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Version: 7.5.x

Using Zoom In Client Applications

Cortex uses hypermedia links to associate related resources together. Client applications need to make multiple requests to retrieve information from a resource’s links. Using zoom, you can retrieve all these links with a single request. When a request uses zoom, Cortex retrieves all the requested links and generates a single response containing the linked data. All links that can be retrieved can also be "zoomed".

Example Using zoom​

In this example, zoom retrieved the cart resource and its corresponding lineitems and total resources. Once the client application receives the response, JSONPath can extract the data you’re interested in.

{
  "self": {
    "type": "elasticpath.carts.cart",
    "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=?zoom=lineitems,total",
    "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz=?zoom=lineitems,total"
  },
  "total-quantity": 3,
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "lineitems",
      "rev": "cart",
      "type": "elasticpath.collections.links",
      "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems",
      "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems"
    },
    {
      "rel": "order",
      "rev": "cart",
      "type": "elasticpath.orders.order",
      "uri": "/orders/mobee/mu3=",
      "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/orders/mobee/mu3="
    },
    {
      "rel": "total",
      "rev": "cart",
      "type": "elasticpath.totals.total",
      "uri": "/totals/carts/mobee/guz=",
      "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/totals/carts/mobee/guz="

    }
  ],

  "_lineitems": [
    {
      "self": {
        "type": "elasticpath.collections.links",
        "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems",
        "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems"
      },
      "links": [
        {
          "rel": "element",
          "rev": "list",
          "type": "elasticpath.carts.line-item",
          "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems/hfq=",
          "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems/hfq="
        },
        {
          "rel": "element",
          "rev": "list",
          "type": "elasticpath.carts.line-item",
          "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems/gbq=",
          "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz=/lineitems/gbq="
        },
        {
          "rel": "cart",
          "rev": "lineitems",
          "type": "elasticpath.carts.cart",
          "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=",
          "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz="
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_total": [
    {
      "self": {
        "type": "elasticpath.totals.total",
        "uri": "/totals/carts/mobee/guz=",
        "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/totals/carts/mobee/guz="
      },
      "cost": [
        {
          "amount": 211,
          "currency": "CAD",
          "display": "$211.00"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        {
          "rel": "cart",
          "rev": "total",
          "type": "elasticpath.carts.cart",
          "uri": "/carts/mobee/guz=",
          "href": "http://api.elasticpath.net/cortex/carts/mobee/guz="
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Extract total-quantity child property​

JSONPath: $total-quantity

Result:

[
  3
]

Extract every quantity value nested in other properties​

JSONPath: $..quantity

Result:

[
  2,
  1
]

Extract first element of total cost array​

JSONPath: $_total..cost[0]

Result:

[
  {
    "amount": 211,
    "currency": "CAD",
    "display": "$211.00"
  }
]
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