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2 :description:
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3 Documentation on the RESTful interface to the Roundup Issue
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4 Tracker. Enable REST access, endpoints, methods,
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5 authentication, discovery.
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7 .. index:: pair: api; Representational state transfer
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8 pair: api; rest
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10 ====================
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11 REST API for Roundup
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12 ====================
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14 .. contents::
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15 :local:
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16 :depth: 3
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18 Introduction
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19 ============
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21 After the 1.6.0 Release, a REST-API developed in 2015 during a
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22 Google Summer of Code (GSOC) by Chau Nguyen, supervised by Ezio
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23 Melotti was integrated. The code was updated by Ralf Schlatterbeck and
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26 pagination, and field embedding, among others.
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28 Enabling the REST API
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29 =====================
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31 The REST API can be disabled in the ``[web]`` section of ``config.ini``
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32 via the variable ``enable_rest`` which is ``yes`` by default.
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34 Users have to be authorized to use the rest api. The user must have
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38 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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40 This is usually included near where other permissions like "Web Access"
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41 or "Email Access" are assigned.
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43 You could also create a new role "rest" and assign the "Rest Access"
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47 The REST api is reached via the ``/rest/`` endpoint of the tracker
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52 ``[web]`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. Following the
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59 If ``secret_key`` is not set, the etag value returned by a REST call
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61 means users will be unable to submit changes using the rest
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62 interface. (Note, if you run roundup in a persistent mode: server,
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64 explicitly set.)
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66 .. _upgrading directions: upgrading.html
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68 Preventing CSRF Attacks
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80 Rate Limiting API Failed Logins
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90 the API failed login rate limiter.
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106 unsuccessful, even if the correct password is provided. This
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107 effectively prevents brute force attacks from attempting more than one
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108 password every
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109 ``api_failed_login_interval_in_sec/api_failed_login_limit`` seconds on average.
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111 The system's default settings permit a maximum of four login attempts,
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112 after which the user will experience a delay of 2.5 minutes (150
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114 the rate limiter.
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119 Roundup includes Rate Limiting for the API, which is distinct from
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120 rate limiting login attempts on the web interface.
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122 This feature can be enabled by setting the ``api_calls_per_interval``
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127 If ``api_calls_per_interval = 60`` and ``api_interval_in_sec = 60``
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129 first second and then get one call back every second. With
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157 When selecting from the database, you can limit the number of rows
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160 from roundup.rest import RestfulInstance
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161 RestfulInstance.max_response_row_size = 26
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166 error like::
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168 {
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169 "error": {
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170 "status": 400,
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172 result size: 26."
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173 }
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174 }
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178 Client API
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179 ==========
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184 from relative REST-API links for brevity.
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186 Headers
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187 -------
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189 If rate limiting is enabled there are 3 "standard" headers:
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191 **X-RateLimit-Limit**: Calls allowed per period.
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193 **X-RateLimit-Remaining**: Calls available to be completed in this window.
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195 **X-RateLimit-Reset**: window ends in this many seconds. (Note,
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196 not an epoch timestamp). After this time, all
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197 X-RateLimit-Limit calls are available again.
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199 and one helpful header to report the period that is missing
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200 from other lists of rate limit headers:
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202 **X-RateLimit-Limit-Period**: Defines period in seconds for X-RateLimit-Limit.
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204 Also if the user has exceeded the rate limit, this header is added:
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206 **Retry-After**: The number of second to wait until 1 api call will succeed.
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208 If the client has requested a deprecated API endpoint, the header:
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211 available. This is not returned by current code, but can be used
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212 when `Programming the REST API`_. It should be used as a hint that
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213 the REST endpoint will be going away. See
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217 Hyperdb Stats
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218 -------------
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220 Adding ``@stats=true`` as a GET query parameter or POST data item will
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221 augment the response with an ``@stats`` dictionary. Any value other
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222 than ``true`` (any case) will disable the ``@stats`` dictionary. When
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223 stats are enabled the response includes an ``@stats`` member and looks
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224 like::
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226 { "data": {
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227 ...
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228 "@stats": {
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229 "cache_hits": 3,
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230 "cache_misses": 1,
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231 "get_items": 0.0009722709655761719,
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232 "filtering": 0,
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233 "elapsed": 0.04731464385986328
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234 }
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235 }
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236 }
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238 These are the same values returned in the html interface by setting
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239 the ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING`` environment variable. By default performance
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240 stats are not shown. The fields are subject to change. An
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241 understanding of the code is recommended if you are going to use this
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242 info.
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244 Versioning
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245 ----------
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247 Currently there is only one version of the API. Versions are simple
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248 integers. The current version is ``1``. Version selection is
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249 implemented in the server using one of four methods (in priority
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250 order, highest first):
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252 1. Explicit version param in accept header:
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253 ``application/json; version=1``
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255 2. Version suffix in vendor accept header:
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256 ``application/vnd.json.test-v1+json``
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260 4. Adding version specifier in query string: ``@apiver=1`` (for GET).
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262 The highest priority version method will be used if multiple
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277 code 415.
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279 CORS preflight requests
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280 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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284 or get any information from the database. As a result they are
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285 available to the anonymous user and any authenticated user. The user
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288 run for preflight requests.
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290 You can permit only allowed ORIGINS by setting ``allowed_api_origins``
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304 first element, any client can read the data but they can not
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306 the anonymous user can see in the web interface.
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312 * ``Access-Control-Allow-Methods``
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316 ``allowed_api_origins`` it will also include:
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320 permitting the client to log in and perform authenticated operations.
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322 If the endpoint accepts the PATCH verb the header ``Accept-Patch`` with
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323 valid mime types (usually `application/x-www-form-urlencoded,
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324 multipart/form-data`) will be included.
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326 It will also include rate limit headers since the request is included
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327 in the rate limit for the URL. The results from the CORS preflight
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328 should be cached for a day so preflight requests are not expected to
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329 cause a problem. If it is an issue, you can see
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330 `Creating Custom Rate Limits`_
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331 and craft a rate limiter that ignores anonymous OPTIONS requests.
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333 Response Formats
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334 ----------------
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336 The default response format is json.
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338 If you add the ``dicttoxml2.py`` module you can request XML formatted
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339 data using the header ``Accept: application/xml`` in your
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340 request. Both output formats are similar in structure.
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342 ``dicttoxml2.py`` should be installed in the Python install directory,
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343 or the file can be added to the Roundup installation directory along
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344 side ``rest.py``. It can also be enabled on a per tracker basis by
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345 adding ``dicttoxml2.py`` to the lib directory in your tracker home (you
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346 may need to create the directory). Then this can be added to
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347 `interfaces.py`_ to enable xml::
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349 from roundup import rest
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350 from dicttoxml import dicttoxml as dtox # from tracker_root/lib directory
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352 rest.dicttoxml = dtox
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356 The rest interface accepts the http accept header and can include
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357 ``q`` values to specify the preferred mechanism. This is the preferred
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358 way to specify alternate acceptable response formats.
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360 To make testing from the browser easier, you can also append the
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361 extension ``.json`` or ``.xml`` to the path component of the url. This
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362 will force json or xml (if supported) output. If you use an extension
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363 it takes priority over any accept headers. Note the extension does not
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364 work for the ``/rest`` or ``/rest/data`` paths. In these cases it
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365 returs a 404 error. Adding the header ``Accept: application/xml``
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368 The rest interface returns status 406 if you use an unrecognized
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369 extension. You will also get a 406 status if none of the entries in
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370 the accept header are available or if the accept header is invalid.
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372 Note: ``dicttoxml2.py`` is an updated version of ``dicttoxml.py``. If
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373 you are still using Python 2.7 or 3.6, you can use ``dicttoxml.py``.
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376 General Guidelines
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379 Performing a ``GET`` on an item or property of an item will return an
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380 ETag header or an @etag property. This needs to be submitted with
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381 ``DELETE``, ``PUT`` and ``PATCH`` operations on the item using an
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383 the method supports a payload. The ETag header value will include a
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385 respond to the request. If the response was uncompressed, there will
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387 ETag value suffixed or not can be sent in an ``If-Match`` header as
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388 the suffix is ignored during comparison.
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390 The exact details of returned data is determined by the value of the
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391 ``@verbose`` query parameter. The various supported values and their
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392 effects are described in the following sections.
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394 All output is wrapped in an envelope called ``data``. The output
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395 format is described in `Response Formats`_ above.
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397 When using collection endpoints (think list of issues, users ...), the
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399 well as a ``collections`` list of objects::
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401 { "data": {
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402 "meta data field1": "value",
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403 "meta data field2": "value",
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404 "collection": [
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405 { "link": "url to item",
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406 "id": "internal identifier for item" },
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407 { "link": "url to second item",
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408 "id": "id item 2" },
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409 ... ]
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410 "@links": {
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411 "relation": [
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412 { "rel": "relation/subrelation",
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413 "uri": "uri to use to implement relation" },
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414 ...
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415 ],
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416 "relation2": [ {...} ], ...
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417 }
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418 }
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419 }
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421 available meta data is described in the documentation for the
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422 collections endpoint.
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423
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424 The ``link`` fields implement `HATEOS`_ by supplying a url for the
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425 resource represented by that object. The "link" parameter with the
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426 value of a url is a special case of the @links parameter.
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428 .. _HATEOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS
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430 In the @links object, each relationship is a list of full link json
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431 objects. These include rel (relationship) and uri properties. In the
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432 future this may be extended to include other data like content-type.
