I'm +1 axing the full json dump for maps

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:37 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>


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Sebastian Benthall
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org

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