Re: [dspace-tech] Re: Dspace 5.4 and searching with REST

Hi Mark, the plan is definitely to extend the REST API to provide those functions, it just doesn't have them yet. The DSpace 7 UI decision could be a huge boon to add all the needed endpoints for implementing a UI in any non-Java language. Using Solr or the DB where REST API falls short is the

Re: [dspace-tech] Re: Dspace 5.4 and searching with REST

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Mark Ehle wrote: > The owning collection of an item Did you use the expand parameter? https://demo.dspace.org/rest/items?expand=parentCollection Regards, ~~helix84 Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette

Re: [dspace-tech] Re: Dspace 5.4 and searching with REST

Mark, The DSpace REST API has been enhanced with each of the major DSpace releases, and it is still a work in progress. You may be interested in the discussions around the future of the DSpace User Interface. https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+UI+Prototype+Challenge The evolution

[dspace-tech] Re: Dspace 5.4 and searching with REST

So after messing around with dspace's REST and getting a semi-working php search to work with it, I am struck by how much I still had to talk to SOLR and postgres directly. So it got me wondering, just what is the REST interface for? I was under the impression that I would be able to use it to