Hi Robert,

On 27/01/16 1:11 AM, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
> 
> On 2016-01-26 0:41, Sebastian Castro wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I'm currently testing the API to get a list of my own measurements. The
>> API here reports
>>
>> -----------
>> Querying for Your Own Measurements
>>
>> In order to limit the results to your measurements only, just add a
>> mine=true argument. For example:
>>
>>   /api/v1/measurement/?mine=true
>> Note that this only works if you're logged in, otherwise the result is
>> the same as for any unauthenticated user.
>> -----------
>>
>> This seems to imply you need to manage a session within your code to get
>> your own measurements, which I think violates the principle of a REST
>> API. If you have the API key that provides you with access, shouldn't be
>> reasonable to run the call as
>>
>>  /api/v1/measurement/?mine=true&key=API_KEY
>>
>> and get a list of your own measurements?
>>
>> Thoughts? Am I reading the documentation in the wrong way?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can you provide your use case here? What's the purpose for getting a list of
> your on measurements from a script? Shouldn't your scripts already know
> about the measurements they started? :-)
> 

That's usually the case, except when a there is a user interruption of
the script, a strange failure case or any other that prevents the script
to save the list of measurements at the right time :)

Cheers,

> Cheers,
> Robert
> 

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Sebastian Castro
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