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433 However including a full @links object for every item includes a lot
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434 of overhead since in most cases only the self relationship needs to be
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435 represented.
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436
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437 Because every object, link and multilink ends up getting a url, the
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438 shorter 'link' representation is used for this special case. The
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439 ``link`` property expresses the ``self`` relationship and its value is
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440 the uri property of the full link object. In collections, properties
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441 from each item can be embedded in the returned data (see ``@fields``
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443 conflicts with the self url.
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444
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445 When using an item endpoint (think an individual issue), metadata is
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446 included in the ``data`` envelope. Inside of the envelope, the
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447 ``attributes`` object contains the data for the field/properties of
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448 the issue. Example::
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450 { "data": {
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451 "meta data field1": "value",
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452 "type": "type of item, issue, user ..."
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453 "link": "link to retrieve item",
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454 "attributes": {
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455 "title": "title of issue",
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456 "nosy": [
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457 { "link": "url for user4",
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458 "id": "4" }
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459 ],
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461 ... }
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462 }
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465 Using a property endpoint (e.g. title or nosy list for an issue) the
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466 ``data`` wrapper has a ``data`` subfield that represents the value of
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467 the property. This ``data`` subfield may be a simple string (all types
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468 except multilink) or a list of strings (multilink
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469 properties). Example::
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471 { "data": {
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472 "type": "description of class",
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473 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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474 "link": "link to retrieve property",
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475 "id": "id for object with this property",
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476 "data": "value of property"
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477 }
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478 }
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481 Special Endpoints
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482 -----------------
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483
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484 There are a few special endpoints that provide some additional data.
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485 Tracker administrators can add new endpoints. See
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486 "Programming the REST API"_ below.
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487
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488 /summary
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489 ~~~~~~~~
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491 A Summary page can be reached via ``/summary`` via the ``GET`` method.
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492 This is currently hard-coded for the standard tracker schema shipped
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493 with roundup and will display a summary of open issues.
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494
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495 /data
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496 ~~~~~
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498 This is the primary entry point for data from the tracker.
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500 The ``/data`` link will display a set of classes of the tracker. All
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501 classes can be reached via ``/data/<classname>`` where ``<classname>``
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503 Individual items of a class (e.g. a single issue) can be queried by
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505 an item can be queried by appending the property, e.g.,
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506 ``/data/issue/42/title``.
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509 All the links mentioned in the following support the http method ``GET``.
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510 Results of a ``GET`` request will always return the results as a
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511 dictionary with the entry ``data`` referring to the returned data.
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512
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513 Details are in the sections below.
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515 /data/\ *class* Collection
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516 --------------------------
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518 When you use the ``GET`` method on a class (like ``/data/issue``), the
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519 ``data`` will include the number of available items in
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520 ``@total_size``. If the size exceeds the administrative limit (which
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522 navigate to the last page of results, you can use the ``next`` links
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523 or increment ``@page_index`` until the result does not include a
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524 ``next`` ``@link`` or ``@total_size`` is not ``-1``. The value of the
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525 HTTP header ``X-Count-Total`` is the same as ``@total_size``.
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527 A ``collection`` list contains the id and link to the
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528 respective item. For example a get on https://.../rest/data/issue
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529 returns::
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531 {
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532 "data": {
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533 "collection": [
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534 {
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535 "id": "1",
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536 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1"
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537 },
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538 {
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539 "id": "100",
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540 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/100"
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541 }
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542 ...
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543 ],
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544 "@total_size": 171
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545 }
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546 }
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548 Collection endpoints support a number of features as seen in the next
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549 sections.
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550
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551 Having an empty ``collection`` does not mean next next link will not
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552 return more data. The row limit is applied when the query is made to
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553 the database. The result set is then filtered, removing rows that the
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554 user does not have permission to access. So it is possible to have no
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555 data items on a page because the user does not have access to them. If
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556 you use ``@page_size`` near the administrative limit, you may receive
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557 fewer rows than requested. However, this does not mean you are out of
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558 data.
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559
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560 All clients must be programmed to expect pagination decorations in the
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561 response. See the section on pagination below for details.
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562
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563 Searching
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564 ~~~~~~~~~
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565
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566 Searching is done by adding roundup field names and values as query
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567 parameters. Using: https://.../rest/data/issue you can search using:
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568
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569 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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570 :header-rows: 1
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571 :widths: 20 20 80
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572 :class: valign-top
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573
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574 * - Query parameter
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575 - Field type
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576 - Explanation
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577 * - ``title=foo``
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578 - String
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579 - perform a substring search and find any issue with the word foo
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580 in the title.
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581 * - ``status=2``
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582 - Link
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583 - find any issue whose status link is set to the id 2.
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584 * - ``status=open``
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585 - Link
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586 - find any issue where the name of the status is open.
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587 Note this is not a string match so using status=ope will fail.
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588 * - ``nosy=1``
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589 - MultiLink
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590 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the id 1.
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591 * - ``nosy=admin``
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592 - MultiLink
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593 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the user admin.
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594 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=admi will fail.
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595 * - ``booleanfield=1`` - also values: true, TRUE, yes, YES etc. Other
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596 values match false.
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597 - Boolean
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598 - find an issue with the boolean field set to true.
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599
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600 As seen above, Links and Multilinks can be specified numerically or
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601 symbolically, e.g., searching for issues in status ``closed`` can be
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602 achieved by searching for ``status=closed`` or ``status=3`` (provided
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603 the ``closed`` status has ID 3). Note that even though the symbolic
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604 name is a string, in this case it is also a key value. As a result it
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605 only does an exact match.
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606
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607 Searching for strings (e.g. the issue title, or a keyword name)
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608 performs a case-insensitive substring search. Searching for
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609 ``title=Something`` (or in long form title~=Something) will find all
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610 issues with "Something" or "someThing", etc. in the title.
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611
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612 Changing the search to ``title:=Something`` (note the ``:``) performs an
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613 exact case-sensitive string match for exactly one word ``Something``
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614 with a capital ``S``. Another example is:
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615 ``title:=test+that+nosy+actually+works.`` where the + signs are spaces
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616 in the string. Replacing ``+`` with the `URL encoding`_ for space
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617 ``%20`` will also work. Note that you must match the spaces when
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618 performing exact matches. So ``title:=test++that+nosy+actually+works.``
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619 matches the word ``test`` with two spaces between ``test`` and
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620 ``that`` in the title.
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622 To make this clear, searching
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623 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?keyword=Foo`` will not work unless there
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624 is a keyword with a (case sensitive) name field of ``Foo`` which is
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625 the key field of the keyword. However searching the text property
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626 ``name`` using ``https://.../rest/data/keyword?name=Foo`` (note
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627 searching keyword class not issue class) will return matches for
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628 ``Foo``, ``foobar``, ``foo taz`` etc.
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629
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630 In all cases the field ``@total_size`` is reported which is the total
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631 number of items available if you were to retrieve all of them. See
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632 more details in the parent section about ``@total_size`` and when it
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633 can return ``-1``.
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634
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635 Other data types: Date, Interval, Integer, Number need examples and may
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636 need work to allow range searches. Full text search (e.g. over the
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637 body of a msg) is a work in progress.
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638
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639 .. _URL Encoding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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640
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641 Transitive Searching
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642 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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643
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644 In addition to searching an issue by its properties, you can search
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645 for issues where linked items have a certain property. For example
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646 using ``/issues?messages.author=1`` will find all issues that include
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647 (link to) a message created by the admin user. This can also be done
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648 using: ``/issues?messages.author=admin``. Note that this requires
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649 search permission for messages.author, user.id, and users.username (to
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650 perform search with ``admin``. If these search permissions are not
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651 present, the search will silently drop the attribute.
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652
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653 Similarly you can find all issues where the nosy list includes James
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654 Bond with: ``issue?nosy.realname=james+bond``. The alternate way to
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655 perform this is to query the user class for the realname:
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656 ``user?realname=james+bond`` and retrieve the id. Then you can execute
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657 a second rest call ``issue?nosy=7`` to retrieve issues with id 7.
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658
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659 Make sure that search access to the class/properties are granted to the
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660 user. Note that users can search a field even if they can't view
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661 it. However they may be able to use searches to discover the value of
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662 the field even if they can't view it.
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664 Sorting
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667 Collection endpoints support sorting. This is controlled by specifying a
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668 ``@sort`` parameter with a list of properties of the searched class.
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669 Optionally properties can include a sign ('+' or '-') to specify
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670 ascending or descending sort, respectively. If no sign is given,
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671 ascending sort is selected for this property. The following example
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672 would sort by status (in ascending order of the status.order property)
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673 and then by id of an issue::
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674
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675 @sort=status,-id
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676
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677 Grouping
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678 ~~~~~~~~
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679
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680 Collection endpoints support grouping. This is controlled by
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681 specifying a ``@group`` parameter with a list of properties of
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682 the searched class. Optionally properties can include a sign
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683 ('+' or '-') to specify the groups are sorted in ascending or
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684 descending order, respectively. If no sign is given, the groups
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685 are returned in ascending order. The following example would
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686 return the issues grouped by status (in order from
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687 unread->reolved) then within each status, by priority in
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688 descending order (wish -> critical)::
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689
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690 @group=status,-priority
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691
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692 Adding ``@fields=status,priority`` to the query will allow you to see
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693 the status and priority values change so you can identify the items in
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694 each group.
