Create object

Follow these steps to create an Object:

  1. On the toolbar, click the Create Object button.

  2. In the pop-up window New Object, fill in the Object Name field and select the required object class from the dropdown list:

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  3. Click the Create button.

The system will create a new object as a child to the currently selected one. New object will appear on the screen:

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New object

REST API

You can also create new object with the Create Object request.

The following is an example of a minimal object created with REST API. You can find more information and examples on the Create Object page.

  • Bash

  • JavaScript

  • NodeJS

  • Python

login=<...>
password=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/objects

curl -X POST $url -u $login:$password \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- <<EOF
{
    "name": "New Object",
    "parent_id": "1"
}
EOF
let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/objects";
let auth = "Basic " + btoa(login + ":" + password);

let headers = new Headers();
headers.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
headers.append("Authorization", auth);

let data = JSON.stringify({
    "name": "New Object",
    "parent_id": "1"
});

let requestOptions = {
    method: "POST",
    headers: headers,
    body: data
};

fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(error => console.log("error", error));
const http = require("http");

let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/objects";
let auth = "Basic " + Buffer.from(login + ":" + password).toString("base64");

let options = {
    "method": "POST",
    "hostname": saymonHostname,
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": auth,
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "path": path
};

let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    let chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

let data = JSON.stringify({
    name: "New Object",
    parent_id: "1"
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
import requests

login = <...>
password = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/objects"
body = {
"name": "New Object",
"parent_id": "1"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=body, auth=(login, password))
print(response.text)

This request will respond with created object:

{
    "name": "New Object",
    "owner_id": "5e21b752308c3c66d64e072c",
    "object_groups": [],
    "geoposition": [],
    "child_ref_ids": [],
    "child_link_ids": [],
    "child_ids": [],
    "parent_id": "1",
    "weight": 1,
    "tags": [],
    "last_state_update": 1585035085802,
    "updated": 1585035085800,
    "created": 1585035085802,
    "state_id": 1,
    "class_id": 13,
    "_stateConditionRefs": [],
    "operations": [],
    "properties": [],
    "id": "5e79b74d6ec5ea28e5105c58"
}