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docs: regroup feature list using GPT and update Gave GPT 3.5 the original list of features annotated with the section header when needed to understand feature context. Asked it to recategorize. Took it's output and moved some things around, edited, and added more links. Also added links to the wiki for OAUTH and Shibboleth extrnal user databases to the customizing document section on external user databases.
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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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48 URL. Partial URLs paths below (not starting with https) will have
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52 ``[web]`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. Following the
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53 `upgrading directions`_ using ``roundup-admin ... updateconfig
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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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63 wsgi, mod_python, the etag will change on every restart if not
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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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86 password. Successful login attempts are limited by the normal API rate
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88 shared by all API (REST/XMLRPC) endpoints. However it is important to
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90 the API failed login rate limiter.
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101 When a 429 error is returned, the associated account will be
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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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145 the burst rate and the average rate is a tuning exercise that is left
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152 minimizes the loss.
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154 Client API
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155 ==========
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157 The top-level REST url ``/rest/`` will display the current version of
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160 from relative REST-API links for brevity.
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162 Headers
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163 -------
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165 If rate limiting is enabled there are 3 "standard" headers:
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167 **X-RateLimit-Limit**: Calls allowed per period.
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169 **X-RateLimit-Remaining**: Calls available to be completed in this window.
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171 **X-RateLimit-Reset**: window ends in this many seconds. (Note,
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172 not an epoch timestamp). After this time, all
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173 X-RateLimit-Limit calls are available again.
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174
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175 and one helpful header to report the period that is missing
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176 from other lists of rate limit headers:
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178 **X-RateLimit-Limit-Period**: Defines period in seconds for X-RateLimit-Limit.
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180 Also if the user has exceeded the rate limit, this header is added:
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182 **Retry-After**: The number of second to wait until 1 api call will succeed.
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184 If the client has requested a deprecated API endpoint, the header:
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186 **Sunset**: an http date after which the end point will not be
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187 available. This is not returned by current code, but can be used
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188 when `Programming the REST API`_. It should be used as a hint that
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189 the REST endpoint will be going away. See
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191 the sunset link type.
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193 Hyperdb Stats
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194 -------------
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196 Adding ``@stats=true`` as a GET query parameter or POST data item will
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197 augment the response with an ``@stats`` dictionary. Any value other
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198 than ``true`` (any case) will disable the ``@stats`` dictionary. When
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199 stats are enabled the response includes an ``@stats`` member and looks
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200 like::
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202 { "data": {
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203 ...
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204 "@stats": {
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205 "cache_hits": 3,
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207 "get_items": 0.0009722709655761719,
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208 "filtering": 0,
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209 "elapsed": 0.04731464385986328
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210 }
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211 }
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212 }
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214 These are the same values returned in the html interface by setting
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215 the ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING`` environment variable. By default performance
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216 stats are not shown. The fields are subject to change. An
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217 understanding of the code is recommended if you are going to use this
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220 Versioning
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223 Currently there is only one version of the API. Versions are simple
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225 implemented in the server using one of four methods (in priority
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226 order, highest first):
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228 1. Explicit version param in accept header:
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229 ``application/json; version=1``
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238 The highest priority version method will be used if multiple
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239 methods are used.
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241 If an explicit version is not provided, the server default is used.
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242 The server default is reported by querying the ``/rest/`` endpoint as
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245 Input Formats
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248 For a GET or OPTIONS request, the Content-Type header should
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251 Otherwise Content-Type is allowed to be ``application/json`` or
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252 ``application/x-www-form-urlencoded``. Any other value returns error
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253 code 415.
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256 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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258 CORS preflight requests are done using the OPTIONS method. They
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260 or get any information from the database. As a result they are
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261 available to the anonymous user and any authenticated user. The user
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266 You can permit only allowed ORIGINS by setting ``allowed_api_origins``
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268 api. By default only your tracker's origin is allowed. If a preflight
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269 request fails, the api request will be stopped by the browser.
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281 provide authentication. This limits the available data to what
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282 the anonymous user can see in the web interface.
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284 All 204 responses will include the headers:
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287 * ``Access-Control-Allow-Headers``
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291 If the client's ORIGIN header matches an entry besides ``*`` in the
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292 ``allowed_api_origins`` it will also include:
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296 permitting the client to log in and perform authenticated operations.
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298 If the endpoint accepts the PATCH verb the header ``Accept-Patch`` with
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300 multipart/form-data`) will be included.
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302 It will also include rate limit headers since the request is included
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303 in the rate limit for the URL. The results from the CORS preflight
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306 `Creating Custom Rate Limits`_
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307 and craft a rate limiter that ignores anonymous OPTIONS requests.
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309 Response Formats
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310 ----------------
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312 The default response format is json.
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314 If you add the ``dicttoxml2.py`` module you can request XML formatted
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315 data using the header ``Accept: application/xml`` in your
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316 request. Both output formats are similar in structure.
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318 ``dicttoxml2.py`` should be installed in the Python install directory,
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320 side ``rest.py``. It can also be enabled on a per tracker basis by
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323 `interfaces.py`_ to enable xml::
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325 from roundup import rest
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326 from dicttoxml import dicttoxml as dtox # from tracker_root/lib directory
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328 rest.dicttoxml = dtox
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332 The rest interface accepts the http accept header and can include
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333 ``q`` values to specify the preferred mechanism. This is the preferred
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334 way to specify alternate acceptable response formats.
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336 To make testing from the browser easier, you can also append the
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337 extension ``.json`` or ``.xml`` to the path component of the url. This
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338 will force json or xml (if supported) output. If you use an extension
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339 it takes priority over any accept headers. Note the extension does not
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340 work for the ``/rest`` or ``/rest/data`` paths. In these cases it
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344 The rest interface returns status 406 if you use an unrecognized
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346 the accept header are available or if the accept header is invalid.
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349 you are still using Python 2.7 or 3.6, you can use ``dicttoxml.py``.
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352 General Guidelines
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355 Performing a ``GET`` on an item or property of an item will return an
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357 ``DELETE``, ``PUT`` and ``PATCH`` operations on the item using an
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358 ``If-Match`` header or an ``"@etag`` property in the data payload if
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359 the method supports a payload. The ETag header value will include a
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361 respond to the request. If the response was uncompressed, there will
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363 ETag value suffixed or not can be sent in an ``If-Match`` header as
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364 the suffix is ignored during comparison.
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366 The exact details of returned data is determined by the value of the
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367 ``@verbose`` query parameter. The various supported values and their
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368 effects are described in the following sections.
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370 All output is wrapped in an envelope called ``data``. The output
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373 When using collection endpoints (think list of issues, users ...), the
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374 ``data`` envelope contains metadata (e.g. total number of items) as
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375 well as a ``collections`` list of objects::
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378 "meta data field1": "value",
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379 "meta data field2": "value",
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380 "collection": [
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381 { "link": "url to item",
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382 "id": "internal identifier for item" },
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383 { "link": "url to second item",
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384 "id": "id item 2" },
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386 "@links": {
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387 "relation": [
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388 { "rel": "relation/subrelation",
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389 "uri": "uri to use to implement relation" },
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391 ],
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392 "relation2": [ {...} ], ...
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397 available meta data is described in the documentation for the
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398 collections endpoint.
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400 The ``link`` fields implement `HATEOS`_ by supplying a url for the
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401 resource represented by that object. The "link" parameter with the
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402 value of a url is a special case of the @links parameter.
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406 In the @links object, each relationship is a list of full link json
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407 objects. These include rel (relationship) and uri properties. In the
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408 future this may be extended to include other data like content-type.
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409 However including a full @links object for every item includes a lot
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410 of overhead since in most cases only the self relationship needs to be
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411 represented.
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413 Because every object, link and multilink ends up getting a url, the
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414 shorter 'link' representation is used for this special case. The
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415 ``link`` property expresses the ``self`` relationship and its value is
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416 the uri property of the full link object. In collections, properties
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417 from each item can be embedded in the returned data (see ``@fields``
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419 conflicts with the self url.
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420
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421 When using an item endpoint (think an individual issue), metadata is
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422 included in the ``data`` envelope. Inside of the envelope, the
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423 ``attributes`` object contains the data for the field/properties of
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424 the issue. Example::
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426 { "data": {
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427 "meta data field1": "value",
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428 "type": "type of item, issue, user ..."
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429 "link": "link to retrieve item",
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430 "attributes": {
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431 "title": "title of issue",
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432 "nosy": [
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433 { "link": "url for user4",
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434 "id": "4" }
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435 ],
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437 ... }
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438 }
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439 }
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441 Using a property endpoint (e.g. title or nosy list for an issue) the
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442 ``data`` wrapper has a ``data`` subfield that represents the value of
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443 the property. This ``data`` subfield may be a simple string (all types
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444 except multilink) or a list of strings (multilink
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445 properties). Example::
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447 { "data": {
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448 "type": "description of class",
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449 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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450 "link": "link to retrieve property",
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451 "id": "id for object with this property",
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452 "data": "value of property"
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453 }
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454 }
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457 Special Endpoints
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458 -----------------
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460 There are a few special endpoints that provide some additional data.