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695
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696 If combined with ``@sort=-id`` within each group he items would be
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697 sorted in descending order by id.
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698
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699 This is useful for select elements that use optgroup.
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700
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701 Pagination
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702 ~~~~~~~~~~
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703
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704 Collection endpoints support pagination. This is controlled by query
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705 parameters ``@page_size`` and ``@page_index`` (Note the use of the
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706 leading ``@`` to make the parameters distinguishable from field names.)
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707
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708 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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709 :header-rows: 1
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710 :widths: 20 80
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711 :class: valign-top
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712
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713 * - Query parameter
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714 - Explanation
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715 * - ``@page_size``
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716 - specifies how many items are displayed at once. If no
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717 ``@page_size`` is specified, all matching items are returned.
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718 * - ``@page_index``
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719 - (which defaults to 1 if not given) specifies which page number
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720 of ``@page_size`` items is displayed.
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721
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722 Also when pagination is enabled the returned data include pagination
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723 links along side the collection data. This looks like::
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724
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725 { "data":
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726 {
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727 "collection": { ... },
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728 "@total_size": 222,
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729 "@links": {
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730 "self": [
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731 {
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732 "uri":
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733 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=1&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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734 "rel": "self"
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735 }
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736 ],
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737 "next": [
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738 {
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739 "uri":
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740 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=2&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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741 "rel": "next"
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742 }
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743 ]
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744 }
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745 }
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746 }
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747
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748 The ``@links`` parameter is a dictionary indexed by
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749 relationships. Each relationship is a list of one or more full link
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750 json objects. Above we have link relations to move to the next
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751 page. If we weren't at the first page, there would be a ``prev``
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752 relation to move to the previous page. Also we have a self relation
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753 (which is missing the @page_index, hence we are at page 1) that can be
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754 used to get the same page again.
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755
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756 Note that the server may choose to limit the number of returned
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757 entries in the collection as a DOS prevention measure. As a result
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758 clients must be prepared to handle the incomplete response and request
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759 the next URL to retrieve all of the entries.
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760
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761 Field embedding and verbose output
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762 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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763
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764 In collections, you can specify what fields should be embedded in the
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765 returned data. There are some shortcuts provided using the
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766 ``@verbose`` parameter. All the examples in this section are for a GET
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767 operation on ``https://.../rest/data/issue``.
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768
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769 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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770 :header-rows: 1
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771 :widths: 20 80
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772 :class: valign-top
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774 * - Query parameter
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775 - Explanation
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776 * - ``@verbose=0``
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777 - each item in the collection has its "id" property displayed
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778 and a link with the URL to retrieve the item.
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779 * - ``@verbose=1``
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780 - for collections this output is the same as ``@verbose=0``. This
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781 is the default.
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782 * - ``@verbose=2``
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783 - each item in the collection includes the "label" property in
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784 addition to "id" property and a link for the item.
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785 This is useful as documented below in `Searches and selection`_.
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786 * - ``@verbose=3``
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787 - will display the content property of messages and files. Note
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788 warnings about this below. Using this for collections is
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789 discouraged as it is slow and produces a lot of data.
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790 * - ``@fields=status,title``
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791 - will return the ``status`` and ``title`` fields for the
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792 displayed issues. It is added to the fields returned by the
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793 @verbose parameter. Protected properties
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794 can be included in the list and will be returned.
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795
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796 In addition collections support the ``@fields`` parameter which is a
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797 colon or comma separated list of fields to embed in the response. For
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798 example ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2`` is the same as:
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799 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@fields=title`` since the label property
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800 for an issue is its title.
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801 The @fields option supports transitive properties, e.g.
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802 ``status.name``. The transitive property may not include multilinks in
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803 the path except for the last component. So ``messages.author`` is not
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804 allowed because ``messages`` is a multilink while ``messages`` alone
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805 would be allowed. You can use both ``@verbose`` and
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806 ``@fields`` to get additional info. For example
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807 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status`` returns::
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e097ff5064b8 Allow transitive properties in @fields in REST API
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
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809
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810 {
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811 "data": {
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812 "collection": [
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813 {
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814 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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815 "title": "Welcome to the tracker START HERE",
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816 "id": "1",
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817 "status": {
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818 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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819 "id": "1",
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820 "name": "new"
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821 }
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822 },
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823 ...
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824 }
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825
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826 the format of the status field (included because of
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827 ``@fields=status``) includes the label for the status. This is due to
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828 inclusion of ``@verbose=2``. Without verbose you would see::
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829
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830 {
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831 "data": {
7801
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832 "collection": [
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833 {
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834 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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835 "id": "1",
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836 "status": {
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837 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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838 "id": "1"
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839 }
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840 },
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841 ...
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842 }
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843
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844 Note that the ``link`` field that is returned doesn't exist in the
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845 database. It is a construct of the rest interface. This means that you
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846 can not set ``@fields=link`` and get the link property included in the
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847 output.
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848
5854
d5aed7106ee6 Need to fix spelling.
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849 Also using ``@fields=@etag`` will not work to retrieve the etag for
5723
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850 items in the collection.
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851
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852 See the `Searches and selection`_ section for the use cases supported
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853 by these features.
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854
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855 Getting Message and Files Content
7473
f8b5b0310f88 I think headings are consistant now.
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856 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5928
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857
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858 You can retreive a message with a url like
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859 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11``. This returns something like::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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860
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861 {
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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862 "data": {
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863 "id": "11",
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864 "type": "msg",
fa661043fc5b issue2551067 first cut on docs for dealing with files/messages.
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865 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11",
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866 "attributes": {
5928
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867 "author": {
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868 "id": "5",
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869 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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870 },
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871 "content": {
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872 "link": "https://.../demo/msg11/"
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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873 },
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874 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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875 "files": [],
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876 "inreplyto": null,
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877 "messageid": "<1509324807.14.0.296813919751.issue3@localhost>",
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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878 "messagetype": {
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879 "id": "1",
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880 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msgtype/1"
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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881 },
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882 "recipients": [
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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883 {
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884 "id": "1",
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885 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/1"
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886 },
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887 {
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888 "id": "3",
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889 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/3"
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890 },
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891 {
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892 "id": "4",
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893 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/4"
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894 }
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895 ],
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896 "subject": null,
fa661043fc5b issue2551067 first cut on docs for dealing with files/messages.
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897 "summary": "of has to who. or of account give because the",
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898 },
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899 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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900 }
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901 }
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902
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903 To retreive the content, you can use the content link property:
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904 ``https://.../demo/msg11/``. The trailing / is required. Without the
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905 /, you get a web page that includes metadata about the message. With
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906 the slash you get a text/plain (in most cases) data stream.
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907
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0351caa802f7 Add missing url in example.
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908 Also you can use the url: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11?@verbose=3``
5928
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909 and the content property (if the data is utf-8 compatible) now looks
fa661043fc5b issue2551067 first cut on docs for dealing with files/messages.
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910 like::
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911
fa661043fc5b issue2551067 first cut on docs for dealing with files/messages.
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912 ...
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913 "author": {
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914 "id": "5",
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915 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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916 },
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917 "content": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
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diff changeset
918 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage,
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diff changeset
919 was or toil BC quis denouncing quia\nexercise,
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diff changeset
920 veritatis et used voluptas I elit, a The...",
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diff changeset
921 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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diff changeset
922 ...
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923
5928
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924 Lines are wrapped for display, content value is one really long
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925 line. If the data is not utf-8 compatible, you will get a link.
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926
5929
0368d75de544 issue2551067 corrections/cleanup.
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diff changeset
927 Retrieving the contents of a file is similar. Performing a
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diff changeset
928 get on ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11`` returns::
5928
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929
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930 {
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931 "data": {
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932 "id": "11",
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933 "type": "file",
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934 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11",
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935 "attributes": {
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936 "acl": null,
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937 "content": {
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938 "link": "https://.../demo/file11/"
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939 },
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940 "name": "afile",
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941 "status": {
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942 "id": "1",
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943 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/filestatus/1"
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944 },
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945 "type": "image/vnd.microsoft.icon"
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946 },
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947 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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948 }
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949 }
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950
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951 To download the file contents for this example you would
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952 perform an http GET using: ``https://.../demo/file11/``. The trailing
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953 / is required. You will receive a response of type
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954 application/octet-stream.
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955
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956 If you perform a get on
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957 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11?@verbose=3`` the content field
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958 above is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
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960 "content": "file11 is not text, retrieve using binary_content
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961 property. mdsum: bd990c0f8833dd991daf610b81b62316",
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962
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963 You can use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
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964 retrieve an encoded copy of the data.
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965
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966 Other query params
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967 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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968
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969 This table lists other supported parameters:
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971 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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972 :header-rows: 1
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973 :widths: 20 80
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974 :class: valign-top
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976 * - Query parameter
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977 - Explanation
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978 * - ``@pretty=false``
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979 - by default json data is pretty printed to make it readable to
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980 humans. This eases testing and with compression enabled the
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981 extra whitespace doesn't bloat the returned payload excessively.
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982 You can disable pretty printing by using this query parameter.
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983 Note the default is true, so @pretty=true is not supported at
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984 this time.
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986 Using the POST method
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987 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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989 Only class links support the ``POST`` method for creation of new items
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990 of a class, e.g., a new issue via the ``/data/issue`` link. The post
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991 gets a dictionary of keys/values for the new item. It returns the same
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992 parameters as the GET method after successful creation.
