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API Publishing for Extensions:

In Business Central, when creating custom APIs like RoomsAPI, it is important to ensure that they are automatically published during the installation or upgrade of the extension.

To achieve this, you can include a codeunit of type Install in the extension that explicitly publishes the custom API (RoomsAPI) as a web service. This ensures that it is available for use immediately after the extension is deployed without requiring manual intervention.

Codeunit Type:

A codeunit of type Install runs when the extension is installed or upgraded. This type of codeunit can be used to perform setup tasks such as publishing web services or APIs like RoomsAPI.

Why Not Other Options?

Option A (default API configuration): This would not automatically publish the RoomsAPI. Default APIs do not cover custom APIs.

Option B (enable APIs for the environment): Enabling APIs in Business Central allows the standard APIs to be used, but custom APIs still need to be manually published.

Option C (publish via Web Services page): This would work but requires manual intervention to publish RoomsAPI, which does not fulfill the requirement of automatic publishing during installation.

Reference Documentation:

Publishing APIs in Extensions

Codeunit Types in Business Central

var

TempBlob: Codeunit "Temp Blob";

IncidentOutStream: OutStream;

IncidentInStream: InStream;

ImageFilter, FileName: Text;

begin

// Initialize the TempBlob and streams

TempBlob.CreateOutStream(IncidentOutStream);

Rec.Image.ExportStream(IncidentOutStream); // 'Rec' refers to the current Room Incident record

TempBlob.CreateInStream(IncidentInStream);

// Set the filters and filename for the image

ImageFilter := 'Image Files (*.bmp,*.jpg,*.jpeg,*.gif)|*.bmp;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif';

FileName := 'Customer Picture';

// Prompt the user to download the image

if not DownloadFromStream(IncidentInStream, '', 'Download Incident Picture', '', ImageFilter, FileName) then

Error('Unable to download the image.');

end;

codeunit 52102 "POS API Management"

{

Access = Public;

Permissions = TableData "POS Information" = rwdx;

trigger OnRun()

begin

readAPI();

end;

procedure readAPI()

begin

// Your code here to read from the POS API

end;

}