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461 Tracker administrators can add new endpoints. See
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462 "Programming the REST API"_ below.
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463
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464 /summary
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465 ~~~~~~~~
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466
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467 A Summary page can be reached via ``/summary`` via the ``GET`` method.
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468 This is currently hard-coded for the standard tracker schema shipped
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469 with roundup and will display a summary of open issues.
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470
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471 /data
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472 ~~~~~
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474 This is the primary entry point for data from the tracker.
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476 The ``/data`` link will display a set of classes of the tracker. All
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477 classes can be reached via ``/data/<classname>`` where ``<classname>``
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478 is replace with the name of the class to query, e.g. ``/data/issue``.
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479 Individual items of a class (e.g. a single issue) can be queried by
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480 giving the issue-id, e.g., ``/data/issue/42``. Individual properties of
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481 an item can be queried by appending the property, e.g.,
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482 ``/data/issue/42/title``.
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485 All the links mentioned in the following support the http method ``GET``.
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486 Results of a ``GET`` request will always return the results as a
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487 dictionary with the entry ``data`` referring to the returned data.
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489 Details are in the sections below.
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491 /data/\ *class* Collection
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492 --------------------------
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494 When you use the ``GET`` method on a class (like ``/data/issue``), the
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495 ``data`` will include the number of available items in
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496 ``@total_size``. If the size exceeds the administrative limit (which
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497 is 10 million by default), ``@total_size`` will be set to ``-1``. To
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498 navigate to the last page of results, you can use the ``next`` links
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499 or increment ``@page_index`` until the result does not include a
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500 ``next`` ``@link`` or ``@total_size`` is not ``-1``. The value of the
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501 HTTP header ``X-Count-Total`` is the same as ``@total_size``.
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503 A ``collection`` list contains the id and link to the
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504 respective item. For example a get on https://.../rest/data/issue
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505 returns::
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507 {
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508 "data": {
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509 "collection": [
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510 {
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511 "id": "1",
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512 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1"
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513 },
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515 "id": "100",
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516 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/100"
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517 }
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518 ...
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519 ],
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520 "@total_size": 171
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521 }
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524 Collection endpoints support a number of features as seen in the next
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525 sections.
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527 Having an empty ``collection`` does not mean next next link will not
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528 return more data. The row limit is applied when the query is made to
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529 the database. The result set is then filtered, removing rows that the
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530 user does not have permission to access. So it is possible to have no
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531 data items on a page because the user does not have access to them. If
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532 you use ``@page_size`` near the administrative limit, you may receive
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533 fewer rows than requested. However, this does not mean you are out of
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534 data.
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536 All clients must be programmed to expect pagination decorations in the
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537 response. See the section on pagination below for details.
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538
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539 Searching
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540 ~~~~~~~~~
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541
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542 Searching is done by adding roundup field names and values as query
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543 parameters. Using: https://.../rest/data/issue you can search using:
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544
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545 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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546 :header-rows: 1
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547 :widths: 20 20 80
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548 :class: valign-top
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549
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550 * - Query parameter
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551 - Field type
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552 - Explanation
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553 * - ``title=foo``
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554 - String
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555 - perform a substring search and find any issue with the word foo
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556 in the title.
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557 * - ``status=2``
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558 - Link
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559 - find any issue whose status link is set to the id 2.
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560 * - ``status=open``
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561 - Link
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562 - find any issue where the name of the status is open.
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563 Note this is not a string match so using status=ope will fail.
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564 * - ``nosy=1``
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565 - MultiLink
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566 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the id 1.
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567 * - ``nosy=admin``
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568 - MultiLink
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569 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the user admin.
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570 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=admi will fail.
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571 * - ``booleanfield=1`` - also values: true, TRUE, yes, YES etc. Other
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572 values match false.
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573 - Boolean
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574 - find an issue with the boolean field set to true.
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575
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576 As seen above, Links and Multilinks can be specified numerically or
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577 symbolically, e.g., searching for issues in status ``closed`` can be
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578 achieved by searching for ``status=closed`` or ``status=3`` (provided
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579 the ``closed`` status has ID 3). Note that even though the symbolic
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580 name is a string, in this case it is also a key value. As a result it
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581 only does an exact match.
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582
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583 Searching for strings (e.g. the issue title, or a keyword name)
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584 performs a case-insensitive substring search. Searching for
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585 ``title=Something`` (or in long form title~=Something) will find all
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586 issues with "Something" or "someThing", etc. in the title.
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587
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588 Changing the search to ``title:=Something`` (note the ``:``) performs an
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589 exact case-sensitive string match for exactly one word ``Something``
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590 with a capital ``S``. Another example is:
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591 ``title:=test+that+nosy+actually+works.`` where the + signs are spaces
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592 in the string. Replacing ``+`` with the `URL encoding`_ for space
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593 ``%20`` will also work. Note that you must match the spaces when
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594 performing exact matches. So ``title:=test++that+nosy+actually+works.``
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595 matches the word ``test`` with two spaces between ``test`` and
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596 ``that`` in the title.
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597
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598 To make this clear, searching
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599 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?keyword=Foo`` will not work unless there
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600 is a keyword with a (case sensitive) name field of ``Foo`` which is
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601 the key field of the keyword. However searching the text property
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602 ``name`` using ``https://.../rest/data/keyword?name=Foo`` (note
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603 searching keyword class not issue class) will return matches for
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604 ``Foo``, ``foobar``, ``foo taz`` etc.
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605
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606 In all cases the field ``@total_size`` is reported which is the total
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607 number of items available if you were to retrieve all of them. See
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608 more details in the parent section about ``@total_size`` and when it
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609 can return ``-1``.
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610
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611 Other data types: Date, Interval, Integer, Number need examples and may
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612 need work to allow range searches. Full text search (e.g. over the
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613 body of a msg) is a work in progress.
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614
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615 .. _URL Encoding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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616
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617 Transitive Searching
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618 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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619
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620 In addition to searching an issue by its properties, you can search
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621 for issues where linked items have a certain property. For example
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622 using ``/issues?messages.author=1`` will find all issues that include
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623 (link to) a message created by the admin user. This can also be done
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624 using: ``/issues?messages.author=admin``. Note that this requires
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625 search permission for messages.author, user.id, and users.username (to
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626 perform search with ``admin``. If these search permissions are not
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627 present, the search will silently drop the attribute.
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628
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629 Similarly you can find all issues where the nosy list includes James
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630 Bond with: ``issue?nosy.realname=james+bond``. The alternate way to
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631 perform this is to query the user class for the realname:
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632 ``user?realname=james+bond`` and retrieve the id. Then you can execute
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633 a second rest call ``issue?nosy=7`` to retrieve issues with id 7.
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634
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635 Make sure that search access to the class/properties are granted to the
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636 user. Note that users can search a field even if they can't view
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637 it. However they may be able to use searches to discover the value of
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638 the field even if they can't view it.
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639
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640 Sorting
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641 ~~~~~~~
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643 Collection endpoints support sorting. This is controlled by specifying a
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644 ``@sort`` parameter with a list of properties of the searched class.
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645 Optionally properties can include a sign ('+' or '-') to specify
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646 ascending or descending sort, respectively. If no sign is given,
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647 ascending sort is selected for this property. The following example
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648 would sort by status (in ascending order of the status.order property)
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649 and then by id of an issue::
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650
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651 @sort=status,-id
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652
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653 Grouping
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654 ~~~~~~~~
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656 Collection endpoints support grouping. This is controlled by
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657 specifying a ``@group`` parameter with a list of properties of
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658 the searched class. Optionally properties can include a sign
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659 ('+' or '-') to specify the groups are sorted in ascending or
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660 descending order, respectively. If no sign is given, the groups
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661 are returned in ascending order. The following example would
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662 return the issues grouped by status (in order from
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663 unread->reolved) then within each status, by priority in
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664 descending order (wish -> critical)::
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666 @group=status,-priority
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668 Adding ``@fields=status,priority`` to the query will allow you to see
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669 the status and priority values change so you can identify the items in
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670 each group.
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671
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672 If combined with ``@sort=-id`` within each group he items would be
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673 sorted in descending order by id.
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674
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675 This is useful for select elements that use optgroup.
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676
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677 Pagination
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678 ~~~~~~~~~~
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679
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680 Collection endpoints support pagination. This is controlled by query
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681 parameters ``@page_size`` and ``@page_index`` (Note the use of the
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682 leading ``@`` to make the parameters distinguishable from field names.)
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683
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684 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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685 :header-rows: 1
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686 :widths: 20 80
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687 :class: valign-top
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688
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689 * - Query parameter
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690 - Explanation
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691 * - ``@page_size``
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692 - specifies how many items are displayed at once. If no
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693 ``@page_size`` is specified, all matching items are returned.
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694 * - ``@page_index``
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695 - (which defaults to 1 if not given) specifies which page number
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696 of ``@page_size`` items is displayed.
