Entity Relationship Types (Beta)

Use these operations to interact with entity relationship types in Cortex.

Required permissions

Create and Update Relationship Types: Your API key must have the Edit entities permission. Your tenant must also have the Entity relationships feature enabled.

Operations

List relationship types

get

List paginated relationship types

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Query parameters

pageSizeinteger · int32Required

Number of results to return per page, between 1 and 1000. Default 250.

Default: 250

pageinteger · int32Required

Page number to return, 0-indexed. Default 0.

Default: 0

Responses

200

Successfully found entity relationship types

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/relationship-types

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /api/v1/relationship-types?pageSize=250&page=0 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "page": 1,
  "relationshipTypes": [
    {
      "allowCycles": false,
      "definitionLocation": "BOTH",
      "description": "Defines the component hierarchy",
      "destinationLabelPlural": "Parts",
      "destinationLabelSingular": "Part",
      "destinationNamePlural": "text",
      "destinationNameSingular": "text",
      "destinationsFilter": {
        "include": true,
        "types": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "inheritances": [
        {
          "inheritanceType": "NONE",
          "parameterTag": "text"
        }
      ],
      "isCortexManaged": false,
      "isSingleDestination": false,
      "isSingleSource": false,
      "name": "Component Hierarchy",
      "sourceLabelPlural": "Components",
      "sourceLabelSingular": "Component",
      "sourceNamePlural": "text",
      "sourceNameSingular": "text",
      "sourcesFilter": {
        "include": true,
        "types": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "tag": "component-hierarchy"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "totalPages": 1
}

Create relationship type

post

Create a relationship type

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Body

application/json

Request to create or update a relationship type

allowCyclesbooleanRequired

Whether cyclical relationships are allowed

Example: false

createCatalogbooleanRequired

Whether to create a catalog page for this relationship type

Example: false

definitionLocationstring · enumRequired

Defines where a relationship can be configured in entity descriptors

Example: BOTHPossible values:

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description explaining the relationship type

Example: Defines the component hierarchy

destinationLabelPluralstringOptional

Plural label for destinations in the relationship

Example: Parts

destinationLabelSingularstringOptional

Singular label for destinations in the relationship

Example: Part

isSingleDestinationbooleanRequired

Whether an entity can have only one destination for this relationship type

Example: false

isSingleSourcebooleanRequired

Whether an entity can have only one source for this relationship type

Example: false

namestringRequired

Human-readable name for the relationship type

Example: Component Hierarchy

sourceLabelPluralstringOptional

Plural label for sources in the relationship

Example: Components

sourceLabelSingularstringOptional

Singular label for sources in the relationship

Example: Component

tagstringRequired

Unique identifier tag for the relationship type

Example: component-hierarchy

Responses

200

Successfully created relationship type

application/json

400

Validation error creating relationship type

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

post

/api/v1/relationship-types

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/relationship-types HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 1395

"{\n                        \"name\": \"Component Hierarchy\",\n                        \"tag\": \"component-hierarchy\",\n                        \"description\": \"Defines the component hierarchy.\",\n                        \"definitionLocation\": \"BOTH\",\n                        \"isSingleSource\": true,\n                        \"sourcesFilter\": {\n                            \"include\": true,\n                            \"types\": [\"component\"]\n                        },\n                        \"isSingleDestination\": false,\n                        \"destinationsFilter\": {\n                            \"include\": true,\n                            \"types\": [\"service\", \"component]\n                        },\n                        \"inheritances\": [\n                            {\n                                \"parameterTag\": \"x-cortex-owners\",\n                                \"inheritanceType\": \"FALLBACK\"\n                            }\n                        ],\n                        \"allowCycles\": false,\n                        \"sourceLabelSingular\": \"Component\",\n                        \"sourceLabelPlural\": \"Components\",\n                        \"destinationLabelSingular\": \"Part\",\n                        \"destinationLabelPlural\": \"Parts\",\n                        \"createCatalog\": false\n                    }"

{
  "allowCycles": false,
  "definitionLocation": "BOTH",
  "description": "Defines the component hierarchy",
  "destinationLabelPlural": "Parts",
  "destinationLabelSingular": "Part",
  "destinationNamePlural": "text",
  "destinationNameSingular": "text",
  "destinationsFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "inheritances": [
    {
      "inheritanceType": "NONE",
      "parameterTag": "text"
    }
  ],
  "isCortexManaged": false,
  "isSingleDestination": false,
  "isSingleSource": false,
  "name": "Component Hierarchy",
  "sourceLabelPlural": "Components",
  "sourceLabelSingular": "Component",
  "sourceNamePlural": "text",
  "sourceNameSingular": "text",
  "sourcesFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "tag": "component-hierarchy"
}

