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JohnJOSullivan
JohnJOSullivan
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July 31, 2023
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Suggestions for an "API for Fusion Admins" course

  • July 31, 2023
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So, like many of you, I find myself as a second/third career Workfront admin. I worked in magazine publishing until I was let go due to magazine publishing dying. My introduction to Workfront was a "happy accident"--one which has been literally life-changing. Learning Fusion has been rewarding and a lot of fun. There's still quite a bit I feel I need to learn (Hi training folks, Fusion Bootcamp Part 2 pls). But a least I can think through a problem and come up with a solution.

 

My job primarily revolves around Fusion and developing automated augmentations for workflows within Workfront. We're also starting to want to do more integrative work. And this is where I find a hole in my knowledge. When it comes API stuff though (and how it relates to Fusion)...I need help. 

 

I'd love some suggestions--particularly from other second-career Fusion admins--for courses/websites/etc. which may be helpful with this stuff. If I'm going to invest my off-hours time learning some cool API stuff, I want to get the most bang for my time investment. 

 

It would also be super useful to have typical Fusion API syntax and the like easily accessible within Experience League. I'll be honest--the documentation for a lot of this within Experience League leaves a lot to be expected. 

 

Any help = greatly appreciated... 😄

-j

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    ewanh
    Adobe Employee
    ewanhAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    July 31, 2023

    Hi @johnjosullivan ,

     

    Thank you for bringing up this subject I'm gonna start off light with a couple of standards that you probably already have..but perhaps they'll be useful for others.  Just for clarity there is no public Fusion API yet.  I'm assuming you are talking about using Fusion for API connections to other things.  I'll start with Workfront and then people can add to this.  

     

    Workfront API: https://developersupport.workfront.com/page-api-explorer.html

    Workfront API Basics (these aren't all "Basic"...I would have called these Foundations): https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/adobe-workfront-api/api-general-information/api-basics.html?lang=en

    Workfront Custom API Module: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/adobe-workfront-fusion/fusion-apps-and-modules/workfront-modules.html?lang=en#actions

     

    Gonna throw this in here as well since if you are working in Workfront eventually you'll probably also be working in Proof.  Here is its current API info: https://api.proofhq.com/

     

    A lot of people make use of postman to help them understand APIs at a much deeper level you might want to download and use that app.  - My personal opinion is that it definitely helps if you want to go deep at all. 

     

      JohnJOSullivan
      JohnJOSullivanAuthor
      Level 6
      July 31, 2023

      Thanks for the resources! What I would love to see is a child of the API Basics page and the Custom API module entry. (Ideally, it'd be a major unit of any future Fusion advanced bootcamp.) I find that many times, I struggle with figuring out the particulars how how to use the Custom API call module. Usually, I reverse engineer what has been done before by Adobe consultants. (It's always a good idea to steal from the best. :D) 

       

      I haven't used Postman, but I'm gonna get that now. Thank you for the suggestion! (CORRECTION: It was used as part of the bootcamp. Just needed a "forgot password" link and now I'm in.)

        ewanh
        Adobe Employee
        ewanhAdobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        July 31, 2023

        Well probably the single most useful thing I've seen so far is how to build a very specific custom API call using the Fields query:


        In this case...I get all of the custom fields using parameterValues:*

         

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