The REST API is not complete and we are collecting critiques before
finishing it. We are concerned that adding too much (all API-M
functionality) into it will make it too hard to use but it still needs
to have the right capabilities. It is identified as "experimental"
because there need to be some additions and realignment of the
functions. Though it is a good start at a RESTful merger of API-A Lite
and API-M functionality it needs more work. The datastream management
functionality is incomplete and there is no simple way to manage relations.
As you are thinking about the REST API please also consider adding your
analyses/questions to the forum found at:
http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/x/VoCF
Your insights are greatly appreciated. Most Developers forum pages are
open for editing, adding new pages, or comments. Over time we would
like to get significant developer threads like this into forums on the
FC Wiki too so we can build better "how-to-do" documentation. By next
week I should have the FC Developers Forum space be a subscriber to the
fedora-commons-developers mailing list to enable easier cross referencing.
--
Daniel W. Davis
Chief Software Architect, Fedora Commons
http://www.fedora-commons.org
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
<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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phil.cryer
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