Get a relationship type

get

List details for a relationship type

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Path parameters

relationshipTypeTagstringRequired

Responses

200

Successfully found relationship type

application/json

404

Relationship type not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "allowCycles": false,
  "definitionLocation": "BOTH",
  "description": "Defines the component hierarchy",
  "destinationLabelPlural": "Parts",
  "destinationLabelSingular": "Part",
  "destinationNamePlural": "text",
  "destinationNameSingular": "text",
  "destinationsFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "inheritances": [
    {
      "inheritanceType": "NONE",
      "parameterTag": "text"
    }
  ],
  "isCortexManaged": false,
  "isSingleDestination": false,
  "isSingleSource": false,
  "name": "Component Hierarchy",
  "sourceLabelPlural": "Components",
  "sourceLabelSingular": "Component",
  "sourceNamePlural": "text",
  "sourceNameSingular": "text",
  "sourcesFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "tag": "component-hierarchy"
}

Update relationship type

put

Update relationship type

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Path parameters

relationshipTypeTagstringRequired

Body

application/json

Request to create or update a relationship type

allowCyclesbooleanRequired

Whether cyclical relationships are allowed

Example: false

createCatalogbooleanRequired

Whether to create a catalog page for this relationship type

Example: false

definitionLocationstring · enumRequired

Defines where a relationship can be configured in entity descriptors

Example: BOTHPossible values:

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description explaining the relationship type

Example: Defines the component hierarchy

destinationLabelPluralstringOptional

Plural label for destinations in the relationship

Example: Parts

destinationLabelSingularstringOptional

Singular label for destinations in the relationship

Example: Part

isSingleDestinationbooleanRequired

Whether an entity can have only one destination for this relationship type

Example: false

isSingleSourcebooleanRequired

Whether an entity can have only one source for this relationship type

Example: false

namestringRequired

Human-readable name for the relationship type

Example: Component Hierarchy

sourceLabelPluralstringOptional

Plural label for sources in the relationship

Example: Components

sourceLabelSingularstringOptional

Singular label for sources in the relationship

Example: Component

tagstringRequired

Unique identifier tag for the relationship type

Example: component-hierarchy

Responses

200

Successfully updated relationship type

application/json

400

Validation error updating relationship type

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

put

/api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

PUT /api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 532

{
  "allowCycles": false,
  "createCatalog": false,
  "definitionLocation": "BOTH",
  "description": "Defines the component hierarchy",
  "destinationLabelPlural": "Parts",
  "destinationLabelSingular": "Part",
  "destinationsFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "inheritances": [
    {
      "inheritanceType": "NONE",
      "parameterTag": "text"
    }
  ],
  "isSingleDestination": false,
  "isSingleSource": false,
  "name": "Component Hierarchy",
  "sourceLabelPlural": "Components",
  "sourceLabelSingular": "Component",
  "sourcesFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "tag": "component-hierarchy"
}

{
  "allowCycles": false,
  "definitionLocation": "BOTH",
  "description": "Defines the component hierarchy",
  "destinationLabelPlural": "Parts",
  "destinationLabelSingular": "Part",
  "destinationNamePlural": "text",
  "destinationNameSingular": "text",
  "destinationsFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "inheritances": [
    {
      "inheritanceType": "NONE",
      "parameterTag": "text"
    }
  ],
  "isCortexManaged": false,
  "isSingleDestination": false,
  "isSingleSource": false,
  "name": "Component Hierarchy",
  "sourceLabelPlural": "Components",
  "sourceLabelSingular": "Component",
  "sourceNamePlural": "text",
  "sourceNameSingular": "text",
  "sourcesFilter": {
    "include": true,
    "types": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "tag": "component-hierarchy"
}

Delete a relationship type

delete

Delete a relationship type

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Path parameters

relationshipTypeTagstringRequired

Responses

200

Successfully deleted relationship type

No content

204

No Content

400

Validation error deleting relationship type

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

delete

/api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

DELETE /api/v1/relationship-types/{relationshipTypeTag} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content