Submit a new Request

Introduction

A new Request can be submitted in one of 2 ways

JSON Form (recommended)
QE XML Format v3.5

JSON Form Submission

Use POST api/v1.0/rfq

To submit using the JSON form submission you need to do the following steps:

Build a QuoteSubmit object
Build a list of QuoteSubmitItems, one for EACH question in the form

Field	Source	Description
ID	QuoteField.IdentityTag	This value is obtained from the QuoteField used to build the form
Value	The User	The information the user filled in / selected
Tag	QuoteField.QuestionTag	This value is obtained from the QuoteField used to build the form
Type	QuoteSection.Name	This value is obtained from the QuoteSection used to build the form
Item	QuoteSection.RiskSectionIndex	This value is obtained from the QuoteSection used to build the form
Identity	Hard Code	For a new Request this should always by '0'
Changed	Hard Code	For a new Request this should always be 'true'

QE XML Format v3.5

The basic XML format is as follows

			-
<Request>
-
<Header>
 <version>3.5</version>
 <system>QE3.</system>
 <source>QE3-DG</source>
 <Instance>QE3</Instance>
 <FormID>1</FormID>
 <RequestType>1</RequestType>
 <HostURL>Your Host URL</HostURL>
 <ITCConsent>false</ITCConsent>
 <clientID>11754</clientID>
 <requestID>new</requestID>
 </Header>
 <People/>
 <Values/>
 </Request>

The "tags" mentioned below (The_questionTag) are obtained from QuoteField.QuestionTag

Each person element as follows

			-
<Person id="0"index="1"sequence="1">
 <The_questionTag id="0"question="The_questionID"changed="true">The_value</The_questionTag>
-
<Addresses>
-
<Address id="0"type="1"changed="true">
 <area>1</area>
 <number>1</number>
 <street>Shurch street</street>
 <suburbID>0001:Suburb_Name</suburbID>
 </Address>
 </Addresses>
-
<Licenses>
-
<License id="0"changed="true">
 <code id="4">EB</code>
 <Issued>1 Jan 2020</Issued>
 <Expires>1 Jan 2025</Expires>
 </License>
 </Licenses>
-
<NoClaims>
-
<NoClaim id="0"item="1"name="The_RiskItemName"changed="true">
 <Value>In Years</Value>
 <Years>In Years</Years>
 </NoClaim>
 </NoClaims>
 </Person>

Each value element as follows (with "The_RiskItemName" coming from QuoteSection.Name

			-
<The_RiskItemName id="1">
 <The_questionTag id="0"question="The_questionID"changed="true">The_value</The_questionTag>
 </The_RiskItemName>

Response Information

Resource Description

Getting the new Request ID

ResultModel-of-String

Name	Type	Additional information
status	string	None.
message	string	None.
identity	integer	None.
result	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "message": "",
  "identity": 3,
  "result": ""
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ResultModelOfstring xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/API.Logic.Core.InterfaceModels">
  <identity>3</identity>
  <message>sample string 2</message>
  <result>sample string 4</result>
  <status>sample string 1</status>
</ResultModelOfstring>