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697
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698 Also when pagination is enabled the returned data include pagination
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699 links along side the collection data. This looks like::
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700
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701 { "data":
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702 {
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703 "collection": { ... },
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704 "@total_size": 222,
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705 "@links": {
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706 "self": [
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707 {
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708 "uri":
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709 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=1&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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710 "rel": "self"
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711 }
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712 ],
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713 "next": [
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714 {
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715 "uri":
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716 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=2&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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717 "rel": "next"
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718 }
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719 ]
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720 }
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721 }
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722 }
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724 The ``@links`` parameter is a dictionary indexed by
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725 relationships. Each relationship is a list of one or more full link
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726 json objects. Above we have link relations to move to the next
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727 page. If we weren't at the first page, there would be a ``prev``
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728 relation to move to the previous page. Also we have a self relation
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729 (which is missing the @page_index, hence we are at page 1) that can be
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730 used to get the same page again.
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731
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732 Note that the server may choose to limit the number of returned
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733 entries in the collection as a DOS prevention measure. As a result
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734 clients must be prepared to handle the incomplete response and request
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735 the next URL to retrieve all of the entries.
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736
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737 Field embedding and verbose output
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738 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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739
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740 In collections, you can specify what fields should be embedded in the
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741 returned data. There are some shortcuts provided using the
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742 ``@verbose`` parameter. All the examples in this section are for a GET
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743 operation on ``https://.../rest/data/issue``.
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744
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745 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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746 :header-rows: 1
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747 :widths: 20 80
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748 :class: valign-top
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749
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750 * - Query parameter
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751 - Explanation
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752 * - ``@verbose=0``
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753 - each item in the collection has its "id" property displayed
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754 and a link with the URL to retrieve the item.
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755 * - ``@verbose=1``
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756 - for collections this output is the same as ``@verbose=0``. This
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757 is the default.
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758 * - ``@verbose=2``
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759 - each item in the collection includes the "label" property in
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760 addition to "id" property and a link for the item.
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761 This is useful as documented below in `Searches and selection`_.
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762 * - ``@verbose=3``
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763 - will display the content property of messages and files. Note
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764 warnings about this below. Using this for collections is
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765 discouraged as it is slow and produces a lot of data.
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766 * - ``@fields=status,title``
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767 - will return the ``status`` and ``title`` fields for the
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768 displayed issues. It is added to the fields returned by the
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769 @verbose parameter. Protected properties
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770 can be included in the list and will be returned.
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771
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772 In addition collections support the ``@fields`` parameter which is a
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773 colon or comma separated list of fields to embed in the response. For
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774 example ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2`` is the same as:
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776 for an issue is its title.
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777 The @fields option supports transitive properties, e.g.
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778 ``status.name``. The transitive property may not include multilinks in
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779 the path except for the last component. So ``messages.author`` is not
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780 allowed because ``messages`` is a multilink while ``messages`` alone
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781 would be allowed. You can use both ``@verbose`` and
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782 ``@fields`` to get additional info. For example
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783 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status`` returns::
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784
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785
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786 {
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787 "data": {
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788 "collection": [
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789 {
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790 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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791 "title": "Welcome to the tracker START HERE",
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792 "id": "1",
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793 "status": {
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794 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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795 "id": "1",
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796 "name": "new"
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797 }
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798 },
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799 ...
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800 }
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802 the format of the status field (included because of
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803 ``@fields=status``) includes the label for the status. This is due to
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804 inclusion of ``@verbose=2``. Without verbose you would see::
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806 {
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807 "data": {
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808 "collection": [
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809 {
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810 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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811 "id": "1",
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812 "status": {
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813 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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814 "id": "1"
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815 }
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816 },
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817 ...
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818 }
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819
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820 Note that the ``link`` field that is returned doesn't exist in the
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821 database. It is a construct of the rest interface. This means that you
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822 can not set ``@fields=link`` and get the link property included in the
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823 output.
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824
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825 Also using ``@fields=@etag`` will not work to retrieve the etag for
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826 items in the collection.
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827
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828 See the `Searches and selection`_ section for the use cases supported
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829 by these features.
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830
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831 Getting Message and Files Content
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832 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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833
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834 You can retreive a message with a url like
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835 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11``. This returns something like::
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836
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837 {
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838 "data": {
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839 "id": "11",
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840 "type": "msg",
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841 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11",
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842 "attributes": {
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843 "author": {
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844 "id": "5",
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845 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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846 },
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847 "content": {
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848 "link": "https://.../demo/msg11/"
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849 },
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850 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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851 "files": [],
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852 "inreplyto": null,
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853 "messageid": "<1509324807.14.0.296813919751.issue3@localhost>",
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854 "messagetype": {
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855 "id": "1",
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856 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msgtype/1"
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857 },
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858 "recipients": [
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859 {
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860 "id": "1",
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861 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/1"
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862 },
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863 {
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864 "id": "3",
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865 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/3"
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866 },
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867 {
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868 "id": "4",
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869 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/4"
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870 }
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871 ],
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872 "subject": null,
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873 "summary": "of has to who. or of account give because the",
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874 },
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875 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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876 }
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877 }
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878
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879 To retreive the content, you can use the content link property:
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880 ``https://.../demo/msg11/``. The trailing / is required. Without the
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881 /, you get a web page that includes metadata about the message. With
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882 the slash you get a text/plain (in most cases) data stream.
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883
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884 Also you can use the url: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11?@verbose=3``
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885 and the content property (if the data is utf-8 compatible) now looks
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886 like::
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887
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888 ...
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889 "author": {
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890 "id": "5",
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891 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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892 },
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893 "content": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
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894 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage,
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895 was or toil BC quis denouncing quia\nexercise,
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896 veritatis et used voluptas I elit, a The...",
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897 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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898 ...
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899
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900 Lines are wrapped for display, content value is one really long
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901 line. If the data is not utf-8 compatible, you will get a link.
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902
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903 Retrieving the contents of a file is similar. Performing a
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904 get on ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11`` returns::
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905
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906 {
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907 "data": {
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908 "id": "11",
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909 "type": "file",
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910 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11",
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911 "attributes": {
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912 "acl": null,
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913 "content": {
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914 "link": "https://.../demo/file11/"
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915 },
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916 "name": "afile",
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917 "status": {
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918 "id": "1",
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919 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/filestatus/1"
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920 },
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921 "type": "image/vnd.microsoft.icon"
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922 },
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923 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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924 }
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925 }
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926
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927 To download the file contents for this example you would
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928 perform an http GET using: ``https://.../demo/file11/``. The trailing
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929 / is required. You will receive a response of type
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930 application/octet-stream.
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931
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932 If you perform a get on
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933 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11?@verbose=3`` the content field
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934 above is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
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935
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936 "content": "file11 is not text, retrieve using binary_content
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937 property. mdsum: bd990c0f8833dd991daf610b81b62316",
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938
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939 You can use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
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940 retrieve an encoded copy of the data.
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941
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942 Other query params
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943 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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944
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945 This table lists other supported parameters:
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947 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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948 :header-rows: 1
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949 :widths: 20 80
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950 :class: valign-top
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952 * - Query parameter
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953 - Explanation
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954 * - ``@pretty=false``
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955 - by default json data is pretty printed to make it readable to
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956 humans. This eases testing and with compression enabled the
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957 extra whitespace doesn't bloat the returned payload excessively.
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958 You can disable pretty printing by using this query parameter.
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959 Note the default is true, so @pretty=true is not supported at
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960 this time.
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962 Using the POST method
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963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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965 Only class links support the ``POST`` method for creation of new items
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966 of a class, e.g., a new issue via the ``/data/issue`` link. The post
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967 gets a dictionary of keys/values for the new item. It returns the same
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968 parameters as the GET method after successful creation.
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970 If you perform a get on an item with ``@verbose=0``, it is in the
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971 correct form to use as a the payload of a post.
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974 Safely Re-sending POST
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975 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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976
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977 POST is used to create new object in a class. E.G. a new issue. One
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978 problem is that a POST may time out. Because it is not idempotent like
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979 a PUT or DELETE, retrying the interrupted POST may result in the
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980 creation of a duplicate issue.
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981
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982 To solve this problem, a two step process inspired by the POE - Post
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983 Once Exactly spec:
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984 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-nottingham-http-poe-00 is provided.
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985
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986 This mechanism returns a single use URL. POSTing to the URL creates
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987 a new object in the class.
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988
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989 First we get the URL. Here is an example using curl::
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990
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991 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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992 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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993 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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994 --data '' \
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995 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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996
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997 This will return a json payload like::
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998
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999 {
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1000 "data": {
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1001 "expires": 1555266310.4457426,
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1002 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1"
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1003 }
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1004 }
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1006 The value of expires is a Unix timestamp in seconds. In this case it
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1007 has the default lifetime of 30 minutes after the current time. Using
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1008 the link more than 30 minutes into the future will cause a 400 error.
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1009
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1010 Within 30 minutes, the link can be used to post an issue with the same
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1011 payload that would normally be sent to:
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1012 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue``.
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1013
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1014 For example::
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1015
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1016 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST \
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1017 -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1018 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1019 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1020 --data-binary '{ "title": "a problem" }' \
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1021 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1
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1022
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1023 returns::
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1024
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1025 {
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1026 "data": {
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1027 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/2280",
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1028 "id": "2280"
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1029 }
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1030 }
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1031
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1032 Once the @poe link is used and creates an issue, it becomes invalid
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1033 and can't be used again. Posting to it after the issue, or other
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1034 object, is created, results in a 400 error [#poe_retry]_.
