DataBlocks

Data blocks

Overview

As part of core functionality the Snipe server provides access to so-called data blocks.The data block is a basic building block of dynamic data that can be retrieved and modified with a standard API. The core has two types of blocks available: user parameters and user quests. The project developers can easily define more of these for use in their projects.

Each data block has a unique ID (unique in the underlying database table) and contents object. There is an API available on both cache and slave servers to get, lock, modify and save data blocks to database. The data blocks operations are partly automated and easy to setup.