View source for Get Assets By Item Category

== Summary ==
{| border="1" class="wikitable"

! Asset by item category
! colspan="2" | 
|-
! URL
| colspan="2" |  http://:base_url/:api_path/:version/asset/category?api_key=YOUR_KEY&category=CATEGORY
|-
! Type
| colspan="2" | GET
|-
! Params:
| api_key || required 
|-
! 
| category || required
|-
! Response
| colspan="2" | JSON
|}

The Get Asset method returns the asset corresponding to the category name specified.

== Response Parameters ==
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! Field
! Description
|-
! location
| Asset location 
|-
|-
! status
| Contains both external id and status name for asset status
|-
|-
! description
| Asset description
|-
|-
! item
| Contains the name, category and external id of the item the asset is linked to
|-
! serial_number
| Asset serial number
|-
! created_at
| Date asset was created
|-
! last_updated_by
| User who last updated asset
|-
! external_id
| Asset external id
|-
! last_scanned_by
| User who last scanned asset
|-
! custom_fields
| Asset custom fields
|-
! last_updated_by
| User who last updated asset
|-
! job
| Job the asset is linked to
|-
! customer
| Customer the asset is linked to
|-
! branch
| Branch the asset is linked to
|-
|}

== Example response ==
<source lang="java">
{
   "location":"aPlace2",
   "status":{
      "external_id":null,
      "name":"test"
   },
   "description":"describingwords",
   "item":{
      "external_id":null,
      "category":"test3",
      "name":"Woo"
   },
   "serial_number":"serialNo456",
   "created_at":1376650412900,
   "last_updated_by":null,
   "external_id":"sss32",
   "last_scanned_by":null,
   "job":{
      "job_ number":"123"
   },
   "customer":{
      "name":"john"
   },
   "custom_fields":{
      "testFieldName3":"testFieldValue3",
      "testFieldName2":"testFieldValue2",
      "testFieldName1":"testFieldValue1"
   },
   "branch":{
      "name":"DarrenDevTest"
   }
}
</source>

== Example curl request ==

curl "http://live.mymobileworkers.com:8080/api/1/assets/category/?api_key=darrenwebapi&category=test3"