Schema definition of parameters

This documents explains the schema of parameters that are passed into our web app from outsite (such as current MM implementation).

It looks like:

http://mmweb.ncsa.uiuc.edu/marketmaker/#IL/food/business/1234;2345/17;18

/#[state]/[flovor]/[searchtype]/[profileID...]/[ROIs...]

[state]

• State abbreviations
• Example: IL, IN, etc.
• Default value: IL

[flavor]

• Flavor
• Possible values: food (for now)
• Default value: food

[searchtype]

• Search type
• Possible values: business, consumer
• Default value: consumer

[profileID...]

• Business profile IDs
• Can be multiple values.
• Each values separated by semi-colon(;)
• Example: 1234;2345
• Default value: na

[ROIs...]

• Region of Interest
• Can be multiple values.
• Each values separated by semi-colon(;)
• Possible values: FIPS code or Zip code
• Zip Code should starts with "z"
  • Example: z61822;z61820
• Can't mix different type of ROIs (city fips and state fips)
• Default value: 17 (IL fips)