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["Black, Carey M." <>]

I am trying to figure out if I can "fine tune" the retunes from the Grouper 
web services and I am not yet finding how to do what I want to do.
        ( I am guessing that some or all of this is already possible. And 
that I am just not seeing how to do it. )
        NOTE: My example below is an "XML format" but that is not a 
requirement. Just a convenient way to communicate an example.

So let me try to express what I want to do.

Web service call to grouper to:
        1) query grouper based on: the intersection of a specific subject and 
groups that have a custom attribute with a specific value.
        2) get a list of group attributes and/or group details that are 
desired in the return.



I have found this and it works for the search by "a specific subject" 
requirement:
.... /servicesRest/v2.3_000/subjects/

<WsRestGetGroupsRequest>
  <subjectLookups>
    <WsSubjectLookup>
      <subjectIdentifier>0123456789</subjectIdentifier>
    </WsSubjectLookup>
  </subjectLookups>
  <enabled>T</enabled>
  <includeGroupDetail>F</includeGroupDetail>
  <includeSubjectDetail>F</includeSubjectDetail>
</WsRestGetGroupsRequest>



However, 
A) I cannot find a way to ask for an attribute to have a specific value on 
the group(s) as well.
B) I cannot find a way to only get specific details about the groups back.
C) I would also like to limited/control the attributes that are returned 
about the subject.
D) I would like to suppress the resultsMetaData block as well.
E) I would like to suppress the responseMetadata block as well.

Am I not seeing how to do these things, or are these features not available 
at this time?

Thanks in advance.






Details for the "However"s:

A) I cannot find a way to ask for an attribute to have a specific value on 
the group(s) as well.

I picture something like the following to be possible:
<findGroupsWithAttributeValue>
  <attributeName>custom_attribute_on_group</attributeName>
  <attributeValue>A_value_to_find</attributeValue>
</findGroupsWithAttributeValue>



B) I cannot find a way to only get specific details about the groups back.
        I want to limit the message size return/complexity.

Currently all of these values are returned:
"
<WsGroup>
        <extension>value</extension>
        <typeOfGroup>group</typeOfGroup>
        <displayExtension>value</displayExtension>
        <displayName>value_looks_like_path</displayName>
        <name> value_looks_like_path </name>
        <uuid>a_uuid_value</uuid>
        <idIndex>a_int_value</idIndex>
</WsGroup>
"

What I would like to be able to do is to supply a list of data elements that 
I want back and only get those.
Example: add something to the WsRestGetGroupsRequest element like:
         
<getGroupAttrs>extension,uuid,custom_attribute_on_group</getGroupAttrs>

And have the return look like this for that call:
"
<WsGroup>
        <extension>value</extension>
        <uuid>a_uuid_value</uuid>
        <custom_attribute_on_group>a_int_value</custom_attribute_on_group>
</WsGroup>
"


C) I would also like to limited/control the attributes that are returned 
about the subject.
Currently all of these values are returned:
"
<wsSubject>
        <identifierLookup>subbject_value</identifierLookup>
        <resultCode>SUCCESS</resultCode>
        <success>T</success>
        <id>subject_id_value</id>
        <name>subject_name_string</name>
        <sourceId>source_ID</sourceId>
</wsSubject>
"

What I would like to be able to do is to supply a list of data elements that 
I want back and only get those.
Example: add something to the WsRestGetGroupsRequest element like:
         <getSubjectAttrs></getSubjectAttrs>   <-- returns no data about the 
subject
         <getSubjectAttrs>id,name</getSubjectAttrs>   <-- returns only id and 
name


D) I would like to suppress the resultsMetaData block as well.
        Maybe add a <includeMetaDetail> =[T,F] like the includeGroupDetail 
flag?

E) I would like to suppress the responseMetadata block as well.
        Maybe add a <responseMetadata> =[T,F] like the includeGroupDetail 
flag?


-- 
Carey Matthew