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1036 Note that POE links are restricted to the class that was used to
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1037 get the link. So you can only create an issue using the link returned
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1038 from ``rest/data/issue/@poe``. You can create a generic POE link by adding
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1039 the "generic" field to the post payload::
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1040
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1041 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1042 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1043 --data 'lifetime=900&generic=1' \
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1044 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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1045
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1046 This will return a link under: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe``::
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1048 {
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1049 "data": {
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1050 "expires": 1555268640.9606116,
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1051 "link":
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1052 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/slPrzmEq6Q9BTjvcKhfxMNZL4uHXjbHCidY1ludZ"
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1053 }
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1054 }
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1056 You could use the link and change 'issue' to 'user' and it would work
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1057 to create a user. Creating generic POE tokens is *not* recommended,
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1058 but is available if a use case requires it.
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1059
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1060 This example also changes the lifetime of the POE url. This link has
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1061 a lifetime of 15 minutes (900 seconds). Using it after 16 minutes will
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1062 result in a 400 error. A lifetime up to 1 hour can be specified.
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1064 POE url's are an optional mechanism. If:
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1066 * you do not expect your client to retry a failed post,
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1067 * a failed post is unlikely (e.g. you are running over a local lan),
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1068 * there is a human using the client and who can intervene if a post
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1069 fails
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1071 you can use the url ``https://.../demo/data/<class>``. However if you
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1072 are using this mechanism to automate creation of objects and will
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1073 automatically retry a post until it succeeds, please use the POE
0b79bfcb3312 Add support for making an idempotent POST. This allows retrying a POST
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1074 mechanism.
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1075
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1076 .. [#poe_retry] As a future enhancement, performing a POST to the POE
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1077 link soon after it has been used to create an object will
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1078 change. It will not return a 400 error. It will will trigger a
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1079 301 redirect to the url for the created object. After some
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1080 period of time (maybe a week) the POE link will be removed and
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1081 return a 400 error. This is meant to allow the client (a time
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1082 limited way) to retrieve the created resource if the
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1083 response was lost.
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1084
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1085 Other Supported Methods for Collections
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1086 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1087
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1088 Supports the ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which methods are
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1089 allowed on a given endpoint.
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1090
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1091 Does not support PUT, DELETE or PATCH.
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1092
7972
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1093 /data/user/roles endpoint
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1094 -------------------------
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1095
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1096 The list of valid roles for a user is not an actual class in the
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1097 hyperdb. This endpoint returns a list of all defined roles if the
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1098 user has the ``Admin`` role. Otherwise it returns a 403 - not
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1099 authorized error. The output from this endpoint looks like::
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1100
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1101 {
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1102 "data": {
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1103 "collection": [
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1104 {
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1105 "id": "user",
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1106 "name": "user"
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1107 },
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1108 {
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1109 "id": "admin",
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1110 "name": "admin"
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1111 },
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1112 {
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1113 "id": "anonymous",
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1114 "name": "anonymous"
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1115 }
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1116 ]
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1117 }
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1118 }
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1119
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1120 to mimic a class collection.
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1121
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1122 Unlike a real class collection endpoint, ``@total_size`` is not
7973
ab3506b9e315 doc: add /rest/data/user/roles ignores query options
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1123 returned. Also it does not support and ignores any query options like:
7980
372517700dad docs: fix formatting.
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1124 filtering, ``@sort``, ``@group``, ``@verbose`` etc. Note that the ``id``
7973
ab3506b9e315 doc: add /rest/data/user/roles ignores query options
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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1125 property is not numeric.
7972
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1126
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1127 This endpoint was introduced in release 2.4.0 to support a roles
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1128 select/dropdown in the web component classhelper. This lets the web
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1129 component helper implement the same function in the classic user class
425dd9854e34 feat: document the /rest/data/user/roles endpoint
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1130 classhelper.
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1131
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1132 /data/\ *class*/\ *id* item
7473
f8b5b0310f88 I think headings are consistant now.
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1133 ---------------------------
5723
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1134
7853
03c1b7ae3a68 issue2551328/issue2551264 unneeded next link and total_count incorrect
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1135 When you use the ``GET`` method on an item
5723
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1136 (e.g. ``/data/issue/42``), a ``link`` attribute contains the link to
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1137 the item, ``id`` contains the id, ``type`` contains the class name
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1138 (e.g. ``issue`` in the example) and an ``etag`` property can be used
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1139 to detect modifications since the last query.
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1140
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1141 Individual properties of the item are returned in an ``attributes``
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1142 dictionary. The properties returned depend on the permissions of the
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1143 account used for the query.
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1144
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1145 By default all (visible to the current user) attributes/properties are
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1146 returned. You can limit this by using the ``@fields`` query parameter
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1147 similar to how it is used in collections. This way you can only return
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1148 the fields you are interested in reducing network load as well as
6090
e097ff5064b8 Allow transitive properties in @fields in REST API
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1149 memory and parsing time on the client side. Or you can add additional
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Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5982
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1150 transitive properties. By default protected
5892
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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parents: 5888
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1151 properties (read only in the database) are not listed. This
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1152 makes it easier to submit the attributes from a
5824
352e78c3b4ab Allow @fields to include protected properties, document @protected
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1153 ``@verbose=0`` query using PUT. To include protected properties
5854
d5aed7106ee6 Need to fix spelling.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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1154 in the output of a GET add the query parameter
5824
352e78c3b4ab Allow @fields to include protected properties, document @protected
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1155 ``@protected=true`` to the query and attributes like: actor,
352e78c3b4ab Allow @fields to include protected properties, document @protected
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1156 created, creator and activity will be include in the result.
5723
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1157
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1158 Link and Multilink properties are displayed as a dictionary with a
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1159 ``link`` and an ``id`` property by default. This is controlled by the
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1160 ``@verbose`` attribute which is set to 1 by default. If set to 0, only
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1161 the id is shown for Link and Multilink attributes. In this form, the
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1162 data can be modified and sent back using ``PUT`` to change the item.
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1163 If set to 2, the label property (usually ``name`` e.g. for status) is
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1164 also put into the dictionary. Content properties of message and file
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1165 object are by default also shown as a dictionary with a sole link
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1166 attribute. The link is the download link for the file or message. If
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1167 @verbose is >= 3, the content property is shown in json as a (possibly
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1168 very long) string. Currently the json serializer cannot handle files
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1169 not properly utf-8 encoded, so specifying @verbose=3 for files is
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1170 currently discouraged.
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1171
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1172 An example of returned values::
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1173
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1174 {
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1175 "data": {
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1176 "type": "issue",
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1177 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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1178 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1179 "attributes": {
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1180 "keyword": [],
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1181 "messages": [
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1182 {
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1183 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/375",
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1184 "id": "375"
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1185 },
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1186 {
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1187 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/376",
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1188 "id": "376"
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1189 },
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1190 ...
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1191 ],
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1192 "files": [],
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1193 "status": {
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1194 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/2",
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1195 "id": "2"
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1196 },
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1197 "title": "This is a title title",
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1198 "superseder": [],
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1199 "nosy": [
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1200 {
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1201 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/4",
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1202 "id": "4"
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1203 },
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1204 {
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1205 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/5",
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1206 "id": "5"
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1207 }
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1208 ],
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1209 "assignedto": null,
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1210 },
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1211 "id": "23"
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1212 }
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1213 }
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1215 Retrieve item using key value
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1216 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1218 If the class has a key attribute, e.g. the 'status' class in the
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1219 classic tracker, it can be used to retrieve the item.
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1220
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1221 You can get an individual status by specifying the key-attribute value
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1222 e.g. ``/data/status/name=closed``. Note that ``name`` in this example
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1224 be supported in future version of the API) is to specify only the
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1225 value, e.g. ``/data/status/closed``. This short-form only works when
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1226 you're sure that the key of the class is not numeric. E.G. if the name
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1227 was "7", /data/status/7 would return the status with id 7 not the
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1228 status with name "7". To get the status with name 7, you must use
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1229 the long form /data/status/name=7
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1230
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1231 The long-form (with ``=``) is different from a query-parameter like
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1232 ``/data/status?name=closed`` which would find all stati (statuses)
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1233 that have ``closed`` as a substring.
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1234
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1235 Dealing with Messages and Files
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1236 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1237
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1238 Using the requests library you can upload a file using::
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1239
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1240 d = dict (name = filename, content = content, type = content_type)
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1241 j = self.post ('file', data = d)
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1242
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1243 Instead of specifying json = dictionary we specify data = dictionary
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1244 as shown above. (We believe) this encodes the contents using
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1245 application/x-www-form-urlencoded which is not optimal for large files
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1246 due to the encoding overhead.
