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+<h1>The Usergrid Data Store<a class="headerlink" href="#the-usergrid-data-store" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>The Usergrid data store is backed by Cassandra, an open source
+distributed DBMS. Cassandra isn’t a relational database system (RDBMS),
+and is sometimes placed in the category of “NoSQL” or “schema-less”
+databases.</p>
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+</p> <p class="last"><p>Usergrid is not a relational database. Optimizing for performance on a
+non-relational database like Cassandra differs a bit from relational
+databases. For more information, see Optimizing access to your Usergrid
+data store.</p>
+</p> </div><p>Cassandra is specifically designed to support applications that need
+flexibility and high scalability, particularly web and mobile
+applications. Usergrid client applications write and read data formatted
+as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). (Usergrid provides SDKs through
+which client apps can do much of this work in their native language. For
+more information, see Usergrid SDKs.)</p>
+<p>With Cassandra as the underlying DBMS, apps benefit from:</p>
+<p>Fast writes to the data store. * A distributed architecture that means
+no single point of failure. * Flexibility in data model design. You
+aren’t constrained by a schema. * Linear scalability.</p>
+<p>If you have experience with relational databases and are unfamiliar with
+“NoSQL” databases, the following table might be a helpful start. It maps
+the high-level concepts of an RDBMS’s data model both to Cassandra’s and
+to the Usergrid, which is backed by Cassandra.</p>
+<table class="usergrid-table">
+<tr>
+ <td></td>
+ <td><p>RDBMS</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>Cassandra</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>Usergrid</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><p>Each tuple is modeled as</p>
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+ <td><p>A row.</p>
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+ <td><p>A row.</p>
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+ <td><p>An entity. Written and retrieved as JSON, an entity contains values for
+all of its properties in the way a row has values for columns.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
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+ <td><p>Each data attribute is modeled as</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>A column.</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>A column. Many thousands of columns are supported.</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>A entity property. An entity has a default set of properties, including
+the entity’s UUID. You can add many more to support your application.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><p>Each group of attributes is modeled as</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>A table.</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>A column family. Unlike rows in tables, rows in a column family can have
+differing numbers of columns. Because you’re not using a schema to
+define the model, you can update the column list for a row at any time.</p>
+</td>
+ <td><p>An entity collection. As with its underlying Cassandra column family, a
+collection can have entities with differing numbers of properties. In
+other words, just because one entity has an authorId property doesn’t
+mean that other entities in its collection need to.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table><p>The following examples from a product database provide simple
+illustrations of these differences.</p>
+<p>An RDBMS table has a schema-defined set of columns per row.</p>
+<img alt="../_images/rdbms.png" src="../_images/rdbms.png" />
+<p>A Cassandra column family includes rows that can have differing column
+sets.</p>
+<img alt="../_images/cassandra.png" src="../_images/cassandra.png" />
+<p>In the JSON from the Usergrid application, the products are represented
+as entities. Note that each entity in the entities array below has a
+slightly different set of properties, like the columns in a Cassandra
+column family.</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"get"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"<app_uuid>"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/products"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"https://api.usergrid.com/my_org/my_app/products"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"<product_uuid>"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"product"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395410098517</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395410098517</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"image"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://path.jpg"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/products/<product_uuid>"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"Bouncy Castle"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"sku"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"35450349822"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"<product_uuid>"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"product"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395409669686</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395409669686</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"image"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://path.jpg"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/products/<product_uuid>"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"description"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"It makes coffee."</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"Coffee Maker"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"sku"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"60723023589"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"<product_uuid>"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"product"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395407700578</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1395407700578</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/products/<product_uuid>"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"Air Mattress"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"sku"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"53045985365"</span>
