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1 .. index:: pair: api; Representational state transfer
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2 pair: api; rest
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4 ====================
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5 REST API for Roundup
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6 ====================
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8 .. contents::
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9 :local:
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10 :depth: 3
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12 Introduction
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13 ------------
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15 After the last 1.6.0 Release, a REST-API developed in 2015 during a
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16 Google Summer of Code (GSOC) by Chau Nguyen, supervised by Ezio
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17 Melotti was integrated. The code was updated by Ralf Schlatterbeck
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18 and John Rouillard to fix some shortcomings and provide the necessary
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19 functions for a single page web application, e.g. etag support,
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20 pagination, field embedding among others.
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22 Enabling the REST API
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23 ---------------------
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25 The REST API can be disabled in the ``[web]`` section of ``config.ini``
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26 via the variable ``enable_rest`` which is ``yes`` by default.
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28 Users have to be authorized to use the rest api. The user must have
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29 "Rest Access" permission. To add this to the "User" role change
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30 schema.py to add::
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32 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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34 This is usually included near where other permissions like "Web Access"
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35 or "Email Access" are assigned.
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37 You could also create a new role "rest" and assign the "Rest Access"
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39 those users who should have access.
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41 The REST api is reached via the ``/rest/`` endpoint of the tracker
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42 URL. Partial URLs paths below (not starting with https) will have
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43 /rest removed for brevity.
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45 Make sure that the ``secret_key`` option is defined in the
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46 ``[web]`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. Following the
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47 `upgrading directions`_ using ``roundup-admin ... updateconfig
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48 ...`` will generate the ``secret_key`` comments and setting. Then
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49 you can merge this into your ``config.ini``. If you are
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50 installing a new tracker with ``roundup-admin ... install`` the
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51 ``secret_key`` value is automatically set to some random value.
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53 If ``secret_key`` is not set, the etag value returned by a REST
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55 changed.
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57 .. _upgrading directions: upgrading.html
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59 Preventing CSRF Attacks
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60 =======================
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62 Clients should set the header X-REQUESTED-WITH to any value and the
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63 tracker's config.ini should have ``csrf_enforce_header_x-requested-with
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64 = yes`` or ``required``.
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66 Rate Limiting the API
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67 =====================
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69 This is a work in progress. This version of roundup includes Rate
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70 Limiting for the API (which is different from rate limiting login
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71 attempts on the web interface).
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74 ``api_interval_in_sec`` configuration parameters in the ``[web]``
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75 section of ``config.ini``. The settings are documented in the
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76 config.ini file.
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78 If ``api_calls_per_interval = 60`` and ``api_interval_in_sec = 60``
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79 the user can make 60 calls in a minute. They can use them all up in the
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81 ``api_calls_per_interval = 60`` and ``api_interval_in_sec = 3600`` (1
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82 hour) they can use all 60 calls in the first second and they get one
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83 additional call every 10 seconds. ``api_calls_per_interval`` is the
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84 burst rate that you are willing to allow within `api_interval_in_sec``
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85 seconds. The average rate of use is the ratio of
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86 ``api_calls_per_interval/api_interval_in_sec``. So you can have many
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87 values that permit one call per second on average: 1/1, 60/60,
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88 3600/3600, but they all have a different maximum burst rates: 1/sec,
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89 60/sec and 3600/sec.
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91 A single page app may make 20 or 30 calls to populate the page (e.g. a
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92 list of open issues). Then wait a few seconds for the user to select
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94 populate status dropdowns, pull the first 10 messages in the issue
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95 etc. Controlling the burst rate as well as the average rate is a
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96 tuning exercise left for the tracker admin.
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98 Also the rate limit is a little lossy. Under heavy load, it is
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99 possible for it to miscount allowing more than burst count. Errors of
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100 up to 10% have been seen on slower hardware.
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102 Client API
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103 ----------
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105 The top-level REST url ``/rest/`` will display the current version of
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106 the REST API (Version 1 as of this writing) and some links to relevant
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107 endpoints of the API. In the following the ``/rest`` prefix is omitted
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108 from relative REST-API links for brevity.
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110 Headers
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111 =======
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113 If rate limiting is enabled there are 3 "standard" headers:
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115 **X-RateLimit-Limit**: Calls allowed per period.
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117 **X-RateLimit-Remaining**: Calls available to be completed in this window.
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119 **X-RateLimit-Reset**: window ends in this many seconds. (Note,
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120 not an epoch timestamp). After this time, all
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121 X-RateLimit-Limit calls are available again.
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123 and one helpful header to report the period that is missing
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124 from other lists of rate limit headers:
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126 **X-RateLimit-Limit-Period**: Defines period in seconds for X-RateLimit-Limit.
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128 Also if the user has exceeded the rate limit, this header is added:
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130 **Retry-After**: The number of second to wait until 1 api call will succeed.
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133 General Guidelines
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140 the method supports a payload.
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142 The exact details of returned data is determined by the value of the
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143 ``@verbose`` query parameter. The various supported values and their
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144 effects are described in the following sections.
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146 The default return format is JSON. If you add the ``dicttoxml.py``
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147 module you can request XML formatted data using the header ``Accept:
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148 application/xml`` in your request. Both output formats are similar in
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149 structure.
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151 All output is wrapped in an envelope called ``data``.
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153 When using collection endpoints (think list of issues, users ...), the
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157 { "data": {
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158 "meta data field1": "value",
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159 "meta data field2": "value",
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160 "collection": [
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161 { "link": "url to item",
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162 "id": "internal identifier for item" },
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163 { "link": "url to second item",
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164 "id": "id item 2" },
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166 "@links": {
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167 "relation": [
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168 { "rel": "relation/subrelation",
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169 "uri": "uri to use to implement relation" },
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172 "relation2": [ {...} ], ...
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178 collections endpoint.
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180 The ``link`` fields implement HATEOS by supplying a url for the
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181 resource represented by that object. The "link" parameter with the
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182 value of a url is a special case of the @links parameter.
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185 objects. These include rel (relationship) and uri properties. In the
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187 However including a full @links object for every item includes a lot
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188 of overhead since in most cases only the self relationship needs to be
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189 represented.
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191 Because every object, link and multilink ends up getting a url, the
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192 shorter 'link' representation is used for this special case. The
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193 ``link`` property expresses the ``self`` relationship and its value is
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194 the uri property of the full link object. In collections, properties
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195 from each item can be embedded in the returned data (see ``@fields``
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197 conflicts with the self url.
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199 When using an item endpoint (think an individual issue), metadata is
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200 included in the ``data`` envelope. Inside of the envelope, the
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201 ``attributes`` object contains the data for the field/properties of
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202 the issue. Example::
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204 { "data": {
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205 "meta data field1": "value",
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206 "type": "type of item, issue, user ..."
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207 "link": "link to retrieve item",
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208 "attributes": {
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209 "title": "title of issue",
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210 "nosy": [
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211 { "link": "url for user4",
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219 Using a property endpoint (e.g. title or nosy list for an issue) the
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220 ``data`` wrapper has a ``data`` subfield that represents the value of
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221 the property. This ``data`` subfield may be a simple string (all types
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225 { "data": {
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226 "type": "description of class",
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227 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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228 "link": "link to retrieve property",
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229 "id": "id for object with this property",
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230 "data": "value of property"
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231 }
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235 Special Endpoints
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236 =================
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238 There are a few special endpoints that provide some additional data.
