Tag Archives | api

Razuna 1.5: Custom Fields API and extended API search

By on May 5, 2012 in CFML, Digital Asset Management, Razuna

Many great things will come in Razuna 1.5 (I know we are a bit late, but you will love all the stuff we’ve done for Razuna 1.5). One area that has gotten a lot of love is the new API, now extending on it, we also added the option to work with custom fields in the API. This allows for even great integration into your own application.

With the Custom Fields API you can create custom fields, list available ones and get the custom fields of each asset within your record set.

Additionally, since the search API is an extension of the search within Razuna one can now search for labels and custom fields within the search API. In order to do so, you simply do a field search as in:

labels:(Animals)

For those who are already using the API the complete search string would look something like:

/global/api2/search.cfc?method=searchassets&api_key=1&searchfor=labels:(Animals)

The same logic applies to search with custom fields.

We encourage developers to read the new custom fields API and the enhanced search API documentation.

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Razuna API version 2: Now with JSON, JSONP and XML data structure

By on March 27, 2012 in Digital Asset Management, Razuna

We have seen that many developers all around the world build or integrating Razuna into their applications. To make it now easier then ever to build and leverage Razuna we are very excited to announce a new version of the Razuna API which brings many enhancements. Especially, the new data structure support for JSON and JSONP will make it very easy to integrate Razuna into any application.

Version 2 of the Razuna API will use REST only and will use JSON (default), JSONP (JSON with Padding) and XML (wddx) as data structure. In this regard many methods will simply give you complete record sets that you can then use in your application.

JSONP on the other hand is a major boon to any Javascript developer that wants to integrate assets from Razuna. With JSONP you can achieve cross-domain data fetching from any Javascript function running inside a browser. JSONP works by wrapping the returning JSON packet in () and prepending a name to make it into a Javascript document. The majority of Javascript libraries support JSON from their native core. JQuery supports it using $.getJSON method. Best is, the Razuna API2 turns the data structure into JSONP on the fly.

Furthermore, we also introduced a new way for users to authenticate against the system. That is, every user has their own API key and there is no need anymore to pass username/password to developers or setup a dedicated account for them.

Developers planning to integrate Razuna into their application should take a look at the new updated API2 documentation over at http://wiki.razuna.com/display/ecp/API+Developer+Guide.

Razuna API2 is already available on our Razuna Hosted Platform and will be a part of the upcoming Razuna 1.5 release.

Existing applications will still work as before as API1 will still be available. Thought, in the long run, we encourage developers to use only API2 since this is were new changes will be integrated in the future.

As always, we would love your feedback and a big thank you to our developer community who are bringing forward many integrations and creating awesome tools for Razuna users. We hope that API2 will make it easier then ever for you to build on Razuna.

 

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Razuna 1.4.4 available – enhancement and bug fix release

By on March 30, 2011 in Digital Asset Management, Razuna

We are happy to publicly announce the immediate availability of Razuna 1.4.4. The new version brings enhancements and bug fixes. If you are running a older release we encourage you to upgrade to Razuna 1.4.4 as soon as possible.

The enhancements
For Razuna 1.4.4 we made some changes how the search works. From this release on, we automatically combine separate words with an “AND” operator. Providing you with more accurate search results. Additionally, we added a visual feedback to the search.

On the visual part, we also changed the way how folders are being shown to SystemAdmins & Administrators. Now, those users will see all folders by default (previously you had to explicitly request the view). Furthermore, we included the latest edition of the video player, which adds compatibility to the latest browser generations.

Last but not least, Developers have a reason to celebrate. With Razuna 1.4.4 we are introducing new options to the API. These are;

  • Modify Metadata (Link to the DeveloperGuide)
  • Uploading an asset returns the assetid and the asset type

The fixes
With the help of our community we were able to fix a couple of bugs that showed up after the 1.4.4 release. We fixed some bugs which affected Windows installations (some users could not add images to the system), also users with a MSSQL server got some unexpected errors due to the new ID system which was introduced in 1.4.2. Windows users will also be happy to see that we fixed bugs with writing the metadata, creating thumbnails and the playback of videos.

At this point, we would like to thank all our users for helping us and making Razuna the best open source digital asset management / media asset management solution out there.

As always, the complete release notes for Razuna 1.4.4 are available.

How to get Razuna 1.4.4

Razuna 1.4.4 is available immediately over at http://razuna.org. As always you have the option to use our preconfigured Razuna Virtual Server, download the dedicated Razuna Standalone Server or deploy to your own J2EE-Server with our Razuna WAR/EAR distribution.

Our Razuna Hosted Platform and Razuna Cloud Server customers have already been updated to Razuna 1.4.4.

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Razuna 1.4.3 available

By on March 14, 2011 in Digital Asset Management, Razuna

We are excited to announce the immediate availability of Razuna 1.4.3. The new version brings a couple of new features, enhancements and bug fixes. If you are running Razuna 1.4.2 we encourage you to upgrade to Razuna 1.4.3 as soon as possible.

The new features
With Razuna 1.4.3 you now have the option to create “Upload Templates“. These templates allow you to automatically create different versions of your assets during upload. Say, you have a image and want it to be available in other formats. You then simply need to select your Upload Template while uploading and Razuna will convert your asset(s) to the given formats. Of course, Upload Templates apply to images, videos and audio assets alike.

Additionally, you now have the option to move any folder back to the root level of your structure. Something that was not possible before. Furthermore, we have made some improvements to the API. The API now returns all the converted formats and also the width and height of images and videos. Especially, the XML response with the converted formats allows plugin developers to include those formats in their applications as well. (We will release a updated Razuna WordPress plugin with this option in the coming hours!)

Under the hood we updated some libraries and have included the latest version of Tomcat (7.x) and OpenBD.

The fixes
With the help of our community we were able to fix a couple of bugs that showed up after the 1.4.2 release. We have had some issues with shared folders (some users could not see the content of folders), that the basket download was not successful (under rare circumstances), that some videos could not be converted properly and some other pesky errors that made your live troublesome.

Thought, we try to release a bug free software, the reality sometimes looks different. Fortunately, we never sleep (just kidding) and were able to fix all reported issues with this release.

At this point, we would like to thank all our users for helping us and making Razuna the best open source digital asset management / media asset management solution out there.

As always, the complete release notes for Razuna 1.4.3 are available.

How to get Razuna 1.4.3

Razuna 1.4.3 is available immediately over at http://razuna.org. As always you have the option to use our preconfigured Razuna Virtual Server, download the dedicated Razuna Standalone Server or deploy to your own J2EE-Server with our Razuna WAR/EAR distribution.

Our Razuna Hosted Platform and Razuna Cloud Server customers have already been updated to Razuna 1.4.3.

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