Listing and requesting exports

Overview

ShapeDiver models have the ability to export data and files corresponding to the user-defined parameter values. This capability has to be set in the Grasshopper parametric model by its creator.

Export data in Grasshopper
The model designer will have to use export components from the ShapeDiver plugin and set them up for API access.

In our example, the model includes an export component named ExportAsset_1. You will be able to directly retrieve the data using the requestAsync function of the exports interface:

 
api.exports.requestAsync({name: "ExportAsset_1"}).catch(function(err) {
    return Promise.reject(err);
  }).then(function(data) {
    console.log("EXPORT DONE!", data);
  })

Alternatively, you can dynamically retrieve the list of all export assets and trigger the ones you choose. Call api.exports.get() to get the complete list.

API getters
Calling get without arguments retrieves all assets in the specified interface. See also here how to pass filters to the get functions.

In the above case, if the export was successful, the response data will contain a time-limited download url for the corresponding file. There are several types of export assets which are described below.

Types of export

Direct download

Email export

Shapeways export