How to CloudDeploy an Association as an API

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A basic example for APIFunction[] is

doubled = APIFunction[{"x" -> "Real"}, #x*2&]; doubled["x"->6.5]

which shows the output 13. in a notebook. When I deploy this using

CloudDeploy[doubled]

I get back a CloudObject. Calling it in a browser like "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/707...?x=6.5" will return 13. as a response.

Now I tried the same with an association, but cannot get it to work:

content = APIFunction[Association["lampstatus"-> "on", "temp" -> 37.2][#x]&]; 
content["x"->"lampstatus"]

will give the expected output on, but in the browser "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/707...?x=lampstatus" will not output this single value.

Thanks for any help...

Of course this gave no better results (questions/159215):

URLExecute[content, {"x" -> "lampstatus"}]

or

URLBuild[First@content, {"x" -> "lampstatus"}] // Echo // SystemOpen

Could you point me in the documentation where the format APIFunction[Association[...]] is supported? Only list can be given as parameters. Association is needed when you apply those parameters like APIFunction[....][<|..|>]. — dsingh, Apr 13, 2020 at 13:57
I did not find any documentation. Trial and error (and lack of own debugging skills) led me to "APIFunction[<|...|>[#x]&]", which obviously works per se, but not inside CloudDeploy[]. Regarding your solution "APIFunction[....][<|..|>]", where should I put the pure function and the #x ? — hbetz, Apr 14, 2020 at 19:10
P.S.: If I try APIFunction[{}] with an empty list, the error message says "APIFunction expects a rule, a list of rules or an association as input..." So not only list is a valid parameter... — hbetz, Apr 14, 2020 at 19:20
You can find the documentation below at reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/APIFunction.html. APIFunction does not use the Association as a parameter. — dsingh, Apr 15, 2020 at 18:14
You are right, thanks for the hint, this does the trick: content = APIFunction[{"x"->"String"},<|"lampstatus"-> "on", "temp" -> 37.2|>[#x]&]; — hbetz, Apr 16, 2020 at 17:51

hbetz · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-16 18:59:09Z

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content = APIFunction[{"x"->"String"},<|"lampstatus"-> "on", "temp" -> 37.2|>[#x]&]; CloudDeploy[content]

answered Apr 16, 2020 at 18:59

hbetz

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