Dashbuilder Runtime (DB) allows you to run your dashboards in a cloud-ready web application. Since jBPM 7.40 users can access their dashboards by logging directly into DB or they can bring dashboards to their application by using the improved embedded mode.
With embedded mode Dashbuilder Runtime can be part of users’ own application. The REST API also allows users to upload dashboards directly into Dashbuilder and navigate through the existing dashboards.
In this article we discuss Dashbuilder embedded mode and the REST API that can be used to retrieve dashboards information.
Embedding dashboards
Every dashboard in DB page can be accessed in embedded mode using the URL format:
${DB_URL}?standalone&perspective=${PG_NAME}
Where:
- DB_URL: The URL where Dashbuilder Runtime is running;
- PG_NAME: The dashboard page name
in Multi mode you just need to additionally provide the import name:
${DB_URL}?standalone&perspective=${PG_NAME}&import=${IMPORT}
Here’s a sample URL:
http://localhost:8280/?import=population&perspective=Countries%20Population&standalone
A dashboard running in embedded mode
REST API
The integration with third part application is improved by DB REST API:
- GET /api: Provides server information: Runtime Mode and list of available models. Sample
- POST /api/dashboard/: Received a POST ZIP with dashboards and register it for use (upload). You must send a form param called “selectedFile” with the file contents. It returns the dashboard id.
curl -u ‘admin:admin’ -F ‘selectedFile=@/home/wsiqueir/Downloads/new_dashboard.zip’ http://localhost:8280/rest/api/dashboard
Sample request to upload a dashboard
- GET /api/dashboard/{id}: Retrieves information about the dashboard {id}
Javascript Client Library
It is possible to wrap the REST calls using a Javascript library published in npm: dashbuilder-js/api. With this you can use dashboards directly in your application. See examples in dashbuilder-js repository.
Conclusion
Dashbuilder Runtime can be seamlessly integrated with existing applications. In jBPM 7.43 we also added support to integrate your own components inside DB and in the next article we will discuss how this can be done.
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