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1247
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1248 The requests library can use multipart/form-data which is more
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1249 efficient for large files. To do this specify both, files= *and* data=
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1250 parameters, e.g.::
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1251
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1252 # A binary string that can't be decoded as unicode
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1253 url = 'https://.../demo/rest/data/'
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1254 content = open ('random-junk', 'rb').read ()
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1255 fname = 'a-bigger-testfile'
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1256 d = dict(name = fname, type='application/octet-stream')
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1257 c = dict (content = content)
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1258 r = session.post (url + 'file', files = c, data = d)
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1259
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1260 Curl can be used to post a file using multipart/form-data with::
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1261
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1262 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1263 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1264 -F "name=afile" -F "type=image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
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1265 -F "content=@doc/roundup-favicon.ico" \
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1266 https://.../demo/rest/data/file
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1267
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1268 the file is located at doc/roundup-favicon.ico. These calls will
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1269 return something like::
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1270
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1271 {
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1272 "data": {
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1273 "id": "12",
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1274 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/12"
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1275 }
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1276 }
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1277
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1278
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1279 Other Supported Methods for Items
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1280 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1281
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1282 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on individual items, e.g.
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1283 ``/data/issue/42`` On success it returns the same parameters as the
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1284 respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1285 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter. An
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1286 example::
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1287
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1288 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1289 --header 'Referer: https://example.com/demo/' \
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1290 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1291 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1292 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1293 --header 'If-Match: "dd41f02d6f8b4c34b439fc712b522fb3"' \
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1294 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ] }' \
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1295 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1296
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1297 {
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1298 "data": {
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1299 "attribute": {
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1300 "nosy": [
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1301 "1",
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1302 "5"
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1303 ]
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1304 },
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1305 "type": "issue",
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1306 "link": "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1307 "id": "23"
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1308 }
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1309 }
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1310
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1311 If the above command is repeated with the data attribute::
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1312
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1313 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ], "title": "This is now my title" }'
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1314
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1315 this is returned::
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1316
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1317 {
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1318 "data": {
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1319 "attribute": {
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1320 "title": "This is now my title"
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1321 },
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1322 "type": "issue",
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1323 "link":
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1324 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1325 "id": "23"
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1326 }
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1327 }
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1329 Note that nosy is not in the attributes returned. It is the same as
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1330 before, so no change has happened and it is not reported.
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1331 Changing both nosy and title::
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1332
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1333 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1334 --header 'Referer: https://.../' \
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1335 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1336 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1337 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1338 --header 'If-Match: "8209add59a79713d64f4d1a072aef740"' \
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1339 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "This is now my new title" }' \
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1340 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1341
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1342 which returns both title and nosy attributes::
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1343
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1344 {
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1345 "data": {
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1346 "attribute": {
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1347 "title": "This is now my new title",
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1348 "nosy": [
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1349 "4",
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1350 "5"
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1351 ]
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1352 },
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1353 "type": "issue",
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1354 "link":
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1355 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1356 "id": "23"
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1357 }
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1358 }
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1359
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1360 Note that mixing url query parameters with payload submission doesn't
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1361 work. So using::
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1362
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1363 https://.../rest/data/issue/23?@pretty=false
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1364
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1365 doesn't have the desired effect. However it can be put in the data
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1366 payload::
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1367
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1368 curl -u admin:admin ...
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1369 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "...", "@pretty": "false" }'
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1370
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1371 produces::
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1372
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1373 {"data": {"attribute": {...}, "type": "issue",
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1374 "link": "https://...", "id": "23"}}
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1375
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1376 the lines are wrapped for display purposes, in real life it's one long
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1377 line.
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1378
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1379 The method ``DELETE`` is allowed on items, e.g., ``/data/issue/42``
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1380 and will retire (mark as deleted) the respective item. On success it
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1381 will only return a status code. The item is still available if
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1382 accessed directly by its item url. The item will not show up in
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1383 searches where it would have been matched if not retired.
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1384
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1385 Finally the ``PATCH`` method can be applied to individual items, e.g.,
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1386 ``/data/issue/42``. This method gets an operator ``@op=<method>``
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1387 where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``, ``remove``. For
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1388 items, an additional operator ``action`` is supported. If no operator
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1389 is specified, the default is ``replace``. The first three operators
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1390 are self explanatory. For an ``action`` operator an ``@action_name``
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1391 and optional ``@action_argsXXX`` parameters have to be
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1392 supplied. Currently there are only two actions, neither has args,
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1393 namely ``retire`` and ``restore``. The ``retire`` action on an item is
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1394 the same as a ``DELETE`` method, it retires the item. The ``restore``
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1395 action is the inverse of ``retire``, the item is again visible. On
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1396 success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1397 method. An example to add a user to the nosy list of an item is::
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1398
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1399 curl -u admin:admin -p -X PATCH \
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1400 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
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1401 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1402 --header 'If-Match: "c6e2d81019acff1da7a2da45f93939bd"' \
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1403 --data-urlencode '@op=add' \
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1404 --data 'nosy=3' \
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1405 "https://.../rest/data/issue/23"
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1406
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1407 which returns::
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1408
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1409 {
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1410 "data": {
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1411 "attribute": {
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1412 "nosy": [
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1413 "3",
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1414 "4"
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1415 ]
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1416 },
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1417 "type": "issue",
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1418 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1419 "id": "23"
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1420 }
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1421 }
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1422
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1423 Note that the changed values are returned so you can update
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1424 internal state in your app with the new data.
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1425
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1426 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1427 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1428 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1429 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1430 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1431 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1432 ``If-Match`` header.
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1433
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1434 /data/\ *class*/\ *id*/\ *property* field
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1435 -----------------------------------------
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1436
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1437 A ``GET`` method on a property (e.g. ``/data/issue/42/title``) returns the
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1438 link, an ``@etag``, the type of the property (e.g. "<type str>") the id
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1439 of the item and the content of the property in ``data``.
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1440
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1441 For example::
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1442
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1443 {
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1444 "data": {
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1445 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/22/title",
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1446 "data": "I need Broken PC",
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1447 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1448 "id": "22",
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1449 "@etag": "\"370510512b2d8fc3f98aac3d762cc7b1\""
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1450 }
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1451 }
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1452
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1453
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1454 All endpoints support an ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which
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1455 methods are allowed on a given endpoint.
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1456
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1457 Message and File Content
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1458 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1459
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1460 Messages and files have content properties. If the data is utf-8
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1461 compatible (e.g. an email message) you can retrieve it with
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1462 rest/data/msg/11/content to obtain::
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1463
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1464 {
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1465 "data": {
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1466 "id": "11",
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1467 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1468 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11/content",
6764
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1469 "data": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
32f52d14b496 Typo fixes, formatting fixes, jwt -> JWT, add link to JWT issue
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1470 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage, was or...",
5928
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1471 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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1472 }
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1473 }
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1474
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1475 (the content property is wrapped for display, it is one long line.)
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1476
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1477 .. _binary_content property:
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1478
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1479 If the data is not representable in utf-8, you need to use the
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1480 binary_content
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1481 property. E.G. ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content``
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1482 returns::
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1483
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1484 {
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1485 "data": {
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1486 "id": "11",
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1487 "type": "<class 'bytes'>",
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1488 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content",
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1489 "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\\xec?\\x00\\x00'",
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1490 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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1491 }
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1492 }
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1493
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1494 (data field elided for display). You can also receive the file content
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1495 as a data stream rather than encoded. See `Getting Message and Files
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1496 Content`_.
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1497
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1498 The data is a json encoded hexidecimal representation of the data.
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1499
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1500
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1501 Other Supported Methods for fields
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1502 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1503
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1504 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on a property e.g.,
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1505 ``/data/issue/42/title``. On success it returns the same parameters as
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1506 the respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1507 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter.
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1508 Example using multipart/form-data rather than json::
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1509
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1510 curl -vs -u provisional:provisional -X PUT \
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1511 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1512 --data "data=Provisional" \
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1513 --header "If-Match: 079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1514 --data-urlencode "@etag=079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1515 "https://.../rest/data/user/5/realname"
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1516
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1517 This example updates a leadtime field that is declared as an interval
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1518 type::
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1519
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1520 curl -vs -u demo:demo -X PUT \
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1521 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1522 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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1523 --header "Referer: https://.../" \
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1524 --header "x-requested-with: rest" \
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1525 --header 'If-Match: "e2e6cc43c3475a4a3d9e5343617c11c3"' \
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1526 --data '{"leadtime": "2d" }' \
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1527 "https://.../rest/data/issue/10"
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1528
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1529 It is also possible to call ``DELETE`` on a
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1530 property of an item, e.g., ``/data/issue/42/nosy`` to delete the nosy
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1531 list. The same effect can be achieved with a ``PUT`` request and an
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1532 empty new value. This may fail if the property is required.
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1533
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1534 The ``PATCH`` method can be applied to properties, e.g.,
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1535 ``/data/issue/42/title``. This method gets an operator
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1536 ``@op=<method>`` where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``,
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1537 ``remove``. If no operator is specified, the default is ``replace``
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1538 which is the same as performing a PUT on the field url. ``add`` and
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1539 ``remove`` allow adding and removing values from MultiLink
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1540 properties. This is easier than having to rewrite the entire value for
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1541 the field using the ``replace`` operator or doing a PUT to the field.
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1542 On success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1543 method.
