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Overview
Use API_GetAppDTMInfo to get the timestamp of the last time change throughout the application.
This is a fast, unobtrusive way to get the time of the last change in an application schema or in records within its tables. No ticket or app token is required for this call, nor does this call result in the application being loaded into memory in Quickbase.
The response to this call contains a parameter indicating the next time you will be allowed to make this call again.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|
|
dbid |
The application dbid. |
yes |
Response values
| Element Name | Value |
|---|---|
|
action |
The originating request, for example, API_GetAppDTMInfo. |
|
errcode |
Identifies the error code, if any. (See the Error Codes appendix for a list of possible error codes.) 0 indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
errtext |
Text that explains the error code. "No error" indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
RequestTime |
The time at which the server received this request. All times expressed as milliseconds since January 1st 1970 00:00:00, UTC. |
|
RequestNextAllowedTime |
The earliest time that another API_GetDBDTMInfo request for the same Application DB ID is permitted. All times expressed as milliseconds since January 1st 1970 00:00:00, UTC. If another request is received before this time, an errcode of 77 is returned, with an errtext of "API request limit exceeded". |
|
app |
Aggregate containing the last time the application schema was modified (lastModifiedTime) and the last time the application’s main table was written to (lastRecModTime). Invoke this call on an application dbid. The aggregate is structured as follows:
All times expressed as milliseconds since January 1st 1970 00:00:00, UTC. |
|
tables |
Aggregate containing one or more table sub-aggregates. The table sub-aggregate contains the following:
where lastModifiedTime refers to any changes made to the table schema and lastRecModTime refers to any writes to the table in terms of records added or modified. All times expressed as milliseconds since January 1st 1970 00:00:00, UTC. |
URL alternative
https://target_domain/db/main?a=API_GetAppDTMInfo&dbid=target_dbid
where target_domain is the domain against which you are invoking this call, for example, quickbase.com. Read about this notation.
Sample response (using app dbid)
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
<action>API_GetAppDTMInfo</action>
<errcode>0</errcode>
<errtext>No error</errtext>
<RequestTime>1227660044062</RequestTime>
<RequestNextAllowedTime>1227660049062</RequestNextAllowedTime>
<app id="bdzk2ecg5">
<lastModifiedTime>1227657049750</lastModifiedTime>
<lastRecModTime>1227647748330</lastRecModTime>
</app>
<tables>
<table id="bdzk2ecg6">
<lastModifiedTime>1227647748440</lastModifiedTime>
<lastRecModTime>1227647748330</lastRecModTime>
</table>
<table id="bdzma8u8r">
<lastModifiedTime>1227657006030</lastModifiedTime>
<lastRecModTime>1227657006030</lastRecModTime>
</table>
<table id="bdzma97vj">
<lastModifiedTime>1227657049720</lastModifiedTime>
<lastRecModTime>1227657049720</lastRecModTime>
</table>
</tables>
</qdbapi>
Sample response (using table dbid)
<qdbapi>
<action>API_GetAppDTMInfo</action>
<errcode>2</errcode>
<errtext>Invalid input</errtext>
<errdetail>The dbid must be for an application not a table.</errdetail>
<RequestTime>1700065242773</RequestTime>
<RequestNextAllowedTime>1700065247773</RequestNextAllowedTime>
</qdbapi>