APIkit for OData v2 API Reference

The Entity Data Model (EDM) that you create using RAML is the basis for building an OData API. You use EDM-compatible data types to create the odata.raml file, as described in this reference. After generating flows using the APIkit OData Extension, you need to implement API endpoints.

Entity Data Model

The APIkit OData Extension builds the OData API based on an odata.raml file that describes the OData entity data model (EDM) using supported EDM types. The odata.raml file is a RAML Library. Each DataType represents an EntityModel. For example:

#%RAML 1.0 Library
uses:
  odata: !include libraries/odata.raml
types:
  Employee:
    properties:
      id:
        type: integer
        (odata.key): bool
        (odata.nullable): bool
      name:
        type: string

Annotate at least one of the properties on each entity using the annotation (odata.key).

The following annotations pertain to each property:

(odata.precision): int
(odata.scale): int

Use the optional (odata.remote) annotation to provide the name of the entity in the remote data source:

types:
  Employee:
  (odata.remote): SAP_VBAK
    properties:
      ...

Supported EDM Data Types

The APIkit OData Extension supports all EDM types except Edm.Sbyte. In your model, you define the RAML types that map to the EDM type shown in the following list of supported EDM types:

Edm.String

The String type represents fixed or variable length character data.

RAML type: string

Edm.Boolean

The Boolean data type is used to represent the mathematical concept of binary valued logic. There are no applicable facets for this type.

RAML type: boolean

Edm.Double

The Double type represents a floating point number with 15 digits precision that can represent values with an approximate range of ± 2.23e -308 through ± 1.79e +308.

RAML type: number

Edm.Single

The Single type represents a floating point number with seven digits precision that can represent values with an approximate range of ± 1.18e -38 through ± 3.40e +38

RAML type: number

RAML format: float

Edm.Binary

The binary data type is used to represent fixed or variable length binary data.

RAML type: file

Edm.DateTime

The DateTime type represents date and time with values ranging from 12:00:00 midnight, January 1, 1753 A.D. through 11:59:59 P.M, December 31, 9999 A.D.

RAML type: datetime-only

Edm.Int32

The Int32 type represents a signed 32-bit integer value.

RAML type: integer

Edm.Int64

The Int64 type represents a signed 64-bit integer value.

RAML type: integer

RAML format: int64

Edm.Int16

The Int16 type represents a signed 16-bit integer value.

RAML type: integer

RAML format: int16

Edm.Byte

The Byte type represents an unsigned 8-bit integer value.

RAML type: integer

RAML format: int8

Edm.Decimal

The Decimal type represents numeric values with fixed precision and scale. You can specify the required precision and scale by modifying these optional properties. This type can describe a numeric value ranging from negative 10^255 + 1 to positive 10^255 -1.

RAML type: number

RAML (odata.precision): 3

RAML (odata.scale): 3

Edm.Guid

The globally unique identifier (GUID) type represents a 16-byte (128-bit) number compliant with the UUID standard (RFC 4122).

RAML type: string

RAML (odata.type): guid

Edm.Time

The Time type represents the time of day with values ranging from 0:00:00.x to 23:59:59.y, where x and y depend upon the precision.

RAML type: time-only

Edm.DateTimeOffset

The DateTimeOffset type represents date and time as an offset in minutes from GMT, with values ranging from 12:00:00 midnight, January 1, 1753 A.D. through 11:59:59 P.M, December 9999 A.D.

RAML type: datetime