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1544
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1545 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1546 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1547 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1548 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1549 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1550 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1551 ``If-Match`` header.
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1552
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1553 Tunneling Methods via POST
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1554 --------------------------
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1555
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1556 If you are working through a proxy and unable to use http methods like
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1557 PUT, PATCH, or DELETE, you can use POST to perform the action. To tunnel
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1558 an action through POST, send the ``X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE`` header
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1559 with a value of DELETE or other capitalized HTTP verb. The body of the
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1560 POST should be what you would send if you were using the method
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1561 without tunneling.
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1562
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1563 Examples and Use Cases
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1564 ======================
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1565
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1566 sample python client
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1567 --------------------
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1568
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1569 The client uses the python ``requests`` library for easier interaction
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1570 with a REST API supporting JSON encoding::
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1571
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1572
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1573 >>> import requests
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1574 >>> u = 'http://user:password@tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/'
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1575 >>> s = requests.session()
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1576 >>> session.auth = ('admin', 'admin')
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1577 >>> r = s.get(u + 'issue/42/title')
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1578 >>> if r.status_code != 200:
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1579 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1580 ... exit(1)
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1581 >>> print (r.json() ['data']['data']
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1582 TEST Title
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1583 >>> h = {'X-Requested-With': 'rest', 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1584 >>> r = s.post (u + 'issue', data = dict (title = 'TEST Issue'), headers=h)
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1585 >>> if not 200 <= r.status_code <= 201:
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1586 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1587 ... exit(1)
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1588 >>> print(r.json())
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1589
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1590 Retire/Restore::
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1591 >>> r = s.delete (u + 'issue/42')
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1592 >>> print (r.json())
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1593 >>> r = s.get (u + 'issue/42')
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1594 >>> etag = r.headers['ETag']
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1595 >>> print("ETag: %s" % etag)
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1596 >>> etag = r.json()['data']['@etag']
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1597 >>> print("@etag: %s" % etag)
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1598 >>> h = {'If-Match': etag,
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1599 ... 'X-Requested-With': 'rest',
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1600 ... 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1601 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'retire'}
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1602 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1603 >>> print(r.json())
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1604 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'restore'}
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1605 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1606 >>> print(r.json())
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1607
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1608 Note the addition of headers for: x-requested-with and referer. This
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1609 allows the request to pass the CSRF protection mechanism. You may need
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1610 to add an Origin header if this check is enabled in your tracker's
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1611 config.ini (look for csrf_enforce_header_origin). (Note the Origin
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1612 header check may have to be disabled if an application is making a
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1613 CORS request to the Roundup server. If you have this issue, please
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1614 contact the Roundup team using the mailing lists as this is a bug.)
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1615
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1616 A similar curl based retire example is to use::
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1617
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1618 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1619 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1620 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1621 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1622 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1623
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1624 to get the etag manually. Then insert the etag in the If-Match header
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1625 for this retire example::
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1626
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1627 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1628 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1629 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1630 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1631 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1632 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "retire" }'\
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1633 -X PATCH \
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1634 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1635
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1636 and restore::
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1637
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1638 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1639 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1640 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1641 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1642 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1643 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "restore" }'\
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1644 -X PATCH \
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1645 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1646
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1647
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1648 Searches and selection
7473
f8b5b0310f88 I think headings are consistant now.
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1649 ----------------------
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1650
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1651 One difficult interface issue is selection of items from a long list.
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1652 Using multi-item selects requires loading a lot of data (e.g. consider
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1653 a selection tool to select one or more issues as in the classic
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1654 superseder field).
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1655
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1656 This can be made easier using javascript selection tools like select2,
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1657 selectize.js, chosen etc. These tools can query a remote data provider
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1658 to get a list of items for the user to select from.
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1659
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1660 Consider a multi-select box for the superseder property. Using
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1661 selectize.js (and jquery) code similar to::
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1662
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1663 $('#superseder').selectize({
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1664 valueField: 'id',
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1665 labelField: 'title',
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1666 searchField: 'title', ...
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1667 load: function(query, callback) {
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1668 if (!query.length) return callback();
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1669 $.ajax({
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1670 url: '.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title='
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1671 + encodeURIComponent(query),
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1672 type: 'GET',
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1673 error: function() {callback();},
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1674 success: function(res) {
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1675 callback(res.data.collection);}
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1676
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1677 Sets up a box that a user can type the word "request" into. Then
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1678 selectize.js will use that word to generate an ajax request with the
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1679 url: ``.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title=request``
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1680
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1681 This will return data like::
5677
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1682
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1683 {
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1684 "data": {
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1685 "@total_size": 440,
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1686 "collection": [
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1687 {
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1688 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/8",
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1689 "id": "8",
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1690 "title": "Request for Power plugs"
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1691 },
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1692 {
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1693 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/27",
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1694 "id": "27",
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1695 "title": "Request for foo"
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1696 },
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1697 ...
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1698
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1699 selectize.js will look at these objects (as passed to
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1700 callback(res.data.collection)) and create a select list from the each
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1701 object showing the user the labelField (title) for each object and
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1702 associating each title with the corresponding valueField (id). The
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1703 example above has 440 issues returned from a total of 2000
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1704 issues. Only 440 had the word "request" somewhere in the title greatly
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1705 reducing the amount of data that needed to be transferred.
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1706
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1707 Similar code can be set up to search a large list of keywords using::
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1708
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1709 .../rest/data/keyword?@verbose=2&name=some
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1710
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1711 which would return: "some keyword" "awesome" "somebody" making
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1712 selections for links and multilinks much easier.
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1713
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1714 A get on a collection endpoint can include other properties. Why do we
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1715 want this? Selectize.js can set up option groups (optgroups) in the
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1716 select pulldown. So by including status in the returned data using
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1717 a url like ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status``
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1718 we get::
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1719
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1720 {
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1721 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1001",
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1722 "title": "Request for Broken PC",
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1723 "id": "1001",
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1724 "status": {
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1725 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/6",
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1726 "id": "6",
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1727 "name": "resolved"
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1728 }
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1729 }
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1730
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1731 a select widget like::
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1732
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1733 === New ===
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1734 A request
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1735 === Open ===
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1736 Request for bar
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1737 Request for foo
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1738
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1739 etc. can be generated. Also depending on the javascript library, other
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1740 fields can be used for subsearch and sorting.
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1741
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1742
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1743 Programming the REST API
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1744 ========================
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1745
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1746 You can extend the rest api for a tracker. This describes how to add
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1747 new rest end points. At some point it will also describe the rest.py
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1748 structure and implementation.
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1749
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1750 Adding new rest endpoints
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1751 -------------------------
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1752
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1753 Add or edit the file `interfaces.py`_ at the root of the tracker
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1754 directory.
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1755
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1756 In that file add::
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1757
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1758 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1759 from roundup.exceptions import Unauthorised
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1760
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1761 class RestfulInstance:
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1762
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1763 @Routing.route("/summary2")
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1764 @_data_decorator
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1765 def summary2(self, input):
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1766 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1767 return 200, result
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1768
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1769 will make a new endpoint .../rest/summary2 that you can test with::
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1770
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1771 $ curl -X GET .../rest/summary2
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1772 {
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1773 "data": {
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1774 "hello": "world"
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1775 }
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1776 }
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1777
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1778 Similarly appending this to interfaces.py after summary2::
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1779
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1780 # handle more endpoints
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1781 @Routing.route("/data/<:class_name>/@schema", 'GET')
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1782 def get_element_schema(self, class_name, input):
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1783 result = { "schema": {} }
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1784 uid = self.db.getuid ()
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1785 if not self.db.security.hasPermission('View', uid, class_name) :
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1786 raise Unauthorised('Permission to view %s denied' % class_name)
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1787
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1788 class_obj = self.db.getclass(class_name)
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1789 props = class_obj.getprops(protected=False)
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1790 schema = result['schema']
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1791
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1792 for prop in props:
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1793 schema[prop] = { "type": repr(class_obj.properties[prop]) }
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1794
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1795 return result
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1796
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1797 ..
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1798 the # comment in the example is needed to preserve indention under Class.
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1799
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1800 returns some data about the class::
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1801
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1802 $ curl -X GET .../rest/data/issue/@schema
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1803 {
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1804 "schema": {
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1805 "keyword": {
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1806 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"keyword\">"
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1807 },
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1808 "title": {
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1809 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.String>"
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1810 },
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1811 "files": {
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1812 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"file\">"
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1813 },
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1814 "status": {
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1815 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Link to \"status\">"
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1816 }, ...
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1817 }
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1818 }
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1819
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1820
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1821 Adding other endpoints (e.g. to allow an OPTIONS query against
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1822 ``/data/issue/@schema``) is left as an exercise for the reader.
