printers.md

List of Campus Printer

GET /resoruces/printers.{format}

Description

This method returns a list of printer on campus

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	Yes
Method ID	1123	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	resources	Service ID	229
Information Steward	Institution of Analysis & Planning (IAP)	Data Type	CSV
Update Frequency	When updated by pull request	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Usage won't increase if there is no data returned
• This data is community curated on github
• Any value can be null

Sources

• https://github.com/uWaterloo/Datasets/tree/master/Printers

Parameters

GET /resoruces/printers.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
key	filter	yes	Your API key
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• xml

Examples

GET /resoruces/printers.{format}

• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/printers.json
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/printers.xml
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/printers.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
printer	string	Name of the printer
ad	string	Printers active directory id
server	string	Printer server name
comment	string	Additional comments on the printer
driver	string	Printer driver information
room	string	Printer's physical room location
faculty	string	Faculty the printer belongs to

Any value can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":147,
    "timestamp":1382027585,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":1123,
    "version":2.07,
    "method":{
      
    }
  },
  "data":[
    {
      "printer":"deancopy",
      "ad":"CN=AHSCOSERV-deancopy;CN=ahscoserv;OU=AHSCO;OU=GROUPS;OU=AHS;OU=Domain Member Servers;DC=NEXUS;DC=UWATERLOO;DC=CA",
      "server":"AHSCOSERV",
      "comment":"Redeployed June 12; 2012",
      "driver":"Xerox Global Print Driver PCL",
      "room":"3rd Floor",
      "faculty":"AHS"
    },
    {
      "printer":"hsgprt2IP",
      "ad":"CN=AHSCOSERV-hsgprt2IP;CN=ahscoserv;OU=AHSCO;OU=GROUPS;OU=AHS;OU=Domain Member Servers;DC=NEXUS;DC=UWATERLOO;DC=CA",
      "server":"AHSCOSERV",
      "comment":"-",
      "driver":"HP LaserJet 4250 PS",
      "room":"HSG Grad",
      "faculty":"AHS"
    },
    {
      "printer":"recprt2IP",
      "ad":"CN=AHSCOSERV-recprt2IP;CN=ahscoserv;OU=AHSCO;OU=GROUPS;OU=AHS;OU=Domain Member Servers;DC=NEXUS;DC=UWATERLOO;DC=CA",
      "server":"AHSCOSERV",
      "comment":"Created June 4; 2010",
      "driver":"HP LaserJet 4250 PS",
      "room":"RLS Grad",
      "faculty":"AHS"
    },
    {
      "printer":"p_arts-mps-admin",
      "ad":"CN=NXSARTSAPP-p_arts-mps-admin;CN=NXSARTSAPP;OU=Psych has permissions;OU=Arts;OU=Domain Member Servers;DC=NEXUS;DC=UWATERLOO;DC=CA",
      "server":"NXSARTSAPP",
      "comment":"Master of Public Service - Admin Printer",
      "driver":"Xerox GPD PS V2.1",
      "room":"180 King",
      "faculty":"Arts"
    }
  ]
}