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994 If you perform a get on an item with ``@verbose=0``, it is in the
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995 correct form to use as a the payload of a post.
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998 Safely Re-sending POST
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999 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1001 POST is used to create new object in a class. E.G. a new issue. One
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1002 problem is that a POST may time out. Because it is not idempotent like
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1003 a PUT or DELETE, retrying the interrupted POST may result in the
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1004 creation of a duplicate issue.
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1005
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1006 To solve this problem, a two step process inspired by the POE - Post
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1007 Once Exactly spec:
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1008 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-nottingham-http-poe-00 is provided.
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1009
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1010 This mechanism returns a single use URL. POSTing to the URL creates
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1011 a new object in the class.
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1012
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1013 First we get the URL. Here is an example using curl::
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1014
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1015 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1016 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1017 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1018 --data '' \
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1019 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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1020
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1021 This will return a json payload like::
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1022
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1023 {
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1024 "data": {
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1025 "expires": 1555266310.4457426,
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1026 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1"
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1027 }
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1028 }
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1029
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1030 The value of expires is a Unix timestamp in seconds. In this case it
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1031 has the default lifetime of 30 minutes after the current time. Using
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1032 the link more than 30 minutes into the future will cause a 400 error.
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1033
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1034 Within 30 minutes, the link can be used to post an issue with the same
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1035 payload that would normally be sent to:
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1036 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue``.
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1037
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1038 For example::
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1039
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1040 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST \
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1041 -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1042 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1043 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1044 --data-binary '{ "title": "a problem" }' \
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1045 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1
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1046
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1047 returns::
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1048
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1049 {
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1050 "data": {
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1051 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/2280",
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1052 "id": "2280"
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1053 }
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1054 }
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1055
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1056 Once the @poe link is used and creates an issue, it becomes invalid
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1057 and can't be used again. Posting to it after the issue, or other
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1058 object, is created, results in a 400 error [#poe_retry]_.
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1059
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1060 Note that POE links are restricted to the class that was used to
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1061 get the link. So you can only create an issue using the link returned
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1062 from ``rest/data/issue/@poe``. You can create a generic POE link by adding
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1063 the "generic" field to the post payload::
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1064
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1065 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1066 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1067 --data 'lifetime=900&generic=1' \
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1068 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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1069
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1070 This will return a link under: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe``::
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1072 {
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1073 "data": {
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1074 "expires": 1555268640.9606116,
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1075 "link":
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1076 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/slPrzmEq6Q9BTjvcKhfxMNZL4uHXjbHCidY1ludZ"
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1077 }
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1078 }
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1079
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1080 You could use the link and change 'issue' to 'user' and it would work
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1081 to create a user. Creating generic POE tokens is *not* recommended,
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1082 but is available if a use case requires it.
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1083
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1084 This example also changes the lifetime of the POE url. This link has
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1085 a lifetime of 15 minutes (900 seconds). Using it after 16 minutes will
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1086 result in a 400 error. A lifetime up to 1 hour can be specified.
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1087
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1088 POE url's are an optional mechanism. If:
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1089
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1090 * you do not expect your client to retry a failed post,
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1091 * a failed post is unlikely (e.g. you are running over a local lan),
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1092 * there is a human using the client and who can intervene if a post
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1093 fails
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1094
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1095 you can use the url ``https://.../demo/data/<class>``. However if you
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1096 are using this mechanism to automate creation of objects and will
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1097 automatically retry a post until it succeeds, please use the POE
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1098 mechanism.
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1099
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1100 .. [#poe_retry] As a future enhancement, performing a POST to the POE
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1101 link soon after it has been used to create an object will
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1102 change. It will not return a 400 error. It will will trigger a
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1103 301 redirect to the url for the created object. After some
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1104 period of time (maybe a week) the POE link will be removed and
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1105 return a 400 error. This is meant to allow the client (a time
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1106 limited way) to retrieve the created resource if the
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1107 response was lost.
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1108
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1109 Other Supported Methods for Collections
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1110 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1111
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1112 Supports the ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which methods are
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1113 allowed on a given endpoint.
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1114
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1115 Does not support PUT, DELETE or PATCH.
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1116
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1117 /data/user/roles endpoint
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1118 -------------------------
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1119
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1120 The list of valid roles for a user is not an actual class in the
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1121 hyperdb. This endpoint returns a list of all defined roles if the
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1122 user has the ``Admin`` role. Otherwise it returns a 403 - not
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1123 authorized error. The output from this endpoint looks like::
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1124
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1125 {
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1126 "data": {
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1127 "collection": [
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1128 {
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1129 "id": "user",
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1130 "name": "user"
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1131 },
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1132 {
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1133 "id": "admin",
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1134 "name": "admin"
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1135 },
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1136 {
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1137 "id": "anonymous",
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1138 "name": "anonymous"
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1139 }
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1140 ]
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1141 }
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1142 }
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1143
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1144 to mimic a class collection.
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1145
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1146 Unlike a real class collection endpoint, ``@total_size`` is not
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1147 returned. Also it does not support and ignores any query options like:
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1148 filtering, ``@sort``, ``@group``, ``@verbose`` etc. Note that the ``id``
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1149 property is not numeric.
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1150
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1151 This endpoint was introduced in release 2.4.0 to support a roles
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1152 select/dropdown in the web component classhelper. This lets the web
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1153 component helper implement the same function in the classic user class
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1154 classhelper.
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1155
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1156 /data/\ *class*/\ *id* item
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1157 ---------------------------
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1158
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1159 When you use the ``GET`` method on an item
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1160 (e.g. ``/data/issue/42``), a ``link`` attribute contains the link to
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1161 the item, ``id`` contains the id, ``type`` contains the class name
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1162 (e.g. ``issue`` in the example) and an ``etag`` property can be used
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1163 to detect modifications since the last query.
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1164
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1165 Individual properties of the item are returned in an ``attributes``
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1166 dictionary. The properties returned depend on the permissions of the
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1167 account used for the query.
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1168
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1169 By default all (visible to the current user) attributes/properties are
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1170 returned. You can limit this by using the ``@fields`` query parameter
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1171 similar to how it is used in collections. This way you can only return
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1172 the fields you are interested in reducing network load as well as
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1173 memory and parsing time on the client side. Or you can add additional
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1174 transitive properties. By default protected
5892
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1175 properties (read only in the database) are not listed. This
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1176 makes it easier to submit the attributes from a
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1177 ``@verbose=0`` query using PUT. To include protected properties
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1178 in the output of a GET add the query parameter
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1179 ``@protected=true`` to the query and attributes like: actor,
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1180 created, creator and activity will be include in the result.
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1181
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1182 Link and Multilink properties are displayed as a dictionary with a
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1183 ``link`` and an ``id`` property by default. This is controlled by the
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1184 ``@verbose`` attribute which is set to 1 by default. If set to 0, only
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1185 the id is shown for Link and Multilink attributes. In this form, the
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1186 data can be modified and sent back using ``PUT`` to change the item.
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1187 If set to 2, the label property (usually ``name`` e.g. for status) is
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1188 also put into the dictionary. Content properties of message and file
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1189 object are by default also shown as a dictionary with a sole link
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1190 attribute. The link is the download link for the file or message. If
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1191 @verbose is >= 3, the content property is shown in json as a (possibly
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1192 very long) string. Currently the json serializer cannot handle files
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1193 not properly utf-8 encoded, so specifying @verbose=3 for files is
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1194 currently discouraged.
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1195
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1196 An example of returned values::
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1197
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1198 {
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1199 "data": {
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1200 "type": "issue",
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1201 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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1202 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1203 "attributes": {
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1204 "keyword": [],
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1205 "messages": [
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1206 {
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1207 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/375",
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1208 "id": "375"
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1209 },
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1210 {
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1211 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/376",
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1212 "id": "376"
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1213 },
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1214 ...
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1215 ],
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1216 "files": [],
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1217 "status": {
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1218 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/2",
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1219 "id": "2"
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1220 },
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1221 "title": "This is a title title",
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1222 "superseder": [],
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1223 "nosy": [
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1224 {
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1225 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/4",
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1226 "id": "4"
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1227 },
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1228 {
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1229 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/5",
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1230 "id": "5"
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1231 }
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1232 ],
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1233 "assignedto": null,
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1234 },
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1235 "id": "23"
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1236 }
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1237 }
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1238
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1239 Retrieve item using key value
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1240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1241
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1242 If the class has a key attribute, e.g. the 'status' class in the
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1243 classic tracker, it can be used to retrieve the item.
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1244
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1245 You can get an individual status by specifying the key-attribute value
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1246 e.g. ``/data/status/name=closed``. Note that ``name`` in this example
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1247 must be the key-attribute of the class. A short-form (which might not
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1248 be supported in future version of the API) is to specify only the
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1249 value, e.g. ``/data/status/closed``. This short-form only works when
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1250 you're sure that the key of the class is not numeric. E.G. if the name
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1251 was "7", /data/status/7 would return the status with id 7 not the
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1252 status with name "7". To get the status with name 7, you must use
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1253 the long form /data/status/name=7
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1254
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1255 The long-form (with ``=``) is different from a query-parameter like
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1256 ``/data/status?name=closed`` which would find all stati (statuses)
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1257 that have ``closed`` as a substring.