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1823
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1824 Redefine/move rest endpoints
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1825 ----------------------------
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1826
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1827 In addition to adding new endpoints, you can redefine existing
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1828 endpoints. Adding this as described above::
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1829
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1830 @Routing.route("/summary")
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1831 @_data_decorator
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1832 def summary2(self, input):
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1833 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1834 return 200, result
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1835
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1836 will return::
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1837
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1838 {
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1839 "data": {
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1840 "hello": "world"
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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 In addition to overriding existing endpoints, you can move existing
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1846 endpoints to new locations. Adding::
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1847
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1848 @Routing.route("/data2/<:classname>")
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1849 def get_collection2(self, classname, input):
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1850 """ Remap existing function in rest.py to a new endpoint
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1851
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1852 Existing function is decorated with:
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1853
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1854 @Routing.route("/data/<:classname>")
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1855 @_data_decorator
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1856
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1857 so we need to drop @_data_decorator from this function since
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1858 we can't apply @_data_decorator twice.
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1859 """
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1860 return self.get_collection(classname, input)
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1861
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1862 will make the response at /rest/data2/<class> be the same as what is
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1863 normally at /rest/data/<class>.
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1864
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1865
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1866 Controlling Access to Backend Data
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1867 ----------------------------------
5843
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1868
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1869 Roundup's schema is the primary access control mechanism. Roles and
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1870 Permissions provide the ability to carefully control what data can be
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1871 seen.
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1872
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1873 However the templating system can access the hyperdb directly which
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1874 allows filtering to happen with admin privs escaping the standard
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1875 permissions scheme. For example access to a user's roles should be
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1876 limited to the user (read only) and an admin. If you have customised
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1877 your schema to implement `Restricting the list of
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1878 users that are assignable to a task
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1879 <customizing.html#restricting-the-list-of-users-that-are-assignable-to-a-task>`__
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1880 so that only users with a
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1881 Developer role are allowed to be assigned to an issue, a rest end
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1882 point must be added to provide a view that exposes users with this
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1883 permission.
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1884
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1885 Using the normal ``/data/user?roles=Developer`` will return all the
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1886 users in the system unless you are an admin user because most users
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1887 can't see the roles. Building on the `Adding new rest endpoints`_
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1888 section this code adds a new endpoint ``/data/@permission/Developer``
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1889 that returns a list of users with the developer role::
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1890
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1891 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance
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1892 from roundup.anypy.cgi_ import MiniFieldStorage
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1893
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1894 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1895
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1896 @Routing.route("/data/@permission/Developer")
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1897 def get_role_Developer(self, input):
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1898 '''An endpoint to return a list of users with Developer
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1899 role who can be assigned to an issue.
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1900
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1901 It ignores attempt to search by any property except
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1902 username and realname. It also ignores the whole @fields
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1903 specification if it specifies a property the user
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1904 can't view. Other @ query params (e.g. @page... and
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1905 @verbose) are supported.
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1906
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1907 It assumes admin access rights so that the roles property
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1908 of the user can be searched. This is needed if the roles
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1909 property is not searchable/viewable by normal users. A user
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1910 who can search roles can identify users with the admin
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1911 role. So it does not respond the same as a rest/data/users
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1912 search by a non-admin user.
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1913 '''
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1914 # get real user id
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1915 realuid=self.db.getuid()
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1916
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1917 def allowed_field(fs):
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1918 if fs.name in ['username', 'realname' ]:
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1919 # only allow search matches for these fields
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1920 return True
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1921 elif fs.name in [ '@fields' ]:
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1922 for prop in fs.value.split(','):
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1923 # if any property is unviewable to user, remove
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1924 # @field entry. If they can't see it for the admin
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1925 # user, don't let them see it for any user.
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1926 if not self.db.security.hasPermission(
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1927 'View', realuid, 'user', property=prop,
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1928 itemid='1'):
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1929 return False
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1930 return True
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1931 elif fs.name.startswith("@"):
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1932 # allow @page..., @verbose etc.
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1933 return True
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1935 # deny all other url parmeters
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1936 return False
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1937
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1938 # Cleanup input.list to prevent user from probing roles
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1939 # or viewing things the user should not be able to view.
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1940 input.list[:] = [ fs for fs in input.list
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1941 if allowed_field(fs) ]
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1942
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1943 # Add the role filter required to implement the permission
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1944 # search
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1945 input.list.append(MiniFieldStorage("roles", "Developer"))
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1946
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1947 # change user to acquire permission to search roles
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1948 self.db.setCurrentUser('admin')
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1950 # Once we have cleaned up the request, pass it to
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1951 # get_collection as though /rest/data/users?... has been called
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1952 # to get @verbose and other args supported.
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1953 return self.get_collection('user', input)
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1955 Calling this with::
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1956
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1957 curl 'http://example.com/demo/rest/data/@permission/Developer?@fields=realname&roles=Users&@verbose=2'
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1958
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1959 produces output similar to::
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1960
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1961 {
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1962 "data": {
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1963 "collection": [
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1964 {
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1965 "username": "agent",
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1966 "link": http://example.com/demo/rest/data/user/4",
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1967 "realname": "James Bond",
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1968 "id": "4"
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1969 }
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1970 ],
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1971 "@total_size": 1
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1972 }
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1973 }
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1975 assuming user 4 is the only user with the Developer role. Note that
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1976 the url passes the ``roles=User`` filter option which is silently
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1977 ignored.
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1978
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1979 Changing Access Roles with JSON Web Tokens
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1980 ------------------------------------------
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1981
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1982 As discussed above Roundup's schema is the access control mechanism.
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1983 However you may want to integrate a third party system with roundup.
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1984 E.G. suppose you use a time tracking service that takes an issue id
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1985 and keeps a running count of how much time was spent on it. Then with
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1986 a single button push it can add the recorded time to the roundup
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1987 issue.
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1988
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1989 You probably don't want to give this third party service your roundup
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1990 username and credentials. Especially if your roundup instance is under
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1991 your company's single sign on infrastructure.
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1992
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1993 So what we need is a way for this third party service to impersonate
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1994 you and have access to create a roundup timelog entry (see
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1996 to the associated issue. This should happen without sharing passwords
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1997 and without allowing the third party service to see the issue (except the
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1998 ``times`` property), user, or other information in the tracker.
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2000 Enter the use of a JSON web token. Roundup has rudimentary ability to
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2001 manage JWTs and use them for authentication and authorization.
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2002
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2003 There are 5 steps to set this up:
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2004
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2005 1. install pyjwt library using pip or pip3. If roundup can't find the
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2006 jwt module you will see the error ``Support for jwt disabled.``
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2007 2. create a new role that allows Create access to timelog and edit/view
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2008 access to an issues' ``times`` property.
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2009 3. add support for issuing (and validating) JWTs to the rest interface.
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2010 This uses the `Adding new rest endpoints`_ mechanism.
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2011 4. configure roundup's config.ini [web] jwt_secret with at least 32
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2012 random characters of data. (You will get a message
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2013 ``Support for jwt disabled by admin.`` if it's not long
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2014 enough.) If you have openssl installed, you can use the output
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2015 of ``openssl rand -base64 32``.
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2016 5. add an auditor to make sure that users with this role are appending
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2017 timelog links to the ``times`` property of the issue.
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2018
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2019 Create role
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2020 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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2021
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2022 Adding this snippet of code to the tracker's ``schema.py`` should
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2023 create a role with the proper authorization::
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2024
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2025 db.security.addRole(name="User:timelog",
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2026 description="allow a user to create and append timelogs")
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2027
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2028 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User:timelog', 'Rest Access')
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2029
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2030 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='timelog',
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2031 description="Allow timelog creation", props_only=False)
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2032 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2033
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2034 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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2035 properties=('id', 'times'),
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2036 description="Allow retrieving issue etag or timelog issue",
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2037 props_only=False)
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2038 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2039
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2040 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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2041 properties=('id', 'times'),
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2042 description="Allow editing timelog for issue",
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2043 props_only=False)
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2044 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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2045
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2046 The role is named to work with the /rest/jwt/issue rest endpoint
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2047 defined below. Starting the role name with ``User:`` allows the jwt
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2048 issue code to create a token with this role if the user requesting the
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2049 role has the User role.
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2050
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2051 The role *must* have access to the issue ``id`` to retrieve the etag for
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2052 the issue. The etag is passed in the ``If-Match`` HTTP header when you
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2053 make a call to patch or update the ``times`` property of the issue.
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2054
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2055 If you use a PATCH rest call with "@op=add" to append the new timelog,
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2056 you don't need View access to the ``times`` property. If you replace the
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2057 ``times`` value, you need to read the current value of ``times`` (using
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2058 View permission), append the newly created timelog id to the (array)
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2059 value, and replace the ``times`` value.
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2060
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2061 Note that the json returned after the operation will include the new
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2062 value of the ``times`` value so your code can verify that it worked.
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2063 This does potentially leak info about the previous id's in the field.
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2064
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2065 Create rest endpoints
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2066 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2067
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2068 Here is code to add to your tracker's ``interfaces.py`` (note code has
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2069 only been tested with python3)::
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2070
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2071 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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2072
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2073 class RestfulInstance(object):
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2074 @Routing.route("/jwt/issue", 'POST')
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2075 @_data_decorator
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2076 def generate_jwt(self, input):
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2077 """Create a JSON Web Token (jwt)
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2078 """
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2079 import datetime
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2080 import jwt
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2081 from roundup.anypy.datetime_ import utcnow
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2082 from roundup.anypy.strings import b2s
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2083
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2084 # require basic auth to generate a token
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2085 # At some point we can support a refresh token.
