Ah, it seems the `/rest/items/find-by-metadata-field` endpoint doesn't exist in DSpace 4.x. Neither does the `/rest/login` endpoint. The docs need to make more of a point to say which versions these are supposed to work in... ;)
Alan On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:24 PM Alan Orth <alan.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. It seems my query is well formed but it returns an "HTTP 405 > Method Not Allowed" response. Perhaps DSpace 4.x's REST API isn't > sufficient for the find-by-metadata-field query. Or perhaps I need to log > in as you illustrated here: > > https://github.com/BrunoNZ/dspace-rest-requests > > I guess I'll fork that repo and give this a more structured test. I > already found some syntax and usability bugs there (mixing sh and bash, not > reading the sourced variables, etc). > > Alan > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Bruno Zanette <brunonzane...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey Alan, >> Take a look at the commentaries on the REST-API's documentation's page. >> I've answered a similar question there. >> >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/REST+API?focusedCommentId=68068154#comment-68068154 >> >> But basically, the request that you have to send is something like this: >> curl -k -4 -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: >> application/json" -X POST " >> https://demo.dspace.org/rest/items/find-by-metadata-field"; -d '{"key": >> "dc.title","value": "Test Webpage","language": "en_US"}' >> >> Em qua, 10 de jun de 2015 às 14:08, Alan Orth <alan.o...@gmail.com> >> escreveu: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I'm using DSpace 4.3 and trying to search for items matching certain >>> metadata. The REST API docs on GitHub[0] mention that you can POST to >>> `rest/items/find-by-metadata-field`, but it doesn't give any more >>> information than that (like how to specify query parameters). >>> >>> I've tried several variations of the following: >>> >>> $ http --print Hhb POST ' >>> http://localhost:8080/rest/items/find-by-metadata-field' >>> dc.subject="LACTATION" >>> >>> It always returns with an HTTP 405. What is the proper way to use this? >>> Does the POST require I login first or something? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> [0] https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/tree/master/dspace-rest >>> >>> -- >>> Alan Orth >>> alan.o...@gmail.com >>> https://alaninkenya.org >>> https://mjanja.ch >>> "In heaven all the interesting people are missing." -Friedrich Nietzsche >>> GPG public key ID: 0x8cb0d0acb5cd81ec209c6cdfbd1a0e09c2f836c0 >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >>> List Etiquette: >>> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette >> >> > > > -- > Alan Orth > alan.o...@gmail.com > https://alaninkenya.org > https://mjanja.ch > "In heaven all the interesting people are missing." -Friedrich Nietzsche > GPG public key ID: 0x8cb0d0acb5cd81ec209c6cdfbd1a0e09c2f836c0 >
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