+ <span class="p">}],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1396290037640</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">91</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"my_org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"my_app"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"count"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
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+<h1>Entities<a class="headerlink" href="#entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<div class="section" id="creating-custom-data-entities">
+<h2>Creating Custom Data Entities<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-custom-data-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>This article describes how to create custom data entities and entity
+properties. Entity types correspond to the name of collection to which
+they are posted. For example, if you create a new custom “dog” entity, a
+“dogs” collection will be created if one did not already exist. If a
+“dogs” collection already exists, the new “dog” entity will be saved in
+it. All user-defined properties are indexed, and strings that contain
+multiple words are keyword-indexed.</p>
+<p>The methods cited in this article should be used to create custom data
+entities. If you are using one of the Usergrid SDKs, use one of the
+entity type-specific SDK methods to create default data entities.</p>
+<p><strong>Note</strong>: Although not shown in the API examples below, you need to
+provide a valid access token with each API call. See Authenticating
+users and application clients for details.</p>
+<div class="section" id="creating-a-custom-entity">
+<h3>Creating a custom entity<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-custom-entity" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>When a new entity is created, Usergrid will automatically create a
+corresponding collection if one does not already exist. The collection
+will automatically be named with the plural form of the entity type. For
+example, creating a custom entity of type ‘item’ will automatically
+create a collection named ‘items’ in which all future ‘item’ entities
+will be saved.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="request-syntax">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#request-syntax" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X POST https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<entity_type> -d 'json_object'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="27%" />
+<col width="73%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>entity_type</td>
+<td>Entity type to create.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>json_object</td>
+<td>JSON representation of entity properties</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>(For a full list of default properties, see Default Data Entity Types)</p>
+<p>Usergrid will create a corresponding collection if one does not already
+exist. To add an entity to an existing collections, use the pluralized
+collection name for entity_type.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="example-request-response">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#example-request-response" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X POST "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/item" -d '{"name":"milk", "price":"3.25"}'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"post"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"4a1edb70-d7a8-11e2-9ce3-f315e5aa568a"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/my-org/my-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"83e9b7ea-e8f5-11e2-84df-e94123890c7a"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1373415195230</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1373415195230</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/83e9b7ea-e8f5-11e2-84df-e94123890c7a"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1373415195225</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">635</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"my-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"my-app"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="creating-multiple-custom-entities">
+<h2>Creating multiple custom entities<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-multiple-custom-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<div class="section" id="id1">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X POST https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<entity_type>/ -d 'json_array'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="28%" />
+<col width="72%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app</td>
+<td>Application UUID or name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>entity_type</td>
+<td>Custom entity type to create.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>json_array</td>
+<td>JSON array of entities to be created.</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>Usergrid will create a corresponding collection if one does not already
+exist. To add an entity to an existing collections, use the collection
+name or collection UUID in place of the entity type.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id2">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X POST "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/item" -d '[{"name":"milk", "price":"3.25"}, {"name":"bread", "price":"2.50"}]'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"post"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e9sjwsf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f3a8061a-ef0b-11e2-9e92-5f4a65c16193"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1374084538609</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1374084538609</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/multis/f3a8061a-ef0b-11e2-9e92-5f4a65c16193"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f3be262a-ef0b-11e2-a51b-6715d5ef47a6"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"bread"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"2.50"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1374084538754</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1374084538754</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/f3be262a-ef0b-11e2-a51b-6715d5ef47a6"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"bread"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1374084538584</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">388</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-app"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="creating-an-entity-with-sub-properties">
