The full syntax of the REST API for is shown below. This summarizes how to use it within Theatre Manager. The following conventions are used:

• [ item ] - means that this part of the syntax is optional
• [item, ....] - means that the item can be repeated
• item1 | item2 - means you can use either Item1 or Item2 in the syntax

https://RestServerURL/api/v1 [/endpoint]

Putting it all together

the following examples show some of the power of the api to get exactly what you want.

• https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/patrons?only=first_name+last_name+company&sort=last_name+first_name
  retrieve first, last and company fields from the patrons endpoint and sort by last name, then first name
• https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/patrons?only=first_name+last_name+company&sort=last_name+first_name&q=-last_name:smith
  retrieve only first, last and company from the patrons endpoint and sort by last name, then first name. use a query to eliminate any patron with the last name smith from the list.
• https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/patrons?only=first_name+last_name+company&sort=last_name&q=last_name:smith
  retrieve first, last and company from the patrons endpoint, sort by last name. use a query to eliminate any patron with the last name smith from the list.
• https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/patrons?only=first_name+last_name+company&sort=last_name&q=last_name:smith
  retrieve first, last and company from the patrons endpoint, sort by last name only searching for people called 'smith' and exporting as JSON format
• https://127.0.0.1/api/v1/carts?q=status_id:4&only=date_checkout+order_id+patron_id+total_cost+order_notes&sort=-date_checkout
  get a list of all checked out shopping carts (status_id=4) and sort them in descending order by checkout date