Ok, great stuff. Thanks Morten!
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Accessing the API is just as simple as before, we never defaulted to a > JSON browsable API before. What we did, is to remove the old (and outdated) > HTML rendering. For app developer, there should be no difference (unless > you were parsing the HTML, but I hope you didn't). JSON is just as > supported as before, using either an extension (.json) or using the accept > header (application/json). For your app, there should be no difference. > > For browsing, we will provide an app shortly after release. > > -- > Morten > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Farai Mutero <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I must say, seconding what Knut has pointed out, I'm a bit worried by >> this development especially from a rapid app development perspective. I for >> one, am totally reliant on the json Web-API resources and interact with >> them on a day-to-day basis. So if accessing web-api *json* resources is >> becoming increasingly harder, what's the alternative for app developers? >> I'm sorry guys for being ridiculous, but please help me out? >> >> Regards >> >> Farai >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Bob Jolliffe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Much though I have to love json, this does seem to be a case where >>> maintaining an xml stylesheet is the cleanest separation of form and >>> content. >>> >>> What about adding an xml processing instruction to the xml like: >>> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" >>> href="<some base url>/dxf2html.xsl"?><document> >>> ...</document> >>> >>> >>> This will have no effect on consuming the xml normally (except for >>> making it one line longer) but will allow a browser to render it nicely. >>> >>> Of course dxf2html.xsl would have to be maintained. It could be >>> provided by an app. Or the whole url could be just a system setting. Then >>> if the setting exists the processing instruction is emitted, if not then >>> its not. Or there is a basic functionality which can be overridden by an >>> app ... >>> >>> >>> On 14 July 2014 05:19, Morten Olav Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Of course we could do that, but that would take away part of the >>>> restfulness of the API. I don't think we should change the way our links >>>> works, just because a plugin supports making http://* into real links. >>>> I understand that it is a bit harder to browse the API right now, but that >>>> should be fixed soon. We don't have to wait for 2.17 to be released for >>>> this, it could easily live as an external app, it shouldn't take long to >>>> develop something like that. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Morten >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So you can't just add .json to these links? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Morten Olav Hansen < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We do expose JSON as the default, if you send header "Accept: */*" >>>>>> that would return a JSON result. Problem is that the browser is usually >>>>>> sending something like "Accept: text/html, application/xml, ....." so >>>>>> since >>>>>> it has no match for text/html, it will go to application/xml. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are hoping to provide an API browser app for 2.17. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Morten >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> A shortcut to making an app would be if we exposed .json by default >>>>>>> instead of XML: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://apps.dhis2.org/dev/api/resources.json has nicely clickable >>>>>>> links if the user has something like JSONView installed: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jsonview/chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Knut >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Lars Helge Øverland < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> yes its intentional. The HTML templates were static and too much >>>>>>>> hassle to keep in synch with the model. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> App idea: make an app that renders a nice, linked HTML-view for all >>>>>>>> resources based on the json resources. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Lars >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Or is there just a missing style file: >>>>>>>>> This XML file does not appear to have any style information >>>>>>>>> associated with it >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>> When I browse the API in 2.16, I seem to get XM >>>>>>>>>> https://apps.dhis2.org/dev/api/resources >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> instead of HTML, like it was in 2.15 >>>>>>>>>> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/resources >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is this intentional? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Knut Staring >>>>>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>>>>>>>>> +4791880522 >>>>>>>>>> http://dhis2.org >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Knut Staring >>>>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>>>>>>>> +4791880522 >>>>>>>>> http://dhis2.org >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Knut Staring >>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>>>>>> +4791880522 >>>>>>> http://dhis2.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Knut Staring >>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>>>> +4791880522 >>>>> http://dhis2.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Farai Mutero >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- Farai Mutero
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