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239 Tracker administrators can add new endpoints. See
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240 "Programming the REST API"_ below.
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242 /summary
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243 ^^^^^^^^
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247 with roundup and will display a summary of open issues.
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250 ^^^^^
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252 This is the primary entry point for data from the tracker.
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254 The ``/data`` link will display a set of classes of the tracker. All
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263 All the links mentioned in the following support the http method ``GET``.
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264 Results of a ``GET`` request will always return the results as a
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265 dictionary with the entry ``data`` referring to the returned data.
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267 Details are in the sections below.
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269 /data/\ *class* Collection
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272 When performing the ``GET`` method on a class (e.g. ``/data/issue``),
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274 ``@total_size``. A a ``collection`` list follows which contains the id
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275 and link to the respective item. For example a get on
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276 https://.../rest/data/issue returns::
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277
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278 {
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279 "data": {
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280 "collection": [
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281 {
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282 "id": "1",
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283 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1"
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284 },
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286 "id": "100",
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287 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/100"
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288 }
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289 ...
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290 ],
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291 "@total_size": 171
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292 }
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293 }
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295 Collection endpoints support a number of features as seen in the next
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296 sections.
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298 A server may implement a default maximum number of items in the
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299 collection. This can be used to prevent denial of service (DOS). As
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300 a result all clients must be programmed to expect pagination
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301 decorations in the response. See the section on pagination below for
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302 details.
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304 Searching
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305 ^^^^^^^^^
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306
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307 Searching is done by adding roundup field names and values as query
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308 parameters. Using: https://.../rest/data/issue you can search using:
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310 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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311 :header-rows: 1
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312 :widths: 20 20 80
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314 * - Query parameter
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315 - Field type
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316 - Explanation
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317 * - ``title=foo``
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318 - String
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319 - perform a substring search and find any issue with the word foo
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320 in the title.
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321 * - ``status=2``
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322 - Link
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323 - find any issue whose status link is set to the id 2.
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324 * - ``status=open``
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325 - Link
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326 - find any issue where the name of the status is open.
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327 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=ope will fail.
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328 * - ``nosy=1``
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329 - MultiLink
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330 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the id 1.
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331 * - ``nosy=admin``
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332 - MultiLink
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333 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the user admin.
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334 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=admi will fail.
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336 values match false.
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337 - Boolean
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338 - find an issue with the boolean field set to true.
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339
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340 As seen above, Links and Multilinks can be specified numerically or
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341 symbolically, e.g., searching for issues in status ``closed`` can be
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342 achieved by searching for ``status=closed`` or ``status=3`` (provided
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343 the ``closed`` status has ID 3). Note that even though the symbolic
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344 name is a string, in this case it is also a key value. As a result it
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345 only does an exact match.
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346
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347 Searching for strings (e.g. the issue title, or a keyword name)
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348 performs a case-insensitive substring search. Searching for
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349 ``title=Something`` (or in long form title~=Something) will find all
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350 issues with "Something" or "someThing", etc. in the title.
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352 Changing the search to ``title:=Something`` (note the `:`) performs an
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353 exact case-sensitive string match for exactly one word ``Something``
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354 with a capital ``S``. Another example is:
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355 ``title:=test+that+nosy+actually+works.`` where the + signs are spaces
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356 in the string. Replacing ``+`` with the `URL encoding`_ for space
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357 ``%20`` will also work. Note that you must match the spaces when
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358 performing exact matches. So `title:=test++that+nosy+actually+works.``
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360 ``that`` in the title.
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362 To make this clear, searching
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363 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?keyword=Foo`` will not work unless there
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364 is a keyword with a (case sensitive) name field of ``Foo`` which is
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365 the key field of the keyword. However searching the text property
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366 ``name`` using ``https://.../rest/data/keyword?name=Foo`` (note
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367 searching keyword class not issue class) will return matches for
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368 ``Foo``, ``foobar``, ``foo taz`` etc.
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370 In all cases the field ``@total_size`` is reported which is the total
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371 number of items available if you were to retrieve all of them.
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373 Other data types: Date, Interval Integer, Number need examples and may
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374 need work to allow range searches. Full text search (e.g. over the
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375 body of a msg) is a work in progress.
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377 .. _URL Encoding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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379 Transitive Searching
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380 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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381
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382 In addition to searching an issue by its properties, you can search
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383 for issues where linked items have a certain property. For example
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384 using ``/issues?messages.author=1`` will find all issues that include
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385 (link to) a message created by the admin user. This can also be done
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386 using: ``/issues?messages.author=admin``. Note that this requires
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387 search permission for messages.author, user.id, and users.username (to
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388 perform search with ``admin``. If these search permissions are not
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389 present, the search will silently drop the attribute.
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390
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391 Similarly you can find all issues where the nosy list includes James
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392 Bond with: ``issue?nosy.realname=james+bond``. The alternate way to
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393 perform this is to query the user class for the realname:
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394 ``user?realname=james+bond`` and retrieve the id. Then you can execute
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395 a second rest call ``issue?nosy=7`` to retrieve issues with id 7.
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397 Make sure that search access to the class/properties are granted to the
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398 user. Note that users can search a field even if they can't view
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399 it. However they may be able to use searches to discover the value of
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400 the field even if they can't view it.
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402 Sorting
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403 ^^^^^^^
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405 Collection endpoints support sorting. This is controlled by specifying a
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406 ``@sort`` parameter with a list of properties of the searched class.
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407 Optionally properties can include a sign ('+' or '-') to specify
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408 ascending or descending sort, respectively. If no sign is given,
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409 ascending sort is selected for this property. The following example
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410 would sort by status (in ascending order of the status.order property)
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411 and then by id of an issue::
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413 @sort=status,-id
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415
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416 Pagination
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417 ^^^^^^^^^^
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418
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419 Collection endpoints support pagination. This is controlled by query
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420 parameters ``@page_size`` and ``@page_index`` (Note the use of the
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421 leading `@` to make the parameters distinguishable from field names.)
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423 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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424 :header-rows: 1
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425 :widths: 20 80
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426
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427 * - Query parameter
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428 - Explanation
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429 * - ``@page_size``
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430 - specifies how many items are displayed at once. If no
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431 ``@page_size`` is specified, all matching items are returned.
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432 * - ``@page_index``
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433 - (which defaults to 1 if not given) specifies which page number
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434 of ``@page_size`` items is displayed.
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435
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436 Also when pagination is enabled the returned data include pagination
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437 links along side the collection data. This looks like::
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438
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439 { "data":
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440 {
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441 "collection": { ... },
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442 "@total_size": 222,
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443 "@links": {
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444 "self": [
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445 {
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446 "uri":
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447 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=1&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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448 "rel": "self"
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449 }
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450 ],
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451 "next": [
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452 {
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453 "uri":
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454 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=2&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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455 "rel": "next"
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456 }
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457 ]
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458 }
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460 }
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461
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462 The ``@links`` parameter is a dictionary indexed by
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463 relationships. Each relationship is a list of one or more full link
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464 json objects. Above we have link relations to move to the next
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465 page. If we weren't at the first page, there would be a ``prev``
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466 relation to move to the previous page. Also we have a self relation
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467 (which is missing the @page_index, hence we are at page 1) that can be
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468 used to get the same page again.
