Running a Report through the REST API (JavaScript)

Our sample projects and report templates can help you learn the basics of working with our products.
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Products ✖Server ✖Server-Side ✖REST ✖
A Server report can be run and shared from browser JavaScript by working with a report snapshot through REST.

Log in, run into a snapshot, share it.
function RunReport() {
    var sessionKey = Connect();   // GET /1/login with x-sti-UserName/Password headers

    // Create a snapshot
    var snap = new XMLHttpRequest();
    snap.open('POST', 'http://localhost:40010/1/reportsnapshots', false);
    snap.setRequestHeader('x-sti-SessionKey', sessionKey);
    snap.send(JSON.stringify({ Ident: 'ReportSnapshotItem', Name: '001', Expires: expires }));
    var snapshotKey = JSON.parse(snap.responseText).ResultItems[0].Key;

    // Run the template into the snapshot
    var run = new XMLHttpRequest();
    run.open('PUT', 'http://localhost:40010/1/reporttemplates/' + reportKey + '/run', false);
    run.setRequestHeader('x-sti-SessionKey', sessionKey);
    run.setRequestHeader('x-sti-DestinationItemKey', snapshotKey);
    run.send();

    // Share the snapshot and open its public URL
    // PUT /1/items/{snapshotKey}/share  ->  GET .../share  ->  location.href = ResultUrl
}

How it works. Plain XMLHttpRequest calls chain the Server's REST endpoints, so a browser page can run and publish a report with no backend of its own.
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