Is this a useful distinction? It seems like having a filterable listing is better than having a listing and a search, api-wise. In fact, we should probably enforce a maximum page size on the listing query either way.
-d On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Sebastian Benthall <[email protected]>wrote: > The difference between /maps and /maps/search/api currently is that /maps > is a straight json dump of all the map configurations, and /maps/search/api > provides extra information about the search in its results and accepts query > parameters that are useful especially if you are trying to populate a paging > Extjs table with the results. > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]>wrote: > >> What is the distinction between an API and a Search API? >> >> -d >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Sebastian Benthall <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Proposal for 1.0:* >>> >>> /data >>> /data/search >>> /data/search/api >>> >>> /maps *<-- the only proposed change*(s) >>> /maps/api *<-- the only proposed change*(s) >>> /maps/search >>> /maps/search/api >>> >>> >>> *Alternative proposal for 1.0:* >>> Same as a above but dropping maps/api entirely. >>> >>> >>> *Speculative proposal for future release:* >>> >>> /search >>> /search/api >>> >>> /data >>> /data/api --> ??? >>> /data/search --> redirects to /search?flag=data >>> /data/search/api --> redirects to /search/api?flag=data >>> >>> /maps >>> /maps/api --> full json dump >>> /maps/search --> redirects to /search?flag=maps >>> /maps/search/api --> redirects to /search/api?flag=maps >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:04 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> It would be nice to flesh this out a bit to avoid shifting URLs around >>>> after the 1.0 release if we can help it. >>>> >>>> -d >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Sebastian Benthall >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Currently combined maps and data search is unspecified except for "it >>>>> would be nice to combine maps and data search some day." >>>>> >>>>> So I suppose this doesn't interact with those plans at all. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:59 AM, David Winslow >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How does this interact with plans to unify map search with data >>>>>> search? >>>>>> >>>>>> -d >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Ariel Nunez < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> > I propose we change the url structure in these ways: >>>>>>> > /maps - overview page of GeoNode's map-related tools >>>>>>> (was /community ) >>>>>>> > /maps/api - a json dump of all map configurations >>>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I thought about this issue too a couple of weeks ago, and agree with >>>>>>> your proposal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ariel >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sebastian Benthall >>>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sebastian Benthall >>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Sebastian Benthall > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > >