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469
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470 Note that the server may choose to limit the number of returned
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471 entries in the collection as a DOS prevention measure. As a result
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472 clients must be prepared to handle the incomplete response and request
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473 the next URL to retrieve all of the entries.
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474
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475 Field embedding and verbose output
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476 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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477
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478 In collections, you can specify what fields should be embedded in the
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479 returned data. There are some shortcuts provided using the
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480 ``@verbose`` parameter. All the examples in this section are for a GET
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481 operation on ``https://.../rest/data/issue``.
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482
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483 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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484 :header-rows: 1
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485 :widths: 20 80
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486
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487 * - Query parameter
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488 - Explanation
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489 * - ``@verbose=0``
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490 - each item in the collection has its "id" property displayed
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491 and a link with the URL to retrieve the item.
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492 * - ``@verbose=1``
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493 - for collections this output is the same as ``@verbose=0``. This
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494 is the default.
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495 * - ``@verbose=2``
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496 - each item in the collection includes the "label" property in
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497 addition to "id" property and a link for the item.
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498 This is useful as documented below in "Searches and selection"_.
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499 * - ``@verbose=3``
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500 - will display the content property of messages and files. Note
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501 warnings about this below. Using this for collections is
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502 discouraged as it is slow and produces a lot of data.
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503 * - ``@fields=status,title``
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504 - will return the ``status`` and ``title`` fields for the
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505 displayed issues. It is added to the fields returned by the
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506 @verbose parameter. Protected properties
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507 can be included in the list and will be returned.
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508
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509 In addition collections support the ``@fields`` parameter which is a
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510 colon or comma separated list of fields to embed in the response. For
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511 example ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2`` is the same as:
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512 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@fields=title`` since the label property
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513 for an issue is its title.
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514 The @fields option supports transitive properties, e.g.
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515 ``status.name``. The transitive property may not include multilinks in
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516 the path except for the last component. So ``messages.author`` is not
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517 allowed because ``messages`` is a multilink while ``messages`` alone
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518 would be allowed. You can use both ``@verbose`` and
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519 ``@fields`` to get additional info. For example
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520 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status`` returns::
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522
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523 {
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524 "data": {
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525 "collection": [
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526 {
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527 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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528 "title": "Welcome to the tracker START HERE",
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529 "id": "1",
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530 "status": {
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531 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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532 "id": "1",
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533 "name": "new"
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534 }
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535 },
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536 ...
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537 }
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539 the format of the status field (included because of
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540 ``@fields=status``) includes the label for the status. This is due to
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541 inclusion of ``@verbose=2``. Without verbose you would see::
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543 {
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544 "data": {
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545 "collection": [
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546 {
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547 "link":
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548 "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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549 "id": "1",
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550 "status": {
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551 "link":
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552 "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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553 "id": "1"
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554 }
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555 },
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556 ...
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557 }
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558
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559 Note that the ``link`` field that is returned doesn't exist in the
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560 database. It is a construct of the rest interface. This means that you
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561 can not set ``@fields=link`` and get the link property included in the
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562 output.
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563
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564 Also using ``@fields=@etag`` will not work to retrieve the etag for
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565 items in the collection.
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566
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567 See the `Searches and selection`_ section for the use cases supported
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568 by these features.
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569
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570 Getting Message and Files Content
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571 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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572
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573 You can retreive a message with a url like
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574 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11``. This returns something like::
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575
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576 {
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577 "data": {
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578 "id": "11",
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579 "type": "msg",
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580 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11",
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581 "attributes": {
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582 "author": {
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583 "id": "5",
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584 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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585 },
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586 "content": {
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587 "link": "https://.../demo/msg11/"
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588 },
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589 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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590 "files": [],
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591 "inreplyto": null,
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592 "messageid": "<1509324807.14.0.296813919751.issue3@localhost>",
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593 "messagetype": {
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594 "id": "1",
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595 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msgtype/1"
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596 },
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597 "recipients": [
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598 {
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599 "id": "1",
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600 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/1"
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601 },
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602 {
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603 "id": "3",
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604 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/3"
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605 },
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606 {
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607 "id": "4",
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608 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/4"
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609 }
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610 ],
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611 "subject": null,
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612 "summary": "of has to who. or of account give because the",
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613 },
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614 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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615 }
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616 }
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617
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618 To retreive the content, you can use the content link property:
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619 ``https://.../demo/msg11/``. The trailing / is required. Without the
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620 /, you get a web page that includes metadata about the message. With
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621 the slash you get a text/plain (in most cases) data stream.
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622
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623 Also you can use the url:
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624
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625 and the content property (if the data is utf-8 compatible) now looks
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626 like::
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627
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628 ...
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629 "author": {
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630 "id": "5",
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631 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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632 },
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633 "content": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
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634 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage,
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635 was or toil BC quis denouncing quia\nexercise,
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636 veritatis et used voluptas I elit, a The...",
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637 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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638 ...
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639
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640 Lines are wrapped for display, content value is one really long
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641 line. If the data is not utf-8 compatible, you will get a link.
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642
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643 Retrieving the contents of a file is similar. Performing a
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644 get on ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11`` returns::
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645
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646 {
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647 "data": {
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648 "id": "11",
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649 "type": "file",
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650 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11",
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651 "attributes": {
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652 "acl": null,
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653 "content": {
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654 "link": "https://.../demo/file11/"
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655 },
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656 "name": "afile",
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657 "status": {
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658 "id": "1",
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659 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/filestatus/1"
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660 },
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661 "type": "image/vnd.microsoft.icon"
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662 },
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663 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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664 }
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665 }
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666
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667 To download the file contents for this example you would
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668 perform an http GET using: ``https://.../demo/file11/``. The trailing
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669 / is required. You will receive a response of type
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670 application/octet-stream.
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671
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672 If you perform a get on
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673 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11?@verbose=3`` the content field
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674 above is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
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675
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676 "content": "file11 is not text, retrieve using binary_content
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677 property. mdsum: bd990c0f8833dd991daf610b81b62316",
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679
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680 You can use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
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681 retrieve an encoded copy of the data.
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683 Other query params
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684 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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685
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688 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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689 :header-rows: 1
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690 :widths: 20 80
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692 * - Query parameter
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693 - Explanation
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694 * - ``@pretty=false``
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695 - by default json data is pretty printed to make it readable to
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696 humans. This eases testing and with compression enabled the
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697 extra whitespace doesn't bloat the returned payload excessively.
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698 You can disable pretty printing by using this query parameter.
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699 Note the default is true, so @pretty=true is not supported at
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700 this time.
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701
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702 Using the POST method
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705 Only class links support the ``POST`` method for creation of new items
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708 parameters as the GET method after successful creation.
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710 If you perform a get on an item with ``@verbose=0``, it is in the
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711 correct form to use as a the payload of a post.
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714 Safely Re-sending POST
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715 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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717 POST is used to create new object in a class. E.G. a new issue. One
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718 problem is that a POST may time out. Because it is not idempotent like
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719 a PUT or DELETE, retrying the interrupted POST may result in the
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720 creation of a duplicate issue.