+<h3>Creating an entity with sub-properties<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-an-entity-with-sub-properties" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Any valid JSON object can be stored in an entity, regardless of the
+level of complexity, including sub-properties. For example, suppose you
+have an ‘items’ collection that contains an entity named ‘milk’. You
+might store the different varieties of milk as sub-properties of a
+‘varieties’ property:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>{
+ "type" : "item"
+ "name" : "milk"
+ "varieties" : [ {
+ "name" : "1%",
+ "price" : "3.25",
+ "sku" : "0393847575533445"
+ }, {
+ "name" : "whole",
+ "price" : "3.85",
+ "sku" : "0393394956788445"
+ }, {
+ "name" : "skim",
+ "price" : "4.00",
+ "sku" : "0390299933488445"
+ } ]
+}
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="updating-sub-properties">
+<h3>Updating sub-properties<a class="headerlink" href="#updating-sub-properties" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>An array of sub-properties is treated as a single object. This means
+that sub-properties cannot be updated atomically. All sub-properties of
+a given property must be updated as a set. For more on updating an
+existing sub-property, see Updating Data Entities.</p>
+<p>Example Request/Response</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>Request:
+//Note the use of square brackets for specifying multiple nested objects
+curl -X POST "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items" -d '{"varieties":[{"name":"1%","price" : "3.25", "sku" : "0393847575533445"},{"name" : "whole", "price" : "3.85", "sku" : "0393394956788445"}, {"name" : "skim", "price" : "4.00", "sku" : "0390299933488445"}]}'
+Response:
+{
+ "action" : "post",
+ "application" : "f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0",
+ "params" : { },
+ "path" : "/items",
+ "uri" : "http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items",
+ "entities" : [ {
+ "uuid" : "0d7cf92a-effb-11e2-917d-c5e707256e71",
+ "type" : "item",
+ "name" : "milk",
+ "created" : 1374187231666,
+ "modified" : 1374187231666,
+ "metadata" : {
+ "path" : "/items/0d7cf92a-effb-11e2-917d-c5e707256e71"
+ },
+ "name" : "milk",
+ "varieties" : [ {
+ "name" : "1%",
+ "price" : "3.25",
+ "SKU" : "0393847575533445"
+ }, {
+ "name" : "whole",
+ "price" : "3.85",
+ "SKU" : "0393394956788445"
+ }, {
+ "name" : "skim",
+ "price" : "4.00",
+ "SKU" : "0390299933488445"
+ } ]
+ } ],
+ "timestamp" : 1374187450826,
+ "duration" : 50,
+ "organization" : "your-org",
+ "applicationName" : "your-app"
+}
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr class="docutils" />
+<div class="section" id="retrieving-data-entities">
+<h2>Retrieving Data Entities<a class="headerlink" href="#retrieving-data-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>This article describes how to retrieve entities from your account.</p>
+<p><strong>Note</strong>: Although not shown in the API examples below, you need to
+provide a valid access token with each API call. See Authenticating
+users and application clients for details.</p>
+<p>With the exception of the user entity, all data entities can be
+retrieved by using their UUID or a ‘name’ property. The user entity can
+be retrieved by UUID or the ‘username’ property. The value for the
+‘name’ or ‘username’ property must be unique.</p>
+<div class="section" id="retrieving-an-entity">
+<h3>Retrieving an entity<a class="headerlink" href="#retrieving-an-entity" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id3">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id3" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X GET https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<collection>/<entity>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="25%" />
+<col width="75%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>collection</td>
+<td>Collection UUID or collection name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>entity</td>
+<td>Entity UUID or entity name</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id4">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id4" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<p>Retrieve by UUID:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X GET "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/da4a50dc-38dc-11e2-b2e4-02e81adcf3d0"
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Retrieve by ‘name’ property:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X GET "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/milk"
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"get"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/amuramoto/sandbox/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405025763</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">31</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"amuramoto"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"sandbox"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="retrieving-multiple-entities">
+<h3>Retrieving multiple entities<a class="headerlink" href="#retrieving-multiple-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>This example describes how to retrieve multiple entities by UUID. You
+can also retrieve a set of entities by using a query string. For more
+information on querying your data, see Querying your data.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id5">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id5" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X GET https://api.usergrid.com/<org_id>/<app_id>/<collection>?ql= uuid = <entity_uuid> OR uuid = <entity_uuid>; ...
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="18%" />
+<col width="83%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org_id</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app_id</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>collection</td>
+<td>Collection UUID or collection name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>query</td>
+<td>A url-encoded query string of entity properties to be matched.</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>The query must be in Usergrid Query Language, for example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>?ql=uuid="<entity_uuid>"" OR name="<entity_name>" OR...