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1258
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1259 Dealing with Messages and Files
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1260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1261
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1262 Using the requests library you can upload a file using::
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1263
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1264 d = dict (name = filename, content = content, type = content_type)
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1265 j = self.post ('file', data = d)
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1266
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1267 Instead of specifying json = dictionary we specify data = dictionary
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1268 as shown above. (We believe) this encodes the contents using
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1269 application/x-www-form-urlencoded which is not optimal for large files
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1270 due to the encoding overhead.
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1271
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1272 The requests library can use multipart/form-data which is more
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1273 efficient for large files. To do this specify both, files= *and* data=
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1274 parameters, e.g.::
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1275
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1276 # A binary string that can't be decoded as unicode
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1277 url = 'https://.../demo/rest/data/'
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1278 content = open ('random-junk', 'rb').read ()
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1279 fname = 'a-bigger-testfile'
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1280 d = dict(name = fname, type='application/octet-stream')
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1281 c = dict (content = content)
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1282 r = session.post (url + 'file', files = c, data = d)
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1283
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1284 Curl can be used to post a file using multipart/form-data with::
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1285
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1286 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1287 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1288 -F "name=afile" -F "type=image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
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1289 -F "content=@doc/roundup-favicon.ico" \
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1290 https://.../demo/rest/data/file
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1291
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1292 the file is located at doc/roundup-favicon.ico. These calls will
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1293 return something like::
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1294
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1295 {
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1296 "data": {
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1297 "id": "12",
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1298 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/12"
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1299 }
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1300 }
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1301
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1302
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1303 Other Supported Methods for Items
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1304 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1305
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1306 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on individual items, e.g.
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1307 ``/data/issue/42`` On success it returns the same parameters as the
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1308 respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1309 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter. An
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1310 example::
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1311
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1312 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1313 --header 'Referer: https://example.com/demo/' \
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1314 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1315 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1316 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1317 --header 'If-Match: "dd41f02d6f8b4c34b439fc712b522fb3"' \
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1318 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ] }' \
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1319 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1320
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1321 {
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1322 "data": {
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1323 "attribute": {
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1324 "nosy": [
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1325 "1",
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1326 "5"
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1327 ]
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1328 },
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1329 "type": "issue",
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1330 "link": "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1331 "id": "23"
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1332 }
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1333 }
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1334
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1335 If the above command is repeated with the data attribute::
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1336
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1337 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ], "title": "This is now my title" }'
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1338
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1339 this is returned::
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1340
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1341 {
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1342 "data": {
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1343 "attribute": {
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1344 "title": "This is now my title"
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1345 },
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1346 "type": "issue",
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1347 "link":
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1348 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1349 "id": "23"
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1350 }
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1351 }
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1352
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1353 Note that nosy is not in the attributes returned. It is the same as
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1354 before, so no change has happened and it is not reported.
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1355 Changing both nosy and title::
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1356
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1357 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1358 --header 'Referer: https://.../' \
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1359 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1360 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1361 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1362 --header 'If-Match: "8209add59a79713d64f4d1a072aef740"' \
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1363 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "This is now my new title" }' \
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1364 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1365
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1366 which returns both title and nosy attributes::
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1367
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1368 {
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1369 "data": {
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1370 "attribute": {
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1371 "title": "This is now my new title",
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1372 "nosy": [
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1373 "4",
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1374 "5"
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1375 ]
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1376 },
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1377 "type": "issue",
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1378 "link":
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1379 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1380 "id": "23"
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1381 }
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1382 }
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1383
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1384 Note that mixing url query parameters with payload submission doesn't
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1385 work. So using::
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1386
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1387 https://.../rest/data/issue/23?@pretty=false
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1388
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1389 doesn't have the desired effect. However it can be put in the data
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1390 payload::
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1391
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1392 curl -u admin:admin ...
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1393 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "...", "@pretty": "false" }'
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1394
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1395 produces::
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1396
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1397 {"data": {"attribute": {...}, "type": "issue",
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1398 "link": "https://...", "id": "23"}}
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1399
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1400 the lines are wrapped for display purposes, in real life it's one long
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1401 line.
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1402
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1403 The method ``DELETE`` is allowed on items, e.g., ``/data/issue/42``
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1404 and will retire (mark as deleted) the respective item. On success it
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1405 will only return a status code. The item is still available if
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1406 accessed directly by its item url. The item will not show up in
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1407 searches where it would have been matched if not retired.
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1408
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1409 Finally the ``PATCH`` method can be applied to individual items, e.g.,
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1410 ``/data/issue/42``. This method gets an operator ``@op=<method>``
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1411 where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``, ``remove``. For
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1412 items, an additional operator ``action`` is supported. If no operator
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1413 is specified, the default is ``replace``. The first three operators
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1414 are self explanatory. For an ``action`` operator an ``@action_name``
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1415 and optional ``@action_argsXXX`` parameters have to be
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1416 supplied. Currently there are only two actions, neither has args,
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1417 namely ``retire`` and ``restore``. The ``retire`` action on an item is
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1418 the same as a ``DELETE`` method, it retires the item. The ``restore``
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1419 action is the inverse of ``retire``, the item is again visible. On
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1420 success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1421 method. An example to add a user to the nosy list of an item is::
5723
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1422
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1423 curl -u admin:admin -p -X PATCH \
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1424 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
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1425 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1426 --header 'If-Match: "c6e2d81019acff1da7a2da45f93939bd"' \
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1427 --data-urlencode '@op=add' \
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1428 --data 'nosy=3' \
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1429 "https://.../rest/data/issue/23"
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1430
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1431 which returns::
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1432
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1433 {
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1434 "data": {
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1435 "attribute": {
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1436 "nosy": [
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1437 "3",
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1438 "4"
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1439 ]
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1440 },
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1441 "type": "issue",
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1442 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1443 "id": "23"
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1444 }
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1445 }
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1446
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1447 Note that the changed values are returned so you can update
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1448 internal state in your app with the new data.
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1449
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1450 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1451 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1452 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1453 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1454 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1455 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1456 ``If-Match`` header.
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1457
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1458 /data/\ *class*/\ *id*/\ *property* field
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1459 -----------------------------------------
5723
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1460
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1461 A ``GET`` method on a property (e.g. ``/data/issue/42/title``) returns the
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1462 link, an ``@etag``, the type of the property (e.g. "<type str>") the id
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1463 of the item and the content of the property in ``data``.
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1464
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1465 For example::
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1466
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1467 {
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1468 "data": {
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1469 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/22/title",
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1470 "data": "I need Broken PC",
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1471 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1472 "id": "22",
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1473 "@etag": "\"370510512b2d8fc3f98aac3d762cc7b1\""
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1474 }
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1475 }
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1476
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1478 All endpoints support an ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which
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1479 methods are allowed on a given endpoint.
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1480
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1481 Message and File Content
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1482 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1483
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1484 Messages and files have content properties. If the data is utf-8
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1485 compatible (e.g. an email message) you can retrieve it with
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1486 rest/data/msg/11/content to obtain::
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1487
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1488 {
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1489 "data": {
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1490 "id": "11",
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1491 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1492 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11/content",
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1493 "data": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
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1494 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage, was or...",
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1495 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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1496 }
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1497 }
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1498
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1499 (the content property is wrapped for display, it is one long line.)
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1500
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1501 .. _binary_content property:
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1502
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1503 If the data is not representable in utf-8, you need to use the
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1504 binary_content
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1505 property. E.G. ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content``
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1506 returns::
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1507
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1508 {
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1509 "data": {
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1510 "id": "11",
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1511 "type": "<class 'bytes'>",
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1512 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content",
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1513 "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\\xec?\\x00\\x00'",
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1514 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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1515 }
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1516 }
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1517
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1518 (data field elided for display). You can also receive the file content
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1519 as a data stream rather than encoded. See `Getting Message and Files
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1520 Content`_.
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1521
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1522 The data is a json encoded hexidecimal representation of the data.
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1523
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1524
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1525 Other Supported Methods for fields
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1526 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1527
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1528 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on a property e.g.,
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1529 ``/data/issue/42/title``. On success it returns the same parameters as
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1530 the respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1531 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter.
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1532 Example using multipart/form-data rather than json::
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1533
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1534 curl -vs -u provisional:provisional -X PUT \
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1535 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1536 --data "data=Provisional" \
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1537 --header "If-Match: 079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1538 --data-urlencode "@etag=079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1539 "https://.../rest/data/user/5/realname"
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1540
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1541 This example updates a leadtime field that is declared as an interval
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1542 type::
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1543
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1544 curl -vs -u demo:demo -X PUT \
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1545 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1546 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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1547 --header "Referer: https://.../" \
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1548 --header "x-requested-with: rest" \
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1549 --header 'If-Match: "e2e6cc43c3475a4a3d9e5343617c11c3"' \
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1550 --data '{"leadtime": "2d" }' \
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1551 "https://.../rest/data/issue/10"
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1552
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1553 It is also possible to call ``DELETE`` on a
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1554 property of an item, e.g., ``/data/issue/42/nosy`` to delete the nosy
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1555 list. The same effect can be achieved with a ``PUT`` request and an
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1556 empty new value. This may fail if the property is required.
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1557
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1558 The ``PATCH`` method can be applied to properties, e.g.,
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1559 ``/data/issue/42/title``. This method gets an operator
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1560 ``@op=<method>`` where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``,
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1561 ``remove``. If no operator is specified, the default is ``replace``
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1562 which is the same as performing a PUT on the field url. ``add`` and
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1563 ``remove`` allow adding and removing values from MultiLink
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1564 properties. This is easier than having to rewrite the entire value for
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1565 the field using the ``replace`` operator or doing a PUT to the field.
