Importing and Managing Tables
The MapLarge API allows authorized users to import data files to an account using HTTP requests. The created tables are managed through requests that include setting up auto imports, listing table meta data, deleting, and exporting. Every imported table has a version, but subsequent versions are only created when new tables are imported with existing table names. By default, the most recently imported version is set as the active table.
Table Versions: Every time a table is created it is given a version, example: 635561654609964665. Most tables have only one version and are the active table.
When a new table is imported with the same name as an existing table, a new version of the table is created. Timestamps are used for each version. By default, the most recent table version is set as the active version.
Active Table: Only one version of a table can be set to active. When there are multiple versions of a table, the most recent version defaults to active unless otherwise specified. Using the short name of a table: account/tablename, will always return the active table. To request a specific version of a table, the long table name must be used: account/tablename/version
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CreateTableSynchronous | Creates table synchronously based on file URL. |
| CreateTableWithFilesSynchronous | Creates a table with supplied file upload post and will populate table. |
| DeleteTable | Permanently delete existing table from the server. |
| DeleteAllVersions | Deletes all versions of a table's history and the table. |
| ExportTable | Exports database to a file and returns the location of the file for download. |
| GetActiveTableID | Gets active table by ID. |
| GetTableVersions | Returns list of table versions with some meta data. |
| GetAllTables | Gets all tables active and inactive. |
| GetActiveTables | Gets all active sables. |
| GetTableInformation | Gets table meta data and column types takes in the full table name and version. |
| SetTableVisibility | Sets table visibility: Public, Private, PublicUnlisted. |
| CreateAutoImport | Creates an auto import that will grab a file and import it into a table. |
| EditAutoImport | Used to edit an existing import that has already be created. |
| DeleteAutoImport | Permanently removes auto import from the server. |
| ForceRunImport | Forces an import to run. |
| ListAutoImport | List all existing automatic imports. |