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>You may also specify the following for certain entity types:</p>
+<p>User entities: username =</p>
+<p>All other entities except groups: name =</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id6">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id6" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>//note the url-encoded query string
+curl -X GET "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items?ql=name%3D'milk'%20OR%20UUID%3D1a9356ba-1682-11e3-a72a-81581bbaf055&limit="
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Note: The query parameter of the request must be url encoded for curl
+requests</p>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"get"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"ql"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s">"name='milk' OR UUID=1a9356ba-1682-11e3-a72a-81581bbaf055"</span> <span class="p">]</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"1a9356ba-1682-11e3-a72a-81581bbaf055"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"bread"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378423379867</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378423379867</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/1a9356ba-1682-11e3-a72a-81581bbaf055"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"bread"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"2.50"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378423793729</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">63</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-app"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"count"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<hr class="docutils" />
+<div class="section" id="updating-data-entities">
+<h2>Updating Data Entities<a class="headerlink" href="#updating-data-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>This article describes how to update entities in your account.</p>
+<p><strong>Note</strong>: Although not shown in the API examples below, you need to
+provide a valid access token with each API call. See Authenticating
+users and application clients for details.</p>
+<div class="section" id="updating-an-entity">
+<h3>Updating an entity<a class="headerlink" href="#updating-an-entity" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>One or more properties can be updated with a single PUT request. For
+information on updating sub-properties, see Updating sub-properties
+below.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id7">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id7" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X PUT https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<collection>/<entity> -d {<property>}
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="21%" />
+<col width="79%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org_id</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app_id</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>collection</td>
+<td>Name of the collection containing the entity to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>uuid|name</td>
+<td>UUID or name of the data entity to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>json_object</td>
+<td>JSON object with a field for each property to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>An entity property to be updated, formatted as a key-value pair. For
+example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>{"property_1":"value_1", "property_2":"value_2",...}
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id8">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id8" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X PUT https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/milk -d '{"price":"4.00", "availability":"in-stock"}'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"put"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378505705077</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"availability"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"in-stock"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"4.00"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378505705050</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">87</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-app"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="updating-a-sub-property">
+<h3>Updating a sub-property<a class="headerlink" href="#updating-a-sub-property" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Data entities may contain sets of sub-properties as nested JSON objects.
+Unlike normal entity properties, however, sub-properties cannot be
+updated individually. Updating a nested object will cause all
+sub-properties within it to be overwritten.</p>
+<p>For example, if you have a data entity with the following nested object:</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id9">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id9" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X PUT https://api.usergrid.com/<org_id>/<app_id>/<collection>/<uuid|name> -d '{<property> : [{<sub_property>}, {<sub_property>}...]}'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="21%" />
+<col width="79%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org_id</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app_id</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>collection</td>
+<td>Name of the collection containing the entity to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>uuid|name</td>
+<td>UUID or name of the data entity to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>json_object</td>
+<td>JSON object with a field for each property to be updated</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id10">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id10" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X PUT https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/milk -d '{"varieties":[{"name":"1%","price":"3.25"},{"name":"whole","price":"4.00"}]}'
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"put"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378405020796</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378761459069</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"availability"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"in-stock"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/5bb76bca-1657-11e3-903f-9ff6c621a7a4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"varieties"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"1%"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"whole"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"4.00"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">]</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378761459047</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">62</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-app"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="deleting-data-entities">
+<h2>Deleting Data Entities<a class="headerlink" href="#deleting-data-entities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>This article describes how to delete data entities.</p>
+<p><strong>Note</strong>:Although not shown in the API examples below, you need to
+provide a valid access token with each API call. See Authenticating
+users and application clients for details.</p>
+<div class="section" id="deleting-an-entity">
+<h3>Deleting an entity<a class="headerlink" href="#deleting-an-entity" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id11">
+<h3>Request Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#id11" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X DELETE https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/<collection>/<entity>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Parameters</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="25%" />
+<col width="75%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Parameter</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td>org</td>
+<td>Organization UUID or organization name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>app</td>
+<td>Application UUID or application name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td>collection</td>
+<td>Collection UUID or collection name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td>entity</td>
+<td>Entity UUID or entity name</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="id12">
+<h3>Example Request/Response<a class="headerlink" href="#id12" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Request:</p>
+<p>Delete by UUID:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X DELETE "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/da4a50dc-38dc-11e2-b2e4-02e81adcf3d0"
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Delete by ‘name’ property:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre>curl -X DELETE "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items/milk"
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Response:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"action"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"delete"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"application"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"params"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"uri"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"http://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/items"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"entities"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"uuid"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"328fe64a-19a0-11e3-8a2a-ebc6f49d1fc4"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"type"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"item"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"created"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378766158500</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"modified"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378766158500</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"metadata"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+ <span class="s">"path"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"/items/328fe64a-19a0-11e3-8a2a-ebc6f49d1fc4"</span>
+ <span class="p">},</span>
+ <span class="s">"name"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"milk"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"price"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"3.25"</span>
+ <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">],</span>
+ <span class="s">"timestamp"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">1378766172016</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"duration"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">324</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"organization"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-org"</span><span class="p">,</span>
+ <span class="s">"applicationName"</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"your-app"</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
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