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1566 On success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1567 method.
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1568
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1569 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1570 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1571 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1572 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1573 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1574 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1575 ``If-Match`` header.
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1576
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1577 Tunneling Methods via POST
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1578 --------------------------
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1579
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1580 If you are working through a proxy and unable to use http methods like
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1581 PUT, PATCH, or DELETE, you can use POST to perform the action. To tunnel
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1582 an action through POST, send the ``X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE`` header
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1583 with a value of DELETE or other capitalized HTTP verb. The body of the
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1584 POST should be what you would send if you were using the method
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1585 without tunneling.
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1586
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1587 Examples and Use Cases
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1588 ======================
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1589
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1590 sample python client
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1591 --------------------
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1592
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1593 The client uses the python ``requests`` library for easier interaction
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1594 with a REST API supporting JSON encoding::
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1595
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1596
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1597 >>> import requests
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1598 >>> u = 'http://user:password@tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/'
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1599 >>> s = requests.session()
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1600 >>> session.auth = ('admin', 'admin')
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1601 >>> r = s.get(u + 'issue/42/title')
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1602 >>> if r.status_code != 200:
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1603 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1604 ... exit(1)
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1605 >>> print (r.json() ['data']['data']
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1606 TEST Title
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1607 >>> h = {'X-Requested-With': 'rest', 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1608 >>> r = s.post (u + 'issue', data = dict (title = 'TEST Issue'), headers=h)
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1609 >>> if not 200 <= r.status_code <= 201:
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1610 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1611 ... exit(1)
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1612 >>> print(r.json())
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1613
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1614 Retire/Restore::
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1615 >>> r = s.delete (u + 'issue/42')
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1616 >>> print (r.json())
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1617 >>> r = s.get (u + 'issue/42')
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1618 >>> etag = r.headers['ETag']
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1619 >>> print("ETag: %s" % etag)
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1620 >>> etag = r.json()['data']['@etag']
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1621 >>> print("@etag: %s" % etag)
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1622 >>> h = {'If-Match': etag,
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1623 ... 'X-Requested-With': 'rest',
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1624 ... 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1625 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'retire'}
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1626 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1627 >>> print(r.json())
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1628 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'restore'}
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1629 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1630 >>> print(r.json())
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1631
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1632 Note the addition of headers for: x-requested-with and referer. This
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1633 allows the request to pass the CSRF protection mechanism. You may need
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1634 to add an Origin header if this check is enabled in your tracker's
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1635 config.ini (look for csrf_enforce_header_origin). (Note the Origin
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1636 header check may have to be disabled if an application is making a
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1637 CORS request to the Roundup server. If you have this issue, please
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1638 contact the Roundup team using the mailing lists as this is a bug.)
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1639
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1640 A similar curl based retire example is to use::
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1641
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1642 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1643 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1644 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1645 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1646 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1647
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1648 to get the etag manually. Then insert the etag in the If-Match header
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1649 for this retire example::
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1650
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1651 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1652 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1653 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1654 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1655 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1656 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "retire" }'\
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1657 -X PATCH \
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1658 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1659
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1660 and restore::
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1661
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1662 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1663 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1664 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1665 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1666 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1667 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "restore" }'\
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1668 -X PATCH \
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1669 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1670
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1671
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1672 Searches and selection
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1673 ----------------------
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1674
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1675 One difficult interface issue is selection of items from a long list.
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1676 Using multi-item selects requires loading a lot of data (e.g. consider
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1677 a selection tool to select one or more issues as in the classic
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1678 superseder field).
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1679
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1680 This can be made easier using javascript selection tools like select2,
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1681 selectize.js, chosen etc. These tools can query a remote data provider
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1682 to get a list of items for the user to select from.
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1683
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1684 Consider a multi-select box for the superseder property. Using
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1685 selectize.js (and jquery) code similar to::
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1686
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1687 $('#superseder').selectize({
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1688 valueField: 'id',
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1689 labelField: 'title',
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1690 searchField: 'title', ...
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1691 load: function(query, callback) {
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1692 if (!query.length) return callback();
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1693 $.ajax({
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1694 url: '.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title='
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1695 + encodeURIComponent(query),
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1696 type: 'GET',
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1697 error: function() {callback();},
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1698 success: function(res) {
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1699 callback(res.data.collection);}
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1700
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1701 Sets up a box that a user can type the word "request" into. Then
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1702 selectize.js will use that word to generate an ajax request with the
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1703 url: ``.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title=request``
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1704
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1705 This will return data like::
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1706
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1707 {
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1708 "data": {
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1709 "@total_size": 440,
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1710 "collection": [
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1711 {
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1712 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/8",
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1713 "id": "8",
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1714 "title": "Request for Power plugs"
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1715 },
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1716 {
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1717 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/27",
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1718 "id": "27",
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1719 "title": "Request for foo"
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1720 },
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1721 ...
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1722
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1723 selectize.js will look at these objects (as passed to
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1724 callback(res.data.collection)) and create a select list from the each
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1725 object showing the user the labelField (title) for each object and
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1726 associating each title with the corresponding valueField (id). The
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1727 example above has 440 issues returned from a total of 2000
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1728 issues. Only 440 had the word "request" somewhere in the title greatly
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1729 reducing the amount of data that needed to be transferred.
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1730
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1731 Similar code can be set up to search a large list of keywords using::
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1732
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1733 .../rest/data/keyword?@verbose=2&name=some
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1734
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1735 which would return: "some keyword" "awesome" "somebody" making
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1736 selections for links and multilinks much easier.
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1737
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1738 A get on a collection endpoint can include other properties. Why do we
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1739 want this? Selectize.js can set up option groups (optgroups) in the
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1740 select pulldown. So by including status in the returned data using
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1741 a url like ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status``
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1742 we get::
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1743
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1744 {
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1745 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1001",
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1746 "title": "Request for Broken PC",
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1747 "id": "1001",
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1748 "status": {
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1749 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/6",
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1750 "id": "6",
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1751 "name": "resolved"
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1752 }
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1753 }
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1754
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1755 a select widget like::
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1756
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1757 === New ===
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1758 A request
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1759 === Open ===
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1760 Request for bar
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1761 Request for foo
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1762
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1763 etc. can be generated. Also depending on the javascript library, other
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1764 fields can be used for subsearch and sorting.
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1765
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1766
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1767 Programming the REST API
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1768 ========================
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1769
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1770 You can extend the rest api for a tracker. This describes how to add
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1771 new rest end points. At some point it will also describe the rest.py
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1772 structure and implementation.
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1773
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1774 Adding new rest endpoints
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1775 -------------------------
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1776
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1777 Add or edit the file `interfaces.py`_ at the root of the tracker
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1778 directory.
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1779
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1780 In that file add::
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1781
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1782 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1783 from roundup.exceptions import Unauthorised
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1784
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1785 class RestfulInstance:
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1786
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1787 @Routing.route("/summary2")
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1788 @_data_decorator
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1789 def summary2(self, input):
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1790 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1791 return 200, result
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1792
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1793 will make a new endpoint .../rest/summary2 that you can test with::
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1794
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1795 $ curl -X GET .../rest/summary2
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1796 {
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1797 "data": {
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1798 "hello": "world"
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1799 }
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1800 }
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1801
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1802 Similarly appending this to interfaces.py after summary2::
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1803
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1804 # handle more endpoints
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1805 @Routing.route("/data/<:class_name>/@schema", 'GET')
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1806 def get_element_schema(self, class_name, input):
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1807 result = { "schema": {} }
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1808 uid = self.db.getuid ()
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1809 if not self.db.security.hasPermission('View', uid, class_name) :
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1810 raise Unauthorised('Permission to view %s denied' % class_name)
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1811
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1812 class_obj = self.db.getclass(class_name)
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1813 props = class_obj.getprops(protected=False)
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1814 schema = result['schema']
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1815
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1816 for prop in props:
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1817 schema[prop] = { "type": repr(class_obj.properties[prop]) }
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1818
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1819 return result
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1820
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1821 ..
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1822 the # comment in the example is needed to preserve indention under Class.
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1823
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1824 returns some data about the class::
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1825
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1826 $ curl -X GET .../rest/data/issue/@schema
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1827 {
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1828 "schema": {
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1829 "keyword": {
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1830 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"keyword\">"
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1831 },
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1832 "title": {
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1833 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.String>"
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1834 },
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1835 "files": {
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1836 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"file\">"
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1837 },
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1838 "status": {
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1839 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Link to \"status\">"
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1840 }, ...
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1841 }
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1842 }
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1843
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1844
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1845 Adding other endpoints (e.g. to allow an OPTIONS query against
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1846 ``/data/issue/@schema``) is left as an exercise for the reader.
