Hi Phil,
I found two resources very helpful:
1. The TestRESTAPI class in SVN has extremely helpful working examples:
http://fedora-commons.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fedora-commons/fedora/tags/release-3.1/src/test/junit/fedora/test/api/TestRESTAPI.java
The organization of the code might seem slightly off putting at first
if you aren't familiar with testing methods (e.g., assertEquals.) It
doesn't take at all long, however, to understand the flow of the code
(provided you have some Java experience), after which you are flying.
Even if you aren't familiar with Java, the class might still be
helpful in constructing your calls.
2. The Fedora REST API documenation:
http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCR30/Fedora+REST+API
This might be better if you aren't familiar with Java.
I found the two resources in combination to be excellent.
james
On Nov 21, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Phil Cryer wrote:
How do I modify a datastream using REST? I dug into it today, and I
don't have a grip on as I thought I did. I searched around and
found plenty of documentation ON the functionality in FC, but not
much on exactly how to use it. Currently I have XML files that need
to be entered into Fedora to update EXISTING objects. Would I
convert the XML -> FOXML and the call that file via a curl command
to modify it? I think that's it, but am unsure of exactly how to do
this. I found Matt's documentation on Mediashelf's site, and it
lists this:
curl -i -H "Content-type: text/xml" -XPUT "http://localhost:8080/fedora/objects/test:02/datastreams/DS1?dsLabel=hello&altIDs=3333
" --data-binary @build.xml -u fedoraAdmin:fedoraAdmin
So I'm assuming I'd plug in my pid, but after that I get lost. I
know I want to use 'modifyObject' somewhere, but my attempts haven't
worked. After that, do I call the XML file (as he's done here with
build.xml) for it to update against, and again, XML or FOXML for that?
Thanks for any advice or docs.
P
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