2023:Web Service Lookup (Lookup Specification)

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API refers to a Lookup Process in Grooper. It mates a URL with a Data Field in Grooper to produce extraction results with far less hassle than one would have had creating/utilizing various Lexicons, Data Types/Fields, etc.

About

API is a new Lookup Process as of v2023. It allows users to ping off of a URL outside of the Grooper database and wed it with a Data Field constructed in Grooper for easier, more accurate extraction. API Lookups can be passed into Grooper in one of two formats: JSON or XML.

Getting Started

First, you'll need to know where to go to set up your API Lookup.

1. Select your Project.
   • For this, and further examples, we'll use a simple set-up of travelers and their destinations.
2. Drill down to the Data Model and select Lookups, under Behavior