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1847
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1848 Redefine/move rest endpoints
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1849 ----------------------------
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1850
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1851 In addition to adding new endpoints, you can redefine existing
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1852 endpoints. Adding this as described above::
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1853
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1854 @Routing.route("/summary")
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1855 @_data_decorator
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1856 def summary2(self, input):
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1857 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1858 return 200, result
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1859
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1860 will return::
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1861
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1862 {
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1863 "data": {
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1864 "hello": "world"
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1865 }
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1866 }
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1867
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1868
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1869 In addition to overriding existing endpoints, you can move existing
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1870 endpoints to new locations. Adding::
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1871
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1872 @Routing.route("/data2/<:classname>")
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1873 def get_collection2(self, classname, input):
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1874 """ Remap existing function in rest.py to a new endpoint
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1875
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1876 Existing function is decorated with:
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1877
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1878 @Routing.route("/data/<:classname>")
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1879 @_data_decorator
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1880
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1881 so we need to drop @_data_decorator from this function since
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1882 we can't apply @_data_decorator twice.
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1883 """
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1884 return self.get_collection(classname, input)
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1885
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1886 will make the response at /rest/data2/<class> be the same as what is
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1887 normally at /rest/data/<class>.
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1888
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1889
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1890 Controlling Access to Backend Data
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1892
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1893 Roundup's schema is the primary access control mechanism. Roles and
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1894 Permissions provide the ability to carefully control what data can be
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1895 seen.
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1896
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1897 However the templating system can access the hyperdb directly which
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1898 allows filtering to happen with admin privs escaping the standard
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1899 permissions scheme. For example access to a user's roles should be
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1900 limited to the user (read only) and an admin. If you have customised
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1901 your schema to implement `Restricting the list of
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1902 users that are assignable to a task
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1903 <customizing.html#restricting-the-list-of-users-that-are-assignable-to-a-task>`__
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1904 so that only users with a
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1905 Developer role are allowed to be assigned to an issue, a rest end
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1906 point must be added to provide a view that exposes users with this
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1907 permission.
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1908
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1909 Using the normal ``/data/user?roles=Developer`` will return all the
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1910 users in the system unless you are an admin user because most users
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1911 can't see the roles. Building on the `Adding new rest endpoints`_
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1912 section this code adds a new endpoint ``/data/@permission/Developer``
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1913 that returns a list of users with the developer role::
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1914
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1915 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance
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1916 from roundup.anypy.cgi_ import MiniFieldStorage
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1917
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1918 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1919
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1920 @Routing.route("/data/@permission/Developer")
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1921 def get_role_Developer(self, input):
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1922 '''An endpoint to return a list of users with Developer
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1923 role who can be assigned to an issue.
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1925 It ignores attempt to search by any property except
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1926 username and realname. It also ignores the whole @fields
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1927 specification if it specifies a property the user
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1928 can't view. Other @ query params (e.g. @page... and
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1929 @verbose) are supported.
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1930
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1931 It assumes admin access rights so that the roles property
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1932 of the user can be searched. This is needed if the roles
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1933 property is not searchable/viewable by normal users. A user
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1934 who can search roles can identify users with the admin
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1935 role. So it does not respond the same as a rest/data/users
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1936 search by a non-admin user.
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1937 '''
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1938 # get real user id
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1939 realuid=self.db.getuid()
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1940
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1941 def allowed_field(fs):
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1942 if fs.name in ['username', 'realname' ]:
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1943 # only allow search matches for these fields
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1944 return True
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1945 elif fs.name in [ '@fields' ]:
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1946 for prop in fs.value.split(','):
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1947 # if any property is unviewable to user, remove
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1948 # @field entry. If they can't see it for the admin
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1949 # user, don't let them see it for any user.
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1950 if not self.db.security.hasPermission(
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1951 'View', realuid, 'user', property=prop,
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1952 itemid='1'):
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1953 return False
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1954 return True
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1955 elif fs.name.startswith("@"):
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1956 # allow @page..., @verbose etc.
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1957 return True
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1959 # deny all other url parmeters
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1960 return False
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1962 # Cleanup input.list to prevent user from probing roles
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1963 # or viewing things the user should not be able to view.
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1964 input.list[:] = [ fs for fs in input.list
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1965 if allowed_field(fs) ]
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1967 # Add the role filter required to implement the permission
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1968 # search
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1969 input.list.append(MiniFieldStorage("roles", "Developer"))
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1971 # change user to acquire permission to search roles
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1972 self.db.setCurrentUser('admin')
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1974 # Once we have cleaned up the request, pass it to
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1975 # get_collection as though /rest/data/users?... has been called
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1976 # to get @verbose and other args supported.
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1977 return self.get_collection('user', input)
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1979 Calling this with::
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1980
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1981 curl 'http://example.com/demo/rest/data/@permission/Developer?@fields=realname&roles=Users&@verbose=2'
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1985 {
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1986 "data": {
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1987 "collection": [
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1988 {
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1989 "username": "agent",
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1990 "link": http://example.com/demo/rest/data/user/4",
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1991 "realname": "James Bond",
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1992 "id": "4"
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1993 }
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1994 ],
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1995 "@total_size": 1
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1999 assuming user 4 is the only user with the Developer role. Note that
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2000 the url passes the ``roles=User`` filter option which is silently
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2003 Changing Access Roles with JSON Web Tokens
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2006 As discussed above Roundup's schema is the access control mechanism.
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2007 However you may want to integrate a third party system with roundup.
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2008 E.G. suppose you use a time tracking service that takes an issue id
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2009 and keeps a running count of how much time was spent on it. Then with
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2010 a single button push it can add the recorded time to the roundup
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2012
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2013 You probably don't want to give this third party service your roundup
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2014 username and credentials. Especially if your roundup instance is under
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2015 your company's single sign on infrastructure.
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2016
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2017 So what we need is a way for this third party service to impersonate
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2018 you and have access to create a roundup timelog entry (see
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2019 `<customizing.html#adding-a-time-log-to-your-issues>`_). Then add it
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2020 to the associated issue. This should happen without sharing passwords
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2021 and without allowing the third party service to see the issue (except the
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2022 ``times`` property), user, or other information in the tracker.
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2023
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2024 Enter the use of a JSON web token. Roundup has rudimentary ability to
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2025 manage JWTs and use them for authentication and authorization.
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2026
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2027 There are 5 steps to set this up:
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2028
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2029 1. install pyjwt library using pip or pip3. If roundup can't find the
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2030 jwt module you will see the error ``Support for jwt disabled.``
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2031 2. create a new role that allows Create access to timelog and edit/view
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2032 access to an issues' ``times`` property.
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2033 3. add support for issuing (and validating) JWTs to the rest interface.
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2034 This uses the `Adding new rest endpoints`_ mechanism.
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2035 4. configure roundup's config.ini [web] jwt_secret with at least 32
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2036 random characters of data. (You will get a message
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2037 ``Support for jwt disabled by admin.`` if it's not long
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2038 enough.) If you have openssl installed, you can use the output
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2039 of ``openssl rand -base64 32``.
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2040 5. add an auditor to make sure that users with this role are appending
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2041 timelog links to the ``times`` property of the issue.
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2042
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2043 Create role
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2044 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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2045
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2046 Adding this snippet of code to the tracker's ``schema.py`` should
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2047 create a role with the proper authorization::
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2048
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2049 db.security.addRole(name="User:timelog",
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2050 description="allow a user to create and append timelogs")
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2051
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2052 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User:timelog', 'Rest Access')
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2053
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2054 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='timelog',
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2055 description="Allow timelog creation", props_only=False)
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2056 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2057
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2058 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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2059 properties=('id', 'times'),
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2060 description="Allow retrieving issue etag or timelog issue",
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2061 props_only=False)
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2062 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2063
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2064 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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2065 properties=('id', 'times'),
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2066 description="Allow editing timelog for issue",
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2067 props_only=False)
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2068 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2069
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2070 The role is named to work with the /rest/jwt/issue rest endpoint
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2071 defined below. Starting the role name with ``User:`` allows the jwt
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2072 issue code to create a token with this role if the user requesting the
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2073 role has the User role.
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2074
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2075 The role *must* have access to the issue ``id`` to retrieve the etag for
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2076 the issue. The etag is passed in the ``If-Match`` HTTP header when you
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2077 make a call to patch or update the ``times`` property of the issue.
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2078
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2079 If you use a PATCH rest call with "@op=add" to append the new timelog,
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2080 you don't need View access to the ``times`` property. If you replace the
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2081 ``times`` value, you need to read the current value of ``times`` (using
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2082 View permission), append the newly created timelog id to the (array)
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2083 value, and replace the ``times`` value.
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2084
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2085 Note that the json returned after the operation will include the new
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2086 value of the ``times`` value so your code can verify that it worked.
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2087 This does potentially leak info about the previous id's in the field.
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2088
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2089 Create rest endpoints
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2090 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2091
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2092 Here is code to add to your tracker's ``interfaces.py`` (note code has
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2093 only been tested with python3)::
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2094
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2095 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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2096
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2097 class RestfulInstance(object):
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2098 @Routing.route("/jwt/issue", 'POST')
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2099 @_data_decorator
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2100 def generate_jwt(self, input):
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2101 """Create a JSON Web Token (jwt)
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2102 """
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2103 import datetime
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2104 import jwt
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2105 from roundup.anypy.datetime_ import utcnow
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2106 from roundup.anypy.strings import b2s
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2107
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2108 # require basic auth to generate a token
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2109 # At some point we can support a refresh token.
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2110 # maybe a jwt with the "refresh": True claim generated
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2111 # using: "refresh": True in the json request payload.
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2112
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2113 denialmsg='Token creation requires login with basic auth.'
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2114 if 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in self.client.env:
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2115 try:
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2116 auth = self.client.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
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2117 scheme, challenge = auth.split(' ', 1)
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2118 except (ValueError, AttributeError):
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2119 # bad format for header
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2120 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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2121 if scheme.lower() != 'basic':
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2122 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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2123 else:
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2124 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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2125
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2126 # verify we have input data.