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721
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722 To solve this problem, a two step process inspired by the POE - Post
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723 Once Exactly spec:
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724 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nottingham-http-poe-00 is provided.
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725
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726 This mechanism returns a single use URL. POSTing to the URL creates
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727 a new object in the class.
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728
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729 First we get the URL. Here is an example using curl::
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730
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731 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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732 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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733 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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734 --data '' \
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735 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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736
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737 This will return a json payload like::
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738
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739 {
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740 "data": {
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741 "expires": 1555266310.4457426,
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742 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1"
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743 }
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744 }
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746 The value of expires is a Unix timestamp in seconds. In this case it
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747 has the default lifetime of 30 minutes after the current time. Using
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748 the link more than 30 minutes into the future will cause a 400 error.
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749
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750 Within 30 minutes, the link can be used to post an issue with the same
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751 payload that would normally be sent to:
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752 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue``.
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754 For example::
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755
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756 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST \
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757 -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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758 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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759 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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760 --data-binary '{ "title": "a problem" }' \
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761 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1
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762
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763 returns::
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765 {
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766 "data": {
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767 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/2280",
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768 "id": "2280"
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769 }
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770 }
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772 Once the @poe link is used and creates an issue, it becomes invalid
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773 and can't be used again. Posting to it after the issue, or other
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774 object, is created, results in a 400 error [#poe_retry]_.
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776 Note that POE links are by restricted to the class that was used to
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777 get the link. So you can only create an issue using the link returned
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778 from ``rest/data/issue/@poe``. You can create a generic POE link by adding
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779 the "generic" field to the post payload::
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781 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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782 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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783 --data 'lifetime=100&generic=1' \
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784 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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786 This will return a link under: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe``::
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788 {
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789 "data": {
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790 "expires": 1555268640.9606116,
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791 "link":
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792 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/slPrzmEq6Q9BTjvcKhfxMNZL4uHXjbHCidY1ludZ"
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793 }
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796 You could use the link and change 'issue' to 'user' and it would work
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797 to create a user. Creating generic POE tokens is *not* recommended,
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798 but is available if a use case requires it.
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800 This example also changes the lifetime of the POE url. This link has
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801 a lifetime of 15 minutes (900 seconds). Using it after 16 minutes will
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802 result in a 400 error. A lifetime up to 1 hour can be specified.
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804 POE url's are an optional mechanism. If:
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806 * you do not expect your client to retry a failed post,
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807 * a failed post is unlikely (e.g. you are running over a local lan),
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808 * there is a human using the client and who can intervene if a post
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811 you can use the url ``https://.../demo/data/<class>``. However if you
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812 are using this mechanism to automate creation of objects and will
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813 automatically retry a post until it succeeds, please use the POE
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814 mechanism.
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816 .. [#poe_retry] As a future enhancement, performing a POST to the POE
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817 link soon after it has been used to create an object will
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818 change. It will not return a 400 error. It will will trigger a
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819 301 redirect to the url for the created object. After some
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820 period of time (maybe a week) the POE link will be removed and
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821 return a 400 error. This is meant to allow the client (a time
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822 limited way) to retrieve the created resource if the
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823 response was lost.
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824
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825 Other Supported Methods for Collections
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826 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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827
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828 Supports the ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which methods are
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829 allowed on a given endpoint.
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830
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831 Does not support PUT, DELETE or PATCH.
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832
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833 /data/\ *class*/\ *id* item
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834 ===========================
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835
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836 When performing the ``GET`` method on an item
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837 (e.g. ``/data/issue/42``), a ``link`` attribute contains the link to
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838 the item, ``id`` contains the id, ``type`` contains the class name
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839 (e.g. ``issue`` in the example) and an ``etag`` property can be used
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840 to detect modifications since the last query.
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841
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842 Individual properties of the item are returned in an ``attributes``
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843 dictionary. The properties returned depend on the permissions of the
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844 account used for the query.
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845
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846 By default all (visible to the current user) attributes/properties are
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847 returned. You can limit this by using the ``@fields`` query parameter
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848 similar to how it is used in collections. This way you can only return
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849 the fields you are interested in reducing network load as well as
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850 memory and parsing time on the client side. Or you can add additional
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851 transitive properties. By default protected
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852 properties (read only in the database) are not listed. This
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853 makes it easier to submit the attributes from a
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854 ``@verbose=0`` query using PUT. To include protected properties
5854
d5aed7106ee6 Need to fix spelling.
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855 in the output of a GET add the query parameter
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856 ``@protected=true`` to the query and attributes like: actor,
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857 created, creator and activity will be include in the result.
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858
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859 Link and Multilink properties are displayed as a dictionary with a
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860 ``link`` and an ``id`` property by default. This is controlled by the
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861 ``@verbose`` attribute which is set to 1 by default. If set to 0, only
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862 the id is shown for Link and Multilink attributes. In this form, the
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863 data can be modified and sent back using ``PUT`` to change the item.
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864 If set to 2, the label property (usually ``name`` e.g. for status) is
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865 also put into the dictionary. Content properties of message and file
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866 object are by default also shown as a dictionary with a sole link
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867 attribute. The link is the download link for the file or message. If
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868 @verbose is >= 3, the content property is shown in json as a (possibly
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869 very long) string. Currently the json serializer cannot handle files
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870 not properly utf-8 encoded, so specifying @verbose=3 for files is
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871 currently discouraged.
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872
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873 An example of returned values::
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874
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875 {
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876 "data": {
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877 "type": "issue",
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878 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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879 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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880 "attributes": {
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881 "keyword": [],
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882 "messages": [
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883 {
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884 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/375",
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885 "id": "375"
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886 },
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887 {
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888 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/376",
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889 "id": "376"
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890 },
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891 ...
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892 ],
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893 "files": [],
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894 "status": {
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895 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/2",
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896 "id": "2"
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897 },
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898 "title": "This is a title title",
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899 "superseder": [],
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900 "nosy": [
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901 {
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902 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/4",
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903 "id": "4"
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904 },
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905 {
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906 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/5",
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907 "id": "5"
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908 }
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909 ],
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910 "assignedto": null,
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911 },
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912 "id": "23"
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913 }
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914 }
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915
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916 Retrieve item using key value
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917 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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918
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919 If the class has a key attribute, e.g. the 'status' class in the
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920 classic tracker, it can be used to retrieve the item.
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921
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922 You can get an individual status by specifying the key-attribute value
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923 e.g. ``/data/status/name=closed``. Note that ``name`` in this example
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924 must be the key-attribute of the class. A short-form (which might not
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925 be supported in future version of the API) is to specify only the
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926 value, e.g. ``/data/status/closed``. This short-form only works when
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927 you're sure that the key of the class is not numeric. E.G. if the name
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928 was "7", /data/status/7 would return the status with id 7 not the
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929 status with name "7". To get the status with name 7, you must use
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930 the long form /data/status/name=7
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931
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932 The long-form (with ``=``) is different from a query-parameter like
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933 ``/data/status?name=closed`` which would find all stati (statuses)
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934 that have ``closed`` as a substring.
