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Performing an AJAX Request to View/Customize Web Alerts (v9.1)

As of ILLiad 9.1, a new AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) method is available to retrieve a JSON output of web alerts. This improves the ability to be able to customize web alerts.

Response Examples​

If called without an authenticated session the results will only include current system alerts. If a user is currently authenticated and has a valid web session, the results will also include alerts targeted to them specifically via username or by status.

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Replace "illiad.institution" with illiad. your servername.

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Example of a request made when user is not authenticated:​

GEThttp://illiad.institution/illiad/illiad.dll/ajax?query=WebAlerts

Results:

{"alerts":[{"id":"1","identifierType":"System","alertTitle":"Test","alertMessage":"This alert should be seen by all users","createdDate":"2018-06-18T15:40:57.577","activeDate":"2018-06-18T00:00:00.000","expirationDate":"2018-09-05T00:00:00.000","alertDeletable":"false"}]}
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Example of a request made when the user is authenticated. The response will include user alerts, status alerts, and system alerts:​

GEThttp://illiad.institution/illiad/illiad.dll/ajax?query=WebAlerts

Results:

{"alerts":[{"id":"1003","identifierType":"Status","identifierValue":"Graduate","alertTitle":"Graduate","alertMessage":"This is a graduate alert","createdDate":"2018-07-10T20:14:48.040","activeDate":"2018-07-10T00:00:00.000","expirationDate":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000","al