Web API protocol

The Web API protocol expands Niagara Analytics Framework’s potential by providing programmatic access to the collected data. Using APIs, a third-party company can create custom dashboards and export data processed by the Niagara Analytics Framework to an external storage location locally or in the cloud.

It also allows third party companies to create custom dashboards or pull data processed by the framework engine to an external storage present locally or in the cloud.

The Niagara Analytics Web API is an HTTP-based protocol that uses JSON messaging to access data including Niagara Analytics Framework data definitions. The analytics palette contains the Web API component, which you can drag to the AnalyticService in the Nav tree. This component makes all the API protocols easily available.