Endpoint URL: https://api.alfinsight.com/odata/Brands

Returns data ALF holds about Brands.

OData relations

Expandable entities

These can be fetched along with the Brand data using OData's $expand option.

• Spend - Brand's historical spend data. Spend data is sourced from Nielsen.

Related entities

These require a separate API request based on a single Brand. If you know the BrandId of a Brand you are interested in, you can fetch related data using URL in the format:

https://api.alfinsight.com/odata/Brands({BrandId})/{Relation}

• Spend - Brand's historical spend data. Spend data is sourced from Nielsen.
• Companies - Related Companies.
• Contacts - Contacts that work on the Brand.

Field Specifications

Key field(s): BrandId

To fetch details for one Brand using the key field(s), call the endpoint with URL in format: /odata/Brands({BrandId})

Spend is expandable, so you can fetch it with Brand data in one request like this:

You can also fetch Spend for one Brand in this format:

Field Specifications

Key field(s): BrandId, SpendType, Year, Quarter

To fetch details for one Brand Spend using the key field(s), call the endpoint with URL in format: /odata/BrandSpend({BrandId}, {SpendType}, {Year}, {Quarter})

You can fetch the Brand's related Companies in this format:

Field Specifications

Key field(s): CompanyId

To fetch details for one Company using the key field(s), call the endpoint with URL in format: /odata/Companies({CompanyId})

You can fetch the Contacts working for on a Brand with a URL in this format:

Field Specifications

Key field(s): JobId

To fetch details for one Contact using the key field(s), call the endpoint with URL in format: /odata/Contacts({JobId})