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2086 # maybe a jwt with the "refresh": True claim generated
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2087 # using: "refresh": True in the json request payload.
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2088
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2089 denialmsg='Token creation requires login with basic auth.'
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2090 if 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in self.client.env:
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2091 try:
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2092 auth = self.client.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
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2093 scheme, challenge = auth.split(' ', 1)
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2094 except (ValueError, AttributeError):
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2095 # bad format for header
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2096 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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diff changeset
2097 if scheme.lower() != 'basic':
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diff changeset
2098 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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2099 else:
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2100 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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2101
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2102 # verify we have input data.
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2103 if not input:
22cf6ee7ad88 jwt issue example: require input data, lowercase roles
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2104 raise UsageError("Missing data payload. "
22cf6ee7ad88 jwt issue example: require input data, lowercase roles
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2105 "Verify Content-Type is sent")
22cf6ee7ad88 jwt issue example: require input data, lowercase roles
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2106
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2107 # If we reach this point we have validated that the user has
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2108 # logged in with a password using basic auth.
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2109 all_roles = list(self.db.security.role.items())
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2110 rolenames = []
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2111 for role in all_roles:
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2112 rolenames.append(role[0])
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2113
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2114 user_roles = list(self.db.user.get_roles(self.db.getuid()))
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2115
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2116 claim= { 'sub': self.db.getuid(),
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2117 'iss': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2118 'aud': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2119 'iat': utcnow(),
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2120 }
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2121
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2122 lifetime = 0
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2123 if 'lifetime' in input:
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2124 if input['lifetime'].value != 'unlimited':
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2125 try:
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2126 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(input['lifetime'].value))
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2127 except ValueError:
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2128 raise UsageError("Value 'lifetime' must be 'unlimited' or an integer to specify" +
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2129 " lifetime in seconds. Got %s."%input['lifetime'].value)
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2130 else:
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2131 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=86400) # 1 day by default
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2132
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2133 if lifetime: # if lifetime = 0 make unlimited by omitting exp claim
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2134 claim['exp'] = utcnow() + lifetime
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2135
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2136 newroles = []
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2137 if 'roles' in input:
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2138 for role in [ r.lower() for r in input['roles'].value ]:
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2139 if role not in rolenames:
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2140 raise UsageError("Role %s is not valid."%role)
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2141 if role in user_roles:
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2142 newroles.append(role)
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2143 continue
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2144 parentrole = role.split(':', 1)[0]
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2145 if parentrole in user_roles:
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2146 newroles.append(role)
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2147 continue
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2148
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2149 raise UsageError("Role %s is not permitted."%role)
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2150
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2151 claim['roles'] = newroles
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2152 else:
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2153 claim['roles'] = user_roles
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2154
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2155 # Sign with newest/first secret.
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2156 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET[0]
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2157 myjwt = jwt.encode(claim, secret, algorithm='HS256')
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2158
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2159 # if jwt.__version__ >= 2.0.0 jwt.encode() returns string
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2160 # not byte. So do not use b2s() with newer versions of pyjwt.
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2161 result = {"jwt": b2s(myjwt),
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2162 }
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2163
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2164 return 200, result
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2165
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2166 @Routing.route("/jwt/validate", 'GET')
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2167 @_data_decorator
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2168 def validate_jwt(self,input):
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2169 import jwt
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2170 if not 'jwt' in input:
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2171 raise UsageError("jwt key must be specified")
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2172
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2173 myjwt = input['jwt'].value
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2174
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2175 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET[0]
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2176
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2177 # only return decoded result if the newest signing key
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2178 # is used. Have older keys report an invalid signature.
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2179 try:
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2180 result = jwt.decode(myjwt, secret,
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2181 algorithms=['HS256'],
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2182 audience=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2183 issuer=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2184 )
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2185 except jwt.exceptions.InvalidTokenError as err:
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2186 return 401, str(err)
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2187
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2188 return 200, result
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2189
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2190 **Note this is sample code. Use at your own risk.** It breaks a few
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2191 rules about JWTs (e.g. it allows you to make unlimited lifetime
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2192 JWTs). If you subscribe to the concept of JWT refresh tokens, this code
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2193 will have to be changed as it will only generate JWTs with
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2194 username/password authentication.
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2195
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2196 Currently use of JWTs an experiment. If this appeals to you consider
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2197 providing patches to existing code to:
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2198
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2199 1. create long lived refresh tokens
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2200 2. record all refresh tokens created by a user
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2201 3. using the record to allow refresh tokens to be revoked and
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2202 ignored by the roundup core
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2203 4. provide a UI page for managing/revoking refresh tokens
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2204 5. provide a rest api for revoking refresh tokens
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2205
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2206 These end points can be used like::
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2207
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2208 curl -u demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2209 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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2210 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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2211 --data '{"lifetime": "3600", "roles": [ "user:timelog" ] }' \
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2212 https://.../demo/rest/JWT/issue
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2213
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2214 (note roles is a json array/list of strings not a string) to get::
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2215
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2216 {
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2217 "data": {
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2218 "JWT": "eyJ0eXAiOiJK......XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk"
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2219 }
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2220 }
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2221
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2222 The JWT is shortened in the example since it's large. You can validate
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2223 a JWT to see if it's still valid using::
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2224
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2225
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2226 curl -s -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
1b57d8f3eb97 Add rudimentery experiment JSON Web Token (jwt) support
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2227 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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2228 https://.../demo/rest/JWT/validate?JWT=eyJ0eXAiOiJK...XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk
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2229
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2230 (note no login is required) which returns::
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2231
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2232 {
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2233 "data": {
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2234 "user": "3",
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2235 "roles": [
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2236 "user:timelog"
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2237 ],
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2238 "iss": "https://.../demo/",
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2239 "aud": "https://.../demo/",
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2240 "iat": 1569542404,
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2241 "exp": 1569546004
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2242 }
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2243 }
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2244
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2245
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2246 There is an issue for `thoughts on JWT credentials`_ that you can view
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2247 for ideas or add your own.
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2248
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2249 .. _thoughts on JWT credentials: https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2551064
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2250
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2251 Final steps
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2252 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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2253
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2254 See the `upgrading directions`_ on how to use the ``updateconfig``
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2255 command to generate an updated copy of config.ini using
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2256 roundup-admin. Then set the ``JWT_secret`` to at least 32 characters
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2257 (more is better up to 512 bits). The output of
d4aef2b004a1 doc: ad use of openssl rand to generate jwt secret.
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2258 ``openssl rand -base64 32`` will fulfill the minimum requirements.
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2259
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2260 Writing an auditor that uses "db.user.get_roles" to see if the user
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2261 making the change has the ``user:timelog`` role, and then comparing
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2262 the original ``times`` list to the new list to verify that it is being
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2263 added to and not changed otherwise is left as an exercise for the
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2264 reader. (If you develop one, please contribute via the tracker:
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2265 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/.)
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2266
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2267 Lastly you can create a JWT using the end point above and make a rest
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2268 call to create a new timelog entry and another call to update the
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2269 issues times property. If you have other ideas on how JWTs can be
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2270 used, please share on the roundup mailing lists. See:
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2271 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/ for directions on
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2272 subscribing and for archives of the lists.
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2273
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2275 Creating Custom Rate Limits
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2276 ---------------------------
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2277
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2278 You can replace the default rate limiter that is configured using
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2279 the tracker's ``config.ini``. You can return different rate
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2280 limits based on the user, time of day, phase of moon, request
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2281 method (via self.client.request.command) etc.
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2282
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2283 Assume you add two integer valued properties to the user
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2284 object. Let's call them ``rate_limit_interval`` and
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2285 ``rate_limit_calls``. Add code similar to this to interfaces.py
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2286 to override the default rate limiter code::
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2287
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2288 from roundup.rest import RestfulInstance, RateLimit
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2289 from datetime import timedelta
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2290
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2291 def grl(self):
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2292 calls = self.db.config.WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2293 interval = self.db.config.WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2294
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2295 if calls and interval: # use to disable all rate limits
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2296
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2297 uid = self.db.getuid()
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2298 class_obj = self.db.getclass('user')
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2299 node = class_obj.getnode(uid)
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2301 # set value to 0 to use WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2302 user_calls = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_calls')
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2303 # set to 0 to use WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2304 user_interval = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_interval')
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2305
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2306 return RateLimit(user_calls or calls,
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2307 timedelta(seconds=(user_interval or interval)))
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2308 else:
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2309 # disable rate limiting if either parameter is 0
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2310 return None
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2311
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2312 RestfulInstance.getRateLimit = grl
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2314 this should replace the default getRateLimit with the new grl
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2315 function. This new function uses values for the number of calls
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2316 and period that are specific to a user. If either is set to 0,
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2317 the defaults from ``config.ini`` file are used.
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2319 Test Examples
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2320 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2322 Rate limit tests::
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2324 seq 1 300 | xargs -P 20 -n 1 curl --head -u user:password -si \
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2325 https://.../rest/data/status/new | grep Remaining
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2327 will show you the number of remaining requests to the REST interface
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2328 for the user identified by password.
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