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Overview
Use API_GetDBPage to retrieve a stored page in Quickbase. Quickbase allows you to store various types of pages, ranging from user-guide pages for your application to Exact Forms, used to automate insertion of data into Word documents using a special Word template from Quickbase. (See the Quickbase online help for more information about DB pages.)
Request parameters
| Parameter | Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|
|
pageID |
The ID of the page. You can also use the pagename. |
yes |
|
ticket |
A valid authentication ticket. The authentication ticket is returned via the API_Authenticate call. |
yes, one of:
|
|
usertoken |
The user token is an alternative means of authentication, used for API access. User tokens cannot be used to access the Quickbase UI. |
yes, one of:
|
|
apptoken |
A valid application token. |
yes, if the application requires application tokens |
|
udata |
A string value that you want returned. It will not be handled by Quickbase but it will be returned in the response. |
no |
Response values
The requested page is returned in HTML.
XML Request
POST https://target_domain/db/target_dbid HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_GetDBPage<qdbapi>
<udata>mydata</udata>
<ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
<apptoken>app_token</apptoken>
<pageID>3</pageID>
</qdbapi>
URL alternative
https://target_domain/db/target_dbid?a=API_GetDBPage&pageid=18&ticket=auth_ticket&apptoken=app_token
where target_domain is the domain against which you are invoking this call, for example, quickbase.com. Read about this notation.