Get Started
Basic steps to centralize your assets location data
- Before You Start
- Sign Up
- Security
- Prepare assets data
- Upload assets data using Woosmap Data API
- Usage limits
- Get the assets from the API
Before You Start
In order to implement Local Search in your website you have to organize and centralize your assets location data.
With Woosmap Data API manage, create or edit locations. The API is designed for developers, engineers, or anyone else who’s comfortable creating custom-coded solutions or integrating with RESTful APIs. If you think you may need some help integrating with the Woosmap Data API, connect with one of our experts to help develop a custom tool for you.
Sign Up
To get started using the Woosmap Data API, please sign up on the Woosmap Console. You will be guided to create your account, go through the 3 steps of Get Started and you will be ready to create your first Woosmap project.
Security
To avoid quota theft you will be required to select the domains names allowed to consume the Woosmap APIs. Do not forget to register all the domains where Woosmap APIs are used.
Prepare assets data
The Woosmap Data API only supports JSON. So you have to create a JSON file with your assets’ addresses and other
information. You’ll need to convert, or geocode, the addresses in your file to latitude/longitude (lat / long)
coordinates. Those coordinates will be used for most of Woosmap features
like local searches,
stores nearby a user location or for displaying markers on a map with
Woosmap Map Javascript API.
Each asset should also have a unique identifier which you should use to update assets individually.
See : API Quick Start
Upload assets data using Woosmap Data API
Next, you’ll need to upload your assets data file through Woosmap Data API. The API can be accessed through https://api.woosmap.com. It takes a mandatory parameter : your private key. Therefore the url you’ll call should look like this:
https://api.woosmap.com/stores?private_key=YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY
The API currently supports the following methods
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POST use this method to add new assets from a JSON file (assets whose ids are not already in the database). Add assets sample.
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PUT use this method with api.woosmap.com to update assets from a JSON file. Update assets sample.
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DELETE use this method with api.woosmap.com to delete all store. Add the store_id of an asset to delete one. Delete assets sample.
Usage limits
The following usage limits are in place for the Data API:
- Maximum of 10 queries per second (QPS) per Project (so possibly the sum of client-side and server-side queries)
- JSON file on POST or PUT should not exceed 15MB
if process exceeds 30s (due to file size or data complexity) a Timeout message is triggered. Reduce number of assets in the request to lighten the process time.
Get the assets from the API
Your assets can be visualized with the Store Locator Widget associated with your project in the Woosmap Console (Widgets tab). The Woosmap Search API allows you to request further your data.