Developer

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Programming with the EcoPortal API

• Getting an API key
• NCBO Widgets
  • Types of NCBO Widgets and use cases
  • How to use NCBO Widgets
    • Term-selection field on a form
      • Hidden form elements auto-generated
      • Optional attributes
    • Semantic resource search widget
    • Semantic resource visualization widget
    • NCBO Semantic resource Tree Widget
      • Description
      • Location
      • Setup
      • Callbacks and Event Triggers
      • Public Methods

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Programming with the EcoPortal API

Documentation about how to use the EcoPortal REST API to access information is available here:

• http://ecoportal.lifewatch.eu:8080/documentation

  • Getting an API key

    Use of the EcoPortal REST API requires an API key. To retrieve your API key, log into your account on the EcoPortal website. Your API key will be listed in plain text on your account page. E.g.

    

    If you don't have an account, you'll need to create one.

  • NCBO Widgets

    NCBO widgets are the HTML or Javascript code that you can put on your Web site or Web form to use EcoPortal functionality there. Using NCBO Widgets is just one of the ways in which you can use the NCBO technology directly on your Web site or in your application.