The data formats that are available for packaging are all flat files ASCII files. This allows them to be used across systems with the expectation that they have some sort of metadata or syntax file that describes them.
http://host/rds/api/package/types/FIXED
{
"objectId": "26ac8903-c319-4e3d-874a-08f91673e1bb",
"type": "FIXED",
"optionProperties": [
{
"description": "File name", // The only option available for fixed with files is the file name.
"enumValues": [],
"label": "File name",
"name": "fileName",
"type": "TEXT",
"value": "",
"repeatable": false,
"required": true,
"readOnly": false
}
]
}
http://host/rds/api/package/types/CSV
{
"objectId": "80241600-bf8b-4be1-afd2-52c41fabbae5",
"type": "CSV",
"optionProperties": [
{ // File name
"description": "File name",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "File name",
"name": "fileName",
"type": "TEXT",
"value": "",
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // Delimiter to be used
"description": "Delimeter",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Delimeter",
"name": "delimeter",
"type": "TEXT",
"value": ",", // Because this is a CSV file the default delimiter is ,
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // Empty values can be replaced with "NULL"
"description": "Replace blank values with \"NULL\", typically used for database scripts",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Replace blank with NULL",
"name": "replaceBlankWithNull",
"type": "BOOLEAN",
"value": false,
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // This specifies if the user wants a header row of all the variable names on the first line of the file, true by default
"description": "Includes variable names on first line of the file",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Include variable names",
"name": "includeVariableNames",
"type": "BOOLEAN",
"value": true,
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
}
]
}
http://host/rds/api/package/types/DELIM
{
"objectId": "95a4495a-5559-4631-93e2-b83548be83e1",
"type": "DELIM",
"optionProperties": [
{ // File name
"description": "File name",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "File name",
"name": "fileName",
"type": "TEXT",
"value": "",
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // Delimiter to be used
"description": "Delimeter",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Delimeter",
"name": "delimeter",
"type": "TEXT",
"value": "\t", // Tab delimited by default
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // Empty values can be replaced with "NULL"
"description": "Replace blank values with \"NULL\", typically used for database scripts",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Replace blank with NULL",
"name": "replaceBlankWithNull",
"type": "BOOLEAN",
"value": false,
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
},
{ // This specifies if the user wants a header row of all the variable names on the first line of the file, true by default
"description": "Includes variable names on first line of the file",
"enumValues": [],
"label": "Include variable names",
"name": "includeVariableNames",
"type": "BOOLEAN",
"value": true,
"required": true,
"repeatable": false,
"readOnly": false
}
]
}