Reference for DSService.svc - GetData

Given a token and details for a single request, retrieves data.

HTTP METHOD

POST

FORMATS

Xml or Json

URL

GetData

REQUEST PARAMETERS

The operation takes in a parameter of type DSGetDataRequest which has the following members.

Name	Type	Description	Example Value
Token	String	The token retrieved through GetToken operation	n9IcXCXIq+ApBEe0zLBeTrU11D65F6BB2ED74E3467EA0EBE
DataRequest	DSDataRequest	Defines the request details for which data must be retrieved	Refer DSDataRequest for details.
Properties	DSStringObjectKVPair[]	Properties to customize behavior	null

The operation returns a parameter of type DSGetDataResponse which has the following members.

Name	Type	Description	Example Value
DataResponse	DSDataResponse	The response corresponding to the request.	Refer DSDataResponse for more details

XML

The following is a sample request.

<DSGetDataRequest xmlns="http://dsws.datastream.com/client/V1/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <DataRequest>
    <DataTypes>
      <DSDataType>
        <Properties i:nil="true"/>
        <Value>PH</Value>
      </DSDataType>
    </DataTypes>
    <Date>
      <End>-0D</End>
      <Frequency>D</Frequency>
      <Kind>TimeSeries</Kind>
      <Start>-3D</Start>
    </Date>
    <Instrument>
      <Properties i:nil="true"/>
      <Value>VOD</Value>
    </Instrument>
    <Tag i:nil="true"/>
  </DataRequest>
  <Properties i:nil="true"/>
  <TokenValue>TNLxBuBOVWUAMC7C73B4A31CE</TokenValue>
</DSGetDataRequest>

The following is a sample response.

<DSGetDataResponse xmlns="http://dsws.datastream.com/client/V1/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <DataResponse>
    <AdditionalResponses i:nil="true"/>
    <DataTypeNames i:nil="true"/>
    <DataTypeValues>
      <DSDataTypeResponseValue>
        <DataType>PH</DataType>
        <SymbolValues>
          <DSSymbolResponseValue>
            <Currency>£</Currency>
            <Symbol>VOD</Symbol>
            <Type>DoubleArray</Type>
            <Value i:type="a:ArrayOfdouble" xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
              <a:double>222</a:double>
              <a:double>225.8</a:double>
              <a:double>226.6</a:double>
              <a:double>229.9</a:double>
            </Value>
          </DSSymbolResponseValue>
        </SymbolValues>
      </DSDataTypeResponseValue>
    </DataTypeValues>
    <Dates xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
      <a:dateTime>2014-11-12T00:00:00</a:dateTime>
      <a:dateTime>2014-11-13T00:00:00</a:dateTime>
      <a:dateTime>2014-11-14T00:00:00</a:dateTime>
      <a:dateTime>2014-11-17T00:00:00</a:dateTime>
    </Dates>
    <SymbolNames i:nil="true"/>
    <Tag i:nil="true"/>
  </DataResponse>
  <Properties i:nil="true"/>
</DSGetDataResponse>

JSON

{
    "DataRequest": {
        "DataTypes": [
            {
                "Properties": null,
                "Value": "PH"
            }
        ],
        "Date": {
            "End": "-0D",
            "Frequency": "D",
            "Kind": 1,
            "Start": "-3D"
        },
        "Instrument": {
            "Properties": null,
            "Value": "VOD"
        },
        "Tag": null
    },
    "Properties": null,
    "TokenValue": "TNLxC73B4A31CE" 
}

The following is a sample response.

{
    "DataResponse": {
        "AdditionalResponses": null,
        "DataTypeNames": null,
        "DataTypeValues": [
            {
                "DataType": "PH",
                "SymbolValues": [
                    {
                        "Currency": "£",
                        "Symbol": "VOD",
                        "Type": 10,
                        "Value": [ 222, 225.8, 226.6, 229.9 ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "Dates": [ "\/Date(1415750400000+0000)\/", "\/Date(1415836800000+0000)\/", "\/Date(1415923200000+0000)\/", "\/Date(1416182400000+0000)\/" ],
        "SymbolNames": null,
        "Tag": null
    },
    "Properties": null 
}