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What Is Syncano

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Overview

In this chapter you will learn: - What are Data Objects - What's inside a Data Object
## Chapter contents 1. [Introduction](#introduction) 2. [Data Object Fields](#data-object-fields) 3. [Field Types](#field-types) 4. [Adding custom (user defined) fields to Data Objects](#adding-custom-user-defined-fields-to-data-objects) 5. [Summary](#summary) [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "Introduction" } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "warning", "body": "Because Data Objects on Syncano are schema based, you'll need to create a Data Class, where you can define a schema for your Data Objects. Creating Data Classes is described in [this chapter](doc:classes-overview)." } [/block] You can store data on Syncano using Data Objects. Data Objects are similar to `JSON` objects, that contain key-value pairs defined by you during Data Class creation. All of them also have default attributes defined by Syncano. [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "Data Object Fields" } [/block] Here's how a simple Data Object representing a book could look like: [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"id\": 55,\n \"author\": \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",\n \"title\": \"The Fellowship of the Ring\",\n \"text\": \"Hobbits and stuff\",\n \"created_at\": \"2015-02-05T13:38:33.829340Z\", \n \"updated_at\": \"2015-05-18T21:36:02.410173Z\", \n \"revision\": 2, \n \"owner\": null, \n \"owner_permissions\": \"none\", \n \"group\": null, \n \"group_permissions\": \"none\", \n \"other_permissions\": \"none\", \n \"channel\": null, \n \"channel_room\": null, \n \"links\": {\n \"self\": \"/v1.1/instances/syncano/classes/test/objects/55/\"\n }\n}", "language": "json" } ] } [/block] Apart from `author`, `title` and `text` fields, which you would define when creating a data class, there are several built-in fields, which every object has. They are listed in the table below: [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Field", "h-1": "Type", "0-0": "id", "0-1": "integer", "1-0": "created_at", "2-0": "updated_at", "3-0": "revision", "3-1": "integer", "4-0": "links", "1-1": "datetime", "2-1": "datetime", "4-1": "array", "h-2": "Description", "0-2": "Data Object identifier", "1-2": "Data Object creation date in ISO 8601, UTC date time format with microsecond precision (i.e. 2015-02-13T07:32:05.659737Z)", "2-2": "Data Object latest modification date in in ISO 8601, UTC date time format with microsecond precision (i.e. 2015-02-13T07:32:05.659737Z)", "3-2": "Version of a Data Object. It increments every time a Data Object is updated in any way.", "4-2": "[HATEOAS](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9192648/hateoas-concise-description) Links." }, "cols": 3, "rows": 5 } [/block] As you can see, there are several fields that were not mentioned in the table above: - `owner`, `owner_permissions`, `group`, `group_permissions`, `other_permissions` - these fields relate to permissions system on Syncano. You can read about them later in the [Permissions Chapter](doc:permissions) - `channel` and `channel_room` - these fields can be used to take advantage of real-time communication features Syncano provides. You can read about the concept in depth in the [Realtime Communication](doc:realtime-communication) chapter. [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "Field Types" } [/block] In our book example, `author`, `title` and `text` fields are custom and were created by a Syncano user. These custom fields can have several different types: [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Type", "h-1": "Description", "h-2": "Limit", "0-0": "`string`", "1-0": "`text`", "2-0": "`integer`", "3-0": "`float`", "6-0": "`boolean`", "7-0": "`datetime`", "8-0": "`file`", "9-0": "`reference`", "10-0": "`geopoint`", "4-0": "`array`", "5-0": "`object`", "5-1": "an unordered collection of key:value pairs", "4-1": "an ordered sequence of values", "0-1": "double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping", "3-1": "Fractions like 0.3, -0.912 etc. Double precision field with up to 15 decimal digit precision", "6-1": "`true` or `false`", "2-1": "Digits 1-9, 0 and positive or negative", "1-1": "double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping", "7-1": "ISO 8601, UTC date time format with microsecond precision (i.e. 2015-02-13T07:32:05.659737Z)", "8-2": "128mb", "0-2": "128 max character length", "1-2": "32000 max character length", "2-2": "32-bit (signed)", "3-2": "64-bit", "9-1": "Reference to a different Data Object", "10-1": "longitude and latitude", "8-1": "stored as a url" }, "cols": 3, "rows": 11 } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "A default value for any field type is `null`. What it means, is that when a Data Object is created and there's no value assigned to a custom property, it's value will be `null`." } [/block] [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "Adding custom (user defined) fields to Data Objects" } [/block] The custom fields are defined when creating a Data Class that wraps your Data Objects. [block:image] { "images": [ { "image": [ "https://files.readme.io/sfCcsQ0IQzs2QC1VBoZH_Field_types.png", "Field_types.png", "1279", "655", "#697c9e", "" ] } ] } [/block] You can read more about user-defined field types in the [Data Classes chapter](classes#section-types-of-class-schema-fields). [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "Summary" } [/block] You should have an overview of what Data Objects are and what kind of data types can be stored in Data Objects. It's time to learn the [basics of adding, updating, deleting and listing Data Objects](basics).