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2127 if not input:
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2128 raise UsageError("Missing data payload. "
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2129 "Verify Content-Type is sent")
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2130
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2131 # If we reach this point we have validated that the user has
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2132 # logged in with a password using basic auth.
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2133 all_roles = list(self.db.security.role.items())
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2134 rolenames = []
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2135 for role in all_roles:
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2136 rolenames.append(role[0])
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2138 user_roles = list(self.db.user.get_roles(self.db.getuid()))
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2139
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2140 claim= { 'sub': self.db.getuid(),
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2141 'iss': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2142 'aud': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2143 'iat': utcnow(),
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2144 }
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2145
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2146 lifetime = 0
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2147 if 'lifetime' in input:
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2148 if input['lifetime'].value != 'unlimited':
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2149 try:
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2150 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(input['lifetime'].value))
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2151 except ValueError:
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2152 raise UsageError("Value 'lifetime' must be 'unlimited' or an integer to specify" +
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2153 " lifetime in seconds. Got %s."%input['lifetime'].value)
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2154 else:
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2155 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=86400) # 1 day by default
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2156
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2157 if lifetime: # if lifetime = 0 make unlimited by omitting exp claim
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2158 claim['exp'] = utcnow() + lifetime
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2159
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2160 newroles = []
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2161 if 'roles' in input:
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22cf6ee7ad88 jwt issue example: require input data, lowercase roles
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2162 for role in [ r.lower() for r in input['roles'].value ]:
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2163 if role not in rolenames:
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2164 raise UsageError("Role %s is not valid."%role)
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2165 if role in user_roles:
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2166 newroles.append(role)
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2167 continue
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2168 parentrole = role.split(':', 1)[0]
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2169 if parentrole in user_roles:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2170 newroles.append(role)
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2171 continue
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2172
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2173 raise UsageError("Role %s is not permitted."%role)
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2174
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2175 claim['roles'] = newroles
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2176 else:
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2177 claim['roles'] = user_roles
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2178
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2179 # Sign with newest/first secret.
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2180 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET[0]
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2181 myjwt = jwt.encode(claim, secret, algorithm='HS256')
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2182
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2183 # if jwt.__version__ >= 2.0.0 jwt.encode() returns string
af898d1d66dc doc: run sphinx-lint over docs.
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2184 # not byte. So do not use b2s() with newer versions of pyjwt.
5893
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2185 result = {"jwt": b2s(myjwt),
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2186 }
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2187
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2188 return 200, result
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diff changeset
2189
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13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2190 @Routing.route("/jwt/validate", 'GET')
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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diff changeset
2191 @_data_decorator
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2192 def validate_jwt(self,input):
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2193 import jwt
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2194 if not 'jwt' in input:
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2195 raise UsageError("jwt key must be specified")
5878
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diff changeset
2196
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diff changeset
2197 myjwt = input['jwt'].value
5878
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2198
7809
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2199 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET[0]
be6cb2e0d471 feat: add support for rotating jwt keys
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2200
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7801
diff changeset
2201 # only return decoded result if the newest signing key
be6cb2e0d471 feat: add support for rotating jwt keys
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2202 # is used. Have older keys report an invalid signature.
5893
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2203 try:
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2204 result = jwt.decode(myjwt, secret,
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2205 algorithms=['HS256'],
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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diff changeset
2206 audience=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2207 issuer=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2208 )
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2209 except jwt.exceptions.InvalidTokenError as err:
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2210 return 401, str(err)
5878
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2211
5893
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2212 return 200, result
5878
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2213
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2214 **Note this is sample code. Use at your own risk.** It breaks a few
6764
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
2215 rules about JWTs (e.g. it allows you to make unlimited lifetime
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
2216 JWTs). If you subscribe to the concept of JWT refresh tokens, this code
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2217 will have to be changed as it will only generate JWTs with
5878
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2218 username/password authentication.
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2219
6764
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diff changeset
2220 Currently use of JWTs an experiment. If this appeals to you consider
5878
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2221 providing patches to existing code to:
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2222
7361
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2223 1. create long lived refresh tokens
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2224 2. record all refresh tokens created by a user
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2225 3. using the record to allow refresh tokens to be revoked and
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2226 ignored by the roundup core
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2227 4. provide a UI page for managing/revoking refresh tokens
bc6bcffbed2a rewrite JWT future to use refresh tokens.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7353
diff changeset
2228 5. provide a rest api for revoking refresh tokens
5878
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2229
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2230 These end points can be used like::
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2231
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2232 curl -u demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2233 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2234 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2235 --data '{"lifetime": "3600", "roles": [ "user:timelog" ] }' \
6764
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
2236 https://.../demo/rest/JWT/issue
5878
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2237
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2238 (note roles is a json array/list of strings not a string) to get::
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5865
diff changeset
2239
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2240 {
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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diff changeset
2241 "data": {
6764
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
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2242 "JWT": "eyJ0eXAiOiJK......XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk"
5878
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diff changeset
2243 }
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2244 }
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2245
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2246 The JWT is shortened in the example since it's large. You can validate
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2247 a JWT to see if it's still valid using::
5878
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2248
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diff changeset
2249
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2250 curl -s -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2251 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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2252 https://.../demo/rest/JWT/validate?JWT=eyJ0eXAiOiJK...XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk
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2253
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2254 (note no login is required) which returns::
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2255
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2256 {
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2257 "data": {
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2258 "user": "3",
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2259 "roles": [
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2260 "user:timelog"
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2261 ],
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2262 "iss": "https://.../demo/",
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2263 "aud": "https://.../demo/",
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2264 "iat": 1569542404,
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2265 "exp": 1569546004
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2266 }
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2267 }
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2268
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2269
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2270 There is an issue for `thoughts on JWT credentials`_ that you can view
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2271 for ideas or add your own.
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2272
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2273 .. _thoughts on JWT credentials: https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2551064
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2274
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2275 Final steps
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2276 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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2277
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2278 See the `upgrading directions`_ on how to use the ``updateconfig``
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2279 command to generate an updated copy of config.ini using
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2280 roundup-admin. Then set the ``JWT_secret`` to at least 32 characters
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2281 (more is better up to 512 bits). The output of
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2282 ``openssl rand -base64 32`` will fulfill the minimum requirements.
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2283
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2284 Writing an auditor that uses "db.user.get_roles" to see if the user
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2285 making the change has the ``user:timelog`` role, and then comparing
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2286 the original ``times`` list to the new list to verify that it is being
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2287 added to and not changed otherwise is left as an exercise for the
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2288 reader. (If you develop one, please contribute via the tracker:
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2289 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/.)
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2290
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2291 Lastly you can create a JWT using the end point above and make a rest
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2292 call to create a new timelog entry and another call to update the
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2293 issues times property. If you have other ideas on how JWTs can be
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2294 used, please share on the roundup mailing lists. See:
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2295 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/ for directions on
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2296 subscribing and for archives of the lists.
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2297
5843
da1f40b5148d issue2551050 document mechanism to allow uers limited access to
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2298
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2299 Creating Custom Rate Limits
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2300 ---------------------------
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2301
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2302 You can replace the default rate limiter that is configured using
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2303 the tracker's ``config.ini``. You can return different rate
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2304 limits based on the user, time of day, phase of moon, request
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2305 method (via self.client.request.command) etc.
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2306
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2307 Assume you add two integer valued properties to the user
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2308 object. Let's call them ``rate_limit_interval`` and
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2309 ``rate_limit_calls``. Add code similar to this to interfaces.py
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2310 to override the default rate limiter code::
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2311
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2312 from roundup.rest import RestfulInstance, RateLimit
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2313 from datetime import timedelta
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2314
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2315 def grl(self):
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2316 calls = self.db.config.WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2317 interval = self.db.config.WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2318
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2319 if calls and interval: # use to disable all rate limits
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2320
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2321 uid = self.db.getuid()
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2322 class_obj = self.db.getclass('user')
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2323 node = class_obj.getnode(uid)
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2324
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2325 # set value to 0 to use WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2326 user_calls = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_calls')
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2327 # set to 0 to use WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2328 user_interval = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_interval')
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2329
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2330 return RateLimit(user_calls or calls,
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2331 timedelta(seconds=(user_interval or interval)))
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2332 else:
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2333 # disable rate limiting if either parameter is 0
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2334 return None
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2335
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2336 RestfulInstance.getRateLimit = grl
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2337
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2338 this should replace the default getRateLimit with the new grl
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2339 function. This new function uses values for the number of calls
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2340 and period that are specific to a user. If either is set to 0,
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2341 the defaults from ``config.ini`` file are used.
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2342
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2343 Test Examples
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2344 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2345
5895
93bbe5340d5b More typo fixes and verbatim blocks.
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2346 Rate limit tests::
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2347
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b4bfbd768bc1 How to add dicttoxml at system or tracker level.
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2348 seq 1 300 | xargs -P 20 -n 1 curl --head -u user:password -si \
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2349 https://.../rest/data/status/new | grep Remaining
b4bfbd768bc1 How to add dicttoxml at system or tracker level.
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2350
b4bfbd768bc1 How to add dicttoxml at system or tracker level.
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2351 will show you the number of remaining requests to the REST interface
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2352 for the user identified by password.
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