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935
5928
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936 Dealing with Messages and Files
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937 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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938
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939 Using the requests library you can upload a file using::
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940
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941 d = dict (name = filename, content = content, type = content_type)
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942 j = self.post ('file', data = d)
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943
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944 Instead of specifying json = dictionary we specify data = dictionary
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945 as shown above. (We believe) this encodes the contents using
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946 application/x-www-form-urlencoded which is not optimal for large files
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947 due to the encoding overhead.
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948
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949 The requests library can use multipart/form-data which is more
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950 efficient for large files. To do this specify both, files= *and* data=
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951 parameters, e.g.::
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952
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953 # A binary string that can't be decoded as unicode
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954 url = 'https://.../demo/rest/data/'
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955 content = open ('random-junk', 'rb').read ()
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956 fname = 'a-bigger-testfile'
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957 d = dict(name = fname, type='application/octet-stream')
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958 c = dict (content = content)
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959 r = session.post (url + 'file', files = c, data = d)
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960
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961 Curl can be used to post a file using multipart/form-data with::
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962
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963 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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964 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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965 -F "name=afile" -F "type=image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
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966 -F "content=@doc/roundup-favicon.ico" \
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967 https://.../demo/rest/data/file
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968
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969 the file is located at doc/roundup-favicon.ico. These calls will
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970 return something like::
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971
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972 {
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973 "data": {
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974 "id": "12",
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975 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/12"
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976 }
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977 }
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978
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979
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980 Other Supported Methods for Items
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981 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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982
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983 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on individual items, e.g.
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984 ``/data/issue/42`` On success it returns the same parameters as the
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985 respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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986 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter. An
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987 example::
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988
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989 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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990 --header 'Referer: https://example.com/demo/' \
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991 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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992 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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993 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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994 --header 'If-Match: "dd41f02d6f8b4c34b439fc712b522fb3"' \
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995 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ] }' \
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996 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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997
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998 {
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999 "data": {
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1000 "attribute": {
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1001 "nosy": [
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1002 "1",
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1003 "5"
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1004 ]
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1005 },
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1006 "type": "issue",
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1007 "link":
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1008 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1009 "id": "23"
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1010 }
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1011 }
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1012
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1013 If the above command is repeated with the data attribute::
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1014
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1015 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ], "title": "This is now my title" }'
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1016
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1017 this is returned::
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1018
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1019 {
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1020 "data": {
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1021 "attribute": {
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1022 "title": "This is now my title"
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1023 },
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1024 "type": "issue",
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1025 "link":
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1026 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1027 "id": "23"
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1028 }
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1029 }
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1030
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1031 Note that nosy is not in the attributes returned. It is the same as
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1032 before, so no change has happened and it is not reported.
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1033 Changing both nosy and title::
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1034
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1035 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1036 --header 'Referer: https://.../' \
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1037 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1038 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1039 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1040 --header 'If-Match: "8209add59a79713d64f4d1a072aef740"' \
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1041 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "This is now my new title" }' \
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1042 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1043
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1044 which returns both title and nosy attributes::
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1045
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1046 {
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1047 "data": {
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1048 "attribute": {
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1049 "title": "This is now my new title",
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1050 "nosy": [
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1051 "4",
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1052 "5"
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1053 ]
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1054 },
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1055 "type": "issue",
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1056 "link":
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1057 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1058 "id": "23"
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1059 }
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1060 }
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1061
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1062 Note that mixing url query parameters with payload submission doesn't
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1063 work. So using::
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1064
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1065 https://.../rest/data/issue/23?@pretty=false
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1066
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1068 payload::
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1069
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1070 curl -u admin:admin ...
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1071 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "...", "@pretty": "false" }'
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1072
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1073 produces::
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1074
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1075 {"data": {"attribute": {...}, "type": "issue",
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1076 "link": "https://...", "id": "23"}}
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1077
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1078 the lines are wrapped for display purposes, in real life it's one long
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1079 line.
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1080
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1081 The method ``DELETE`` is allowed on items, e.g., ``/data/issue/42``
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1082 and will retire (mark as deleted) the respective item. On success it
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1083 will only return a status code. The item is still available if
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1084 accessed directly by its item url. The item will not show up in
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1085 searches where it would have been matched if not retired.
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1086
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1087 Finally the ``PATCH`` method can be applied to individual items, e.g.,
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1088 ``/data/issue/42``. This method gets an operator ``@op=<method>``
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1089 where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``, ``remove``. For
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1090 items, an additional operator ``action`` is supported. If no operator
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1091 is specified, the default is ``replace``. The first three operators
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1092 are self explanatory. For an ``action`` operator an ``@action_name``
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1093 and optional ``@action_argsXXX`` parameters have to be
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1094 supplied. Currently there are only two actions, neither has args,
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1095 namely ``retire`` and ``restore``. The ``retire`` action on an item is
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1096 the same as a ``DELETE`` method, it retires the item. The ``restore``
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1097 action is the inverse of ``retire``, the item is again visible. On
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1098 success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1099 method. An example to add a user to the nosy list of an item is::
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1100
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1101 curl -u admin:admin -p -X PATCH \
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1102 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
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1103 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1104 --header 'If-Match: "c6e2d81019acff1da7a2da45f93939bd"' \
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1105 --data-urlencode '@op=add' \
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1106 --data 'nosy=3' \
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1107 "https://.../rest/data/issue/23"
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1108
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1109 which returns::
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1110
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1111 {
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1112 "data": {
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1113 "attribute": {
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1114 "nosy": [
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1115 "3",
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1116 "4"
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1117 ]
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1118 },
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1119 "type": "issue",
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1120 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1121 "id": "23"
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1122 }
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1123 }
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1124
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1125 Note that the changed values are returned so you can update
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1126 internal state in your app with the new data.
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1127
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1128 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1129 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1130 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1131 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1132 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1133 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1134 ``If-Match`` header.
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1135
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1136 /data/\ *class*/\ *id*/\ *property* field
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1137 =========================================
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1138
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1139 A ``GET`` method on a property (e.g. ``/data/issue/42/title``) returns the
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1140 link, an ``@etag``, the type of the property (e.g. "<type str>") the id
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1141 of the item and the content of the property in ``data``.
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1142
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1143 For example::
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1144
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1145 {
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1146 "data": {
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1147 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/22/title",
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1148 "data": "I need Broken PC",
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1149 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1150 "id": "22",
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1151 "@etag": "\"370510512b2d8fc3f98aac3d762cc7b1\""
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1152 }
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1153 }
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1154
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1155
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1156 All endpoints support an ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which
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1157 methods are allowed on a given endpoint.
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1158
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1159 Message and File Content
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1160 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1161
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1162 Messages and files have content properties. If the data is utf-8
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1163 compatible (e.g. an email message) you can retrieve it with
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1164 rest/data/msg/11/content to obtain::
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1165
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1166 {
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1167 "data": {
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1168 "id": "11",
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1169 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1170 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11/content",
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1171 "data": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage, was or...",
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1172 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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1173 }
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1174 }
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1175
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1176 (the content property is wrapped for display, it is one long line.)
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1177
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1178 .. _binary_content property:
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1179
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1180 If the data is not representable in utf-8, you need to use the
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1181 binary_content
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1182 property. E.G. ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content``
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1183 returns::
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1184
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1185 {
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1186 "data": {
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1187 "id": "11",
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1188 "type": "<class 'bytes'>",
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1189 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content",
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1190 "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\\xec?\\x00\\x00'",
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1191 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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1192 }
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1193 }
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1194
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1195 (data field elided for display). You can also receive the file content
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1196 as a data stream rather than encoded. See `Getting Message and Files
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1197 Content`_.
