Summary

This service returns all available customer demographics stored for a given customer by using the Customer ID.

General Technical Requirements

The following technical requirements apply to all requests for this API.

Base Resource URI

Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/{customerId}/demographic/*

Testing:    https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/{customerId}/demographic/*

brandAbbreviation is the abbreviation for the brand customerId is the internal customer id (encrypted customer id may also be used)

HTTP Headers

The HTTP header must contain the following element: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.

Content Type

The content type is application/json. JSON application/json

JSON is the preferred data exchange format, because it is lightweight and, in most cases, faster to process and utilizes less bandwidth. There are many available open-source JSON libraries available. See json.org for details.

Supported HTTP Methods

There is one HTTP method supported:

1. GET : See W3C’s GET specs for details.

Lookup Demograhics By Customer Id

Retrieves a record containing all demographic information about the customer.

Field Definition

The following tables describe the hierarchical data elements.

In addition to the below elements, a SubmissionId element will also be returned with all responses. This is a unique identifier for the web services response. It can be used to cross-reference the response in Omeda’s database.

CustomerDemographics Elements

Element Name	Description
Customer	Element containing an http reference to the owning customer resource.
CustomerDemographic	each CustomerDemographic element contains all demographic information.

CustomerDemographic Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data type	Description
Id	No		unique customer demographic identifier
DemographicId	No		integer that defines the demographic the responses are gathered for
DemographicType	No		integer – see Additional Information for the list of values and their descriptions
DemographicAge	No		integer – The number of years since the demographic was collected for this customer. The “year” is calculated based on the product’s audit cycle.
ValueId	Yes		the individual response value, if the response/data was for a single-response or a multiple-response demographic.
ValueText	Yes		the individual response value, if the response/data was for a text-response demographic.
ValueDate	Yes		the individual response value, if the response/data was for a date-response demographic.
WriteInDesc	Yes	String	If the Demographics Value “Type” is an “Other” response, and a text answer is being stored for this “Other” value, then the text answer will be returned.
AlternateId	No	String	An id that can be used to uniquely identify this demographic(perhaps in your content management system).
ChangedDate	no		Date & time record last changed. yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format. Example: 2010-03-08 21:23:34.

Response

HTTP Response Codes

Status	Description
200 OK	The request has succeeded. See Example Response below.
403 Forbidden	Typically, this error occurs when the credentials are erroneous. Potentially, an incorrect x-omeda-appid.
404 Not Found	Typically, this error occurs with a malformed URL or the resource that is searched for is not found.
500 Internal Server Error	In the rare case that there is a server-side problem, this response will be returned. This generally indicates a problem of a more serious nature, and submitting additional requests may not be advisable. Please contact your Omeda Account Representative if the issue continues.

Success

{
   "Customer":"https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/FOO/customer/12345/*",
   "CustomerDemographics":[
      {
         "Id":4201512,
         "DemographicId":100,
         "DemographicType":1,
         "ValueId":192,
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":4201513,
         "DemographicId":101,
         "DemographicType":3,
         "ValueText":"Turquoise",
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":4201514,
         "DemographicId":114,
         "DemographicType":1,
         "ValueId":196,
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":4201515,
         "DemographicId":115,
         "DemographicType":2,
         "ValueId":197,
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":4201516,
         "DemographicId":115,
         "DemographicType":1,
         "WriteInDesc":"write in text",
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":4201517,
         "DemographicId":116,
         "DemographicType":6,
         "ValueDate":"2015-04-19 11:33:17",
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      }
   ]
   "SubmissionId" : "24B9BF6F-0677-462B-942A-D87EEBD10F77"
}

Failure

{
   "SubmissionId":"ec0c2ba6-13f4-4934-8efa-74c2ccb33f1d",
   "Errors":[
      {
         "Error":"No demographics found for customer 12345."
      }
   ]
}

Possible Error Messages

In the event of an error, an error response will be returned. Here are some of the possible responses you might receive.

No demographics found for customer {customerId}.

Additional Information

Demographics – DemographicType

StatusCode	Description
1	a single-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – one answers)
2	a multiple-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – many answers)
3	an open-form short answer question. (No choices – text input)
5	a yes/no answer
6	a date answer
7	a whole number answer
8	a decimal answer