to do this with the following REST Api endpoints.

Step 1: First catch all the configurations in the partstudio

/elements/d/{did}/{wvm}/{wvmid}/e/{eid}/configuration
https://cad.onshape.com/glassworks/explorer#/Element/getConfiguration

Step 2: Create a for loop in python over all configuration and call the following API endpoint

/variables/d/{did}/{wv}/{wvid}/e/{eid}/variables
https://cad.onshape.com/glassworks/explorer#/Variables/getVariables

So far so good, but each call takes a wile and if you have some configurations the program runtime is too long. The second API endpoint does have the parameter "configuration" and the note next to it mentions that it is possible to request multiple configurations if you separate it with a semicolon. But I tried the following formats and I only get the values of the first configuration. Does someone know how to use this API correctly?

List_YMg2l8wT1PqIXY=Copy_of_TX018_012;Copy_of_TX018_018

List_YMg2l8wT1PqIXY=Copy_of_TX018_012;List_YMg2l8wT1PqIXY=Copy_of_TX018_018

The api can be used and tested via the following link:

https://cad.onshape.com/glassworks

Thanks for your help,
regards
Daniel

Caden_Armstrong

You can only do one configuration at a time with that endpoint.

The semi-colon separator is for studios with multiple configuration tables/variables, so it would be something like:

List_Table_A_ID=Value_1;List_Table_B_ID=Value_2;

I've built a few tools that do this or similar processes and if speed is really a concern, the best option I found was to parallelize the requests. Just keep in mind that the Onshape API has rate limits.

dsteinegger

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/108677#Comment_108677

Thanks for your help! Now I know what the semicolon is for.

regards

Daniel