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1198
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1199 The data is a json encoded hexidecimal representation of the data.
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1200
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1201
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1202 Other Supported Methods for fields
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1203 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1204
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1205 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on a property e.g.,
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1206 ``/data/issue/42/title``. On success it returns the same parameters as
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1207 the respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1208 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter.
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1209 Example using multipart/form-data rather than json::
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1210
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1211 curl -vs -u provisional:provisional -X PUT \
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1212 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1213 --data "data=Provisional" \
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1214 --header "If-Match: 079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1215 --data-urlencode "@etag=079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1216 "https://.../rest/data/user/5/realname"
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1217
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1218 This example updates a leadtime field that is declared as an interval
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1219 type::
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1220
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1221 curl -vs -u demo:demo -X PUT \
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1222 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1223 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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1224 --header "Referer: https://.../" \
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1225 --header "x-requested-with: rest" \
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1226 --header 'If-Match: "e2e6cc43c3475a4a3d9e5343617c11c3"' \
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1227 --data '{"leadtime": "2d" }' \
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1228 "https://.../rest/data/issue/10"
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1229
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1230 It is also possible to call ``DELETE`` on a
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1231 property of an item, e.g., ``/data/issue/42/nosy`` to delete the nosy
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1232 list. The same effect can be achieved with a ``PUT`` request and an
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1233 empty new value. This may fail if the property is required.
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1234
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1235 The ``PATCH`` method can be applied to properties, e.g.,
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1236 ``/data/issue/42/title``. This method gets an operator
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1237 ``@op=<method>`` where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``,
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1238 ``remove``. If no operator is specified, the default is ``replace``
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1239 which is the same as performing a PUT on the field url. ``add`` and
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1240 ``remove`` allow adding and removing values from MultiLink
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1241 properties. This is easier than having to rewrite the entire value for
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1242 the field using the ``replace`` operator or doing a PUT to the field.
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1243 On success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1244 method.
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1245
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1246 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1247 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1248 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1249 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1250 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1251 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1252 ``If-Match`` header.
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1253
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1254 Tunneling Methods via POST
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1255 ==========================
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1256
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1257 If you are working through a proxy and unable to use http method like
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1258 PUT, PATCH or DELETE you can use POST to perform the action. To tunnel
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1259 an action through POST, send the ``X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE`` header
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1260 with a value of DELETE or other capitalized HTTP verb. The body of the
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1261 POST should be what you would send if you were using the method
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1262 without tunneling.
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1263
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1264 Examples and Use Cases
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1265 ----------------------
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1266
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1267 sample python client
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1268 ====================
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1269
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1270 The client uses the python ``requests`` library for easier interaction
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1271 with a REST API supporting JSON encoding::
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1272
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1273
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1274 >>> import requests
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1275 >>> u = 'http://user:password@tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/'
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1276 >>> s = requests.session()
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1277 >>> session.auth = ('admin', 'admin')
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1278 >>> r = s.get(u + 'issue/42/title')
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1279 >>> if r.status_code != 200:
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1280 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1281 ... exit(1)
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1282 >>> print (r.json() ['data']['data']
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1283 TEST Title
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1284 >>> h = {'X-Requested-With': 'rest', 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1285 >>> r = s.post (u + 'issue', data = dict (title = 'TEST Issue'), headers=h)
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1286 >>> if not 200 <= r.status_code <= 201:
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1287 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1288 ... exit(1)
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1289 >>> print(r.json())
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1290
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1291 Retire/Restore::
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1292 >>> r = s.delete (u + 'issue/42')
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1293 >>> print (r.json())
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1294 >>> r = s.get (u + 'issue/42')
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1295 >>> etag = r.headers['ETag']
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1296 >>> print("ETag: %s" % etag)
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1297 >>> etag = r.json()['data']['@etag']
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1298 >>> print("@etag: %s" % etag)
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1299 >>> h = {'If-Match': etag,
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1300 ... 'X-Requested-With': 'rest',
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1301 ... 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1302 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'retire'}
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1303 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1304 >>> print(r.json())
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1305 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'restore'}
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1306 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1307 >>> print(r.json())
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1308
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1309 Note the addition of headers for: x-requested-with and referer. This
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1310 allows the request to pass the CSRF protection mechanism. You may need
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1311 to add an Origin header if this check is enabled in your tracker's
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1312 config.ini (look for csrf_enforce_header_origin).
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1313
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1314 A similar curl based retire example is to use:
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1315
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1316 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1317 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1318 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1319 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1320 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1321
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1322 to get the etag manually. Then insert the etag in the If-Match header
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1323 for this retire example::
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1324
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1325 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1326 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1327 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1328 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1329 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1330 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "retire" }'\
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1331 -X PATCH \
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1332 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1334 and restore::
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1336 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1337 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1338 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1339 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1340 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1341 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "restore" }'\
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1342 -X PATCH \
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1343 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1344
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1345
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1346 Searches and selection
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1347 ======================
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1348
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1349 One difficult interface issue is selection of items from a long list.
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1350 Using multi-item selects requires loading a lot of data (e.g. consider
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1351 a selection tool to select one or more issues as in the classic
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1352 superseder field).
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1353
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1354 This can be made easier using javascript selection tools like select2,
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1355 selectize.js, chosen etc. These tools can query a remote data provider
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1356 to get a list of items for the user to select from.
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1357
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1358 Consider a multi-select box for the superseder property. Using
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1359 selectize.js (and jquery) code similar to::
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1360
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1361 $('#superseder').selectize({
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1362 valueField: 'id',
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1363 labelField: 'title',
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1364 searchField: 'title', ...
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1365 load: function(query, callback) {
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1366 if (!query.length) return callback();
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1367 $.ajax({
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1368 url: '.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title='
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1369 + encodeURIComponent(query),
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1370 type: 'GET',
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1371 error: function() {callback();},
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1372 success: function(res) {
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1373 callback(res.data.collection);}
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1374
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1375 Sets up a box that a user can type the word "request" into. Then
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1376 selectize.js will use that word to generate an ajax request with the
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1377 url: ``.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title=request``
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1378
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1379 This will return data like::
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1380
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1381 {
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1382 "data": {
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1383 "@total_size": 440,
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1384 "collection": [
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1385 {
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1386 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/8",
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1387 "id": "8",
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1388 "title": "Request for Power plugs"
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1389 },
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1390 {
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1391 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/27",
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1392 "id": "27",
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1393 "title": "Request for foo"
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1394 },
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1395 ...
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1396
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1397 selectize.js will look at these objects (as passed to
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1398 callback(res.data.collection)) and create a select list from the each
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1399 object showing the user the labelField (title) for each object and
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1400 associating each title with the corresponding valueField (id). The
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1401 example above has 440 issues returned from a total of 2000
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1402 issues. Only 440 had the word "request" somewhere in the title greatly
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1403 reducing the amount of data that needed to be transferred.
