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Including relations

Use the relations parameter to include one or more related entities in a single response.
The entity types are organized in a tree structure. So for example, the sites entity has two children, containers and members. You can reduce network traffic by using the relations parameter to include one or more child entities in a single response. The parameter is a comma separated list of entity types
relations=entity1,entity2,...
If you invoked the following API method using the HTTP GET method:
sites?relations=containers,members
SkyVault Content Services returns a list of site objects, and retrieves the child container and member objects for each site in the returned collection, and returns them in a peer object of the entry object containing the site. Here is an example of the returned JSON:
{
  "list" : {
    "pagination" : {
      "count" : 2,
      "hasMoreItems" : false,
      "totalItems" : 2,
      "skipCount" : 0,
      "maxItems" : 100
    },
    "entries" : [ {
      "entry" : {
        "id" : "test",
        "title" : "test",
        "visibility" : "PUBLIC"
      },
      "relations" : {
        "containers" : {
          "list" : {
            "pagination" : {
              "count" : 1,
              "hasMoreItems" : false,
              "totalItems" : 1,
              "skipCount" : 0,
              "maxItems" : 100
            },
            "entries" : [ {
              "entry" : {
                "id" : "5b0d84c8-0749-4fee-bd4f-9134d6990e5b",
                "folderId" : "documentLibrary"
              }
            } ]
          }
        },
        "members" : {
          "list" : {
            "pagination" : {
              "count" : 2,
              "hasMoreItems" : false,
              "skipCount" : 0,
              "maxItems" : 100
            },
            "entries" : [ {
              "entry" : {
                "id" : "fred-bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                "person" : {
                  "enabled" : true,
                  "lastName" : Bloggs",
                  "id" : "fred.bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                  "email" : "fred.bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                  "company" : {
                  },
                  "firstName" : "Fred"
                },
                "role" : "SiteManager"
              }
            }, {
              "entry" : {
                "id" : "joe-bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                "person" : {
                  "enabled" : true,
                  "lastName" : "Bloggs",
                  "id" : "joe.bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                  "email" : "joe.bloggs@yourcompany.com",
                  "company" : {
                  },
                  "firstName" : "Joe"
                },
                "role" : "SiteConsumer"
              }
            } ]
          }
        }
      }
    }, {
      "entry" : {
        "id" : "fred-bloggs-yourcompany-com",
        "title" : "Fred Bloggs's Home",
        "visibility" : "PRIVATE",
        "description" : "Fred Bloggs's private home site."
      },
      "relations" : {
        "containers" : {
          "list" : {
            "pagination" : {
              "count" : 1,
              "hasMoreItems" : false,
              "totalItems" : 1,
              "skipCount" : 0,
              "maxItems" : 100
            },
            "entries" : [ {
              "entry" : {
                "id" : "289f9030-eef6-421f-bdb6-1e6d2da165b6",
                "folderId" : "documentLibrary"
              }
            } ]
          }
        },
        "members" : {
          "list" : {
            "pagination" : {
              "count" : 1,
              "hasMoreItems" : false,
              "skipCount" : 0,
              "maxItems" : 100
            },
            "entries" : [ {
              "entry" : {
                "id" : "fred.bloggs@alfresco.com",
                "person" : {
                  "enabled" : true,
                  "lastName" : "Bloggs",
                  "location" : "Somewhere",
                  "avatarId" : "85d45e64-eb02-44e1-b989-dbf571ab0704",
                  "instantMessageId" : "fredb",
                  "googleId" : "fredb@gmail.com",
                  "id" : "fred.bloggs@alfresco.com",
                  "skypeId" : "fredb",
                  "email" : "fred.bloggs@alfresco.com",
                  "description" : "Been with company for n years",
                  "company" : {
                    "organization" : "Your Company",
                    "address1" : "Some place",
                    "address2" : "Somewhere",
                    "postcode" : "Z99 9Z9",
                    "telephone" : "01234 123456",
                    "fax" : "01234 123457",
                    "email" : "info@yourcompany.com"
                  },
                  "firstName" : "Fred",
                  "telephone" : "01234 567890",
                  "jobTitle" : "VP of something",
                  "mobile" : "07777 567890"
                },
                "role" : "SiteManager"
              }
            } ]
          }
        }
      }
    } ]
  }
}