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DAKboard can fetch data from other online sources via a URL. To use this feature, in the DAKboard options, under Custom Screen Settings, click the Add a Block button and select External Data/Fetch. Resize/move the block as needed, then click the pencil icon to edit the block settings. Here you'll see a URL field where you can enter the URL of your text/JSON file. 


NOTE: Your JSON file's URL must be a web-accessible secure site to be able to be used with this service. We cannot pull data from local sources.


The format of the data DAKboard is expecting should be one of the following formats:


Plain Text:


DAKboard will fetch and display plain text from a URL:


Sales today: 176



JSON Object:


DAKboard can also fetch a JSON object in name-value pair format like the following example:


{
"status":"active",
"temperature":"38",
"timestamp":"2018-09-12 16:23:11"
}



After adding the URL in the Fetch block settings, you can then select which data points to show on DAKboard, and set a name and optionally a description and icon:



Save changes to the Fetch block, and it will appear on your DAKboard looking like this: 




JSON Array:


DAKboard can also fetch an array of JSON data formatted as follows:


[
{
"value":"176",
"title":"Sales",
"subtitle":"Today"
},
{
"value":"194",
"title":"Sales",
"subtitle":"Yesterday"
}
]


Value is a required field. The title and subtitle are optional.




Authentication:


DAKboard supports fetching JSON data with the following authentication methods: 

  • None
  • Basic (username/password)
  • Bearer Token


Custom Images from JSON Data:


In the JSON block settings, you can enter another JSON field name into the "Icon Name" field to display an image from a URL that is part of the returned JSON:



The icon name should be appended with two underscores ( __ ). If it's multiple levels deep in your JSON data, it would look like:


 levelOne__levelTwo__url


This adds the URL to an img tag and displays it on the screen. We gave it a class name of JSON-data-icon if you need to style it further in the custom CSS.


Also, just a note: that URL field could also contain a FontAwesome icon class name if you wanted to provide the class name and use the existing icon set.


Additional Formatting:


DAKboard supports the additional formatting of data by both rounding and truncating:



Frequently Asked Questions:

Can you add time or date stamps in the JSON formatting?

Currently, you cannot append date time stamps in your JSON formatting as DAKboard cannot use them.