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1404
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1405 Similar code can be set up to search a large list of keywords using::
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1406
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1407 .../rest/data/keyword?@verbose=2&name=some
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1408
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1409 which would return: "some keyword" "awesome" "somebody" making
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1410 selections for links and multilinks much easier.
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1411
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1412 A get on a collection endpoint can include other properties. Why do we
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1413 want this? Selectize.js can set up option groups (optgroups) in the
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1414 select pulldown. So by including status in the returned data using
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1415 a url like ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status``
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1416 we get::
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1417
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1418 {
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1419 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1001",
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1420 "title": "Request for Broken PC",
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1421 "id": "1001",
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1422 "status": {
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1423 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/6",
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1424 "id": "6",
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1425 "name": "resolved"
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1426 }
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1427 }
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1428
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1429 a select widget like::
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1430
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1431 === New ===
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1432 A request
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1433 === Open ===
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1434 Request for bar
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1435 Request for foo
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1436
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1437 etc. can be generated. Also depending on the javascript library, other
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1438 fields can be used for subsearch and sorting.
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1439
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1440
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1441 Programming the REST API
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1442 ------------------------
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1443
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1444 You can extend the rest api for a tracker. This describes how to add
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1445 new rest end points. At some point it will also describe the rest.py
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1446 structure and implementation.
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1447
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1448 Adding new rest endpoints
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1449 =========================
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1450
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1451 Add or edit the file interfaces.py at the root of the tracker
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1452 directory.
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1453
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1454 In that file add::
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1455
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1456 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1457 from roundup.exceptions import Unauthorised
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1458
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1459 class RestfulInstance:
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1460
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1461 @Routing.route("/summary2")
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1462 @_data_decorator
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1463 def summary2(self, input):
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1464 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1465 return 200, result
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1466
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1467 will make a new endpoint .../rest/summary2 that you can test with::
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1468
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1469 $ curl -X GET .../rest/summary2
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1470 {
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1471 "data": {
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1472 "hello": "world"
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1473 }
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1474 }
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1475
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1476 Similarly appending this to interfaces.py after summary2::
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1477
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1478 # handle more endpoints
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1479 @Routing.route("/data/<:class_name>/@schema", 'GET')
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1480 def get_element_schema(self, class_name, input):
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1481 result = { "schema": {} }
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1482 uid = self.db.getuid ()
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1483 if not self.db.security.hasPermission('View', uid, class_name) :
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1484 raise Unauthorised('Permission to view %s denied' % class_name)
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1485
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1486 class_obj = self.db.getclass(class_name)
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1487 props = class_obj.getprops(protected=False)
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1488 schema = result['schema']
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1489
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1490 for prop in props:
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1491 schema[prop] = { "type": repr(class_obj.properties[prop]) }
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1492
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1493 return result
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1494
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1495 ..
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1496 the # comment in the example is needed to preserve indention under Class.
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1497
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1498 returns some data about the class::
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1499
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1500 $ curl -X GET .../rest/data/issue/@schema
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1501 {
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1502 "schema": {
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1503 "keyword": {
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1504 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"keyword\">"
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1505 },
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1506 "title": {
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1507 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.String>"
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1508 },
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1509 "files": {
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1510 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"file\">"
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1511 },
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1512 "status": {
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1513 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Link to \"status\">"
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1514 }, ...
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1515 }
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1516 }
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1517
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1518
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1519 Adding other endpoints (e.g. to allow an OPTIONS query against
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1520 ``/data/issue/@schema``) is left as an exercise for the reader.
5723
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1521
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1522 Redefine/move rest endpoints
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1523 ============================
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1524
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1525 In addition to adding new endpoints, you can redefine existing
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1526 endpoints. Adding this as described above::
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1527
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1528 @Routing.route("/summary")
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1529 @_data_decorator
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1530 def summary2(self, input):
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1531 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1532 return 200, result
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1533
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1534 will return::
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1535
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1536 {
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1537 "data": {
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1538 "hello": "world"
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1539 }
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1540 }
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1541
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1542
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1543 In addition to overriding existing endpoints, you can move existing
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1544 endpoints to new locations. Adding::
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1545
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1546 @Routing.route("/data2/<:classname>")
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1547 def get_collection2(self, classname, input):
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1548 """ Remap existing function in rest.py to a new endpoint
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1549
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1550 Existing function is decorated with:
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1551
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1552 @Routing.route("/data/<:classname>")
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1553 @_data_decorator
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1554
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1555 so we need to drop @_data_decorator from this function since
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1556 we can't apply @_data_decorator twice.
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1557 """
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1558 return self.get_collection(classname, input)
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1559
5886
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1560 will make the response at /rest/data2/<class> be the same as what is
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1561 normally at /rest/data/<class>.
5883
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1562
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1563
5843
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1564 Controlling Access to Backend Data
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1565 ==================================
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1566
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1567 Roundup's schema is the primary access control mechanism. Roles and
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1568 Permissions provide the ability to carefully control what data can be
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1569 seen.
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1570
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1571 However the templating system can access the hyperdb directly which
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1572 allows filtering to happen with admin privs escaping the standard
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1573 permissions scheme. For example access to a user's roles should be
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1574 limited to the user (read only) and an admin. If you have customized
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1575 your schema to implement `Restricting the list of
5878
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1576 users that are assignable to a task <customizing.html#restricting-the-list-of-users-that-are-assignable-to-a-task>`__
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1577 so that only users with a
5843
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1578 Developer role are allowed to be assigned to an issue, a rest end
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1579 point must be added to provide a view that exposes users with this
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1580 permission.
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1581
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1582 Using the normal ``/data/user?roles=Developer`` will return all the
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1583 users in the system unless you are an admin user because most users
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1584 can't see the roles. Building on the `Adding new rest endpoints`_
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1585 section this code adds a new endpoint `/data/@permission/Developer`
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1586 that returns a list of users with the developer role::
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1587
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1588 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance
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1589 from cgi import MiniFieldStorage
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1590
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1591 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1592
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1593 @Routing.route("/data/@permission/Developer")
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1594 def get_role_Developer(self, input):
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1595 '''An endpoint to return a list of users with Developer
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1596 role who can be assigned to an issue.
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1597
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1598 It ignores attempt to search by any property except
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1599 username and realname. It also ignores the whole @fields
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1600 specification if it specifies a property the user
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1601 can't view. Other @ query params (e.g. @page... and
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1602 @verbose) are supported.
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1603
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1604 It assumes admin access rights so that the roles property
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1605 of the user can be searched. This is needed if the roles
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1606 property is not searchable/viewable by normal users. A user
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1607 who can search roles can identify users with the admin
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1608 role. So it does not respond the same as a rest/data/users
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1609 search by a non-admin user.
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1610 '''
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1611 # get real user id
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1612 realuid=self.db.getuid()
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1613
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1614 def allowed_field(fs):
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1615 if fs.name in ['username', 'realname' ]:
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1616 # only allow search matches for these fields
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1617 return True
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1618 elif fs.name in [ '@fields' ]:
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1619 for prop in fs.value.split(','):
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1620 # if any property is unviewable to user, remove
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1621 # @field entry. If they can't see it for the admin
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1622 # user, don't let them see it for any user.
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1623 if not self.db.security.hasPermission(
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1624 'View', realuid, 'user', property=prop,
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1625 itemid='1'):
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1626 return False
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1627 return True
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1628 elif fs.name.startswith("@"):
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1629 # allow @page..., @verbose etc.
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1630 return True
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1631
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1632 # deny all other url parmeters
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1633 return False
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1634
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1635 # Cleanup input.list to prevent user from probing roles
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1636 # or viewing things the user should not be able to view.
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1637 input.list[:] = [ fs for fs in input.list
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1638 if allowed_field(fs) ]
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1639
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1640 # Add the role filter required to implement the permission
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1641 # search
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1642 input.list.append(MiniFieldStorage("roles", "Developer"))
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1643
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1644 # change user to acquire permission to search roles
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1645 self.db.setCurrentUser('admin')
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1646
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1647 # Once we have cleaned up the request, pass it to
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1648 # get_collection as though /rest/data/users?... has been called
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1649 # to get @verbose and other args supported.
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1650 return self.get_collection('user', input)
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1651
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1652 Calling this with::
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1653
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1654 curl 'http://example.com/demo/rest/data/@permission/Developer?@fields=realname&roles=Users&@verbose=2'
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1655
5843
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1656 produces output similar to::
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1657
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1658 {
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1659 "data": {
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1660 "collection": [
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1661 {
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1662 "username": "agent",
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1663 "link": http://example.com/demo/rest/data/user/4",
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1664 "realname": "James Bond",
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1665 "id": "4"
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1666 }
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1667 ],
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1668 "@total_size": 1
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1669 }
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1670 }
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1671
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1672 assuming user 4 is the only user with the Developer role. Note that
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1673 the url passes the ``roles=User`` filter option which is silently
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1674 ignored.
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1675
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1676 Changing Access Roles with JSON Web Tokens
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1677 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1678
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1679 As discussed above Roundup's schema is the access control mechanism.
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1680 However you may want to integrate a third party system with roundup.
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1681 E.G. suppose you use a time tracking service that takes an issue id
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1682 and keeps a running count of how much time was spent on it. Then with
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1683 a single button push it can add the recorded time to the roundup
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1684 issue.
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1685
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1686 You probably don't want to give this third party service your roundup
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1687 username and credentials. Especially if your roundup instance is under
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1688 your company's single sign on infrastructure.
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1689
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1690 So what we need is a way for this third party service to impersonate
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1691 you and have access to create a roundup timelog entry (see
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1692 `<customizing.html#adding-a-time-log-to-your-issues>`__ ). Then add it
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1693 to the associated issue. This should happen without sharing passwords
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7e148e988cde Insert missing word.
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1694 and without allowing the third party service to see the issue (except the
5878
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1695 ``times`` property), user, or other information in the tracker.
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1696
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1697 Enter the use of a JSON web token. Roundup has rudimentary ability to
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1698 manage JWTs and use them for authentication and authorization.
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1699
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1700 There are 5 steps to set this up:
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1701
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1702 1. install pyjwt library using pip or pip3. If roundup can't find the
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1703 jwt module you will see the error ``Support for jwt disabled.``
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1704 2. create a new role that allows Create access to timelog and edit/view
5878
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1705 access to an issues' ``times`` property.
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1706 3. add support for issuing (and validating) jwts to the rest interface.
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1707 This uses the `Adding new rest endpoints`_ mechanism.
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1708 4. configure roundup's config.ini [web] jwt_secret with at least 32
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1709 random characters of data. (You will get a message
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1710 ``Support for jwt disabled by admin.`` if it's not long enough.)
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1711 5. add an auditor to make sure that users with this role are appending
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1712 timelog links to the ``times`` property of the issue.
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1713
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1714 Create role
5898
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1715 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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1716
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1717 Adding this snippet of code to the tracker's ``schema.py`` should create a role with the
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1718 proper authorization::
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1719
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1720 db.security.addRole(name="User:timelog",
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1721 description="allow a user to create and append timelogs")
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1722
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1723 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User:timelog', 'Rest Access')
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1724
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1725 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='timelog',
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1726 description="Allow timelog creation", props_only=False)
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1727 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1728
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1729 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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1730 properties=('id', 'times'),
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1731 description="Allow retrieving issue etag or timelog issue",
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1732 props_only=False)
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1733 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1734
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1735 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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1736 properties=('id', 'times'),
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1737 description="Allow editing timelog for issue",
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1738 props_only=False)
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1739 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1740
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1741 The role is named to work with the /rest/jwt/issue rest endpoint
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1742 defined below. Starting the role name with ``User:`` allows the jwt
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1743 issue code to create a token with this role if the user requesting the
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1744 role has the User role.
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1745
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1746 The role *must* have access to the issue ``id`` to retrieve the etag for
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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diff changeset
1747 the issue. The etag is passed in the ``If-Match`` HTTP header when you
5894
45a104bb127e Fix markup.
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parents: 5893
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1748 make a call to patch or update the ``times`` property of the issue.
5878
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1749
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1750 If you use a PATCH rest call with "@op=add" to append the new timelog,
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1751 you don't need View access to the ``times`` property. If you replace the
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1752 ``times`` value, you need to read the current value of ``times`` (using
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1753 View permission), append the newly created timelog id to the (array)
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1754 value, and replace the ``times`` value.
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1755
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1756 Note that the json returned after the operation will include the new
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1757 value of the ``times`` value so your code can verify that it worked.
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1758 This does potentially leak info about the previous id's in the field.
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1759
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1760 Create rest endpoints
5898
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1761 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1762
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1763 Here is code to add to your tracker's ``interfaces.py`` (note code has
afb5705d1fe5 Updates to jwt permissions; typo fixes
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1764 only been tested with python3)::
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1765
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1766 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1767
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1768 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1769 @Routing.route("/jwt/issue", 'POST')
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1770 @_data_decorator
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1771 def generate_jwt(self, input):
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1772 import jwt
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1773 import datetime
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1774 from roundup.anypy.strings import b2s
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1775
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1776 # require basic auth to generate a token
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1777 # At some point we can support a refresh token.
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1778 # maybe a jwt with the "refresh": True claim generated
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1779 # using: "refresh": True in the json request payload.
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1780
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1781 denialmsg='Token creation requires login with basic auth.'
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1782 if 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in self.client.env:
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1783 try:
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1784 auth = self.client.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
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1785 scheme, challenge = auth.split(' ', 1)
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1786 except (ValueError, AttributeError):
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1787 # bad format for header
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1788 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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diff changeset
1789 if scheme.lower() != 'basic':
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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diff changeset
1790 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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diff changeset
1791 else:
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diff changeset
1792 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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1793
5893
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1794 # If we reach this point we have validated that the user has
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1795 # logged in with a password using basic auth.
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1796 all_roles = list(self.db.security.role.items())
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1797 rolenames = []
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1798 for role in all_roles:
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diff changeset
1799 rolenames.append(role[0])
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1800
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1801 user_roles = list(self.db.user.get_roles(self.db.getuid()))
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1802
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1803 claim= { 'sub': self.db.getuid(),
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1804 'iss': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1805 'aud': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1806 'iat': datetime.datetime.utcnow(),
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1807 }
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1808
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1809 lifetime = 0
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1810 if 'lifetime' in input:
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1811 if input['lifetime'].value != 'unlimited':
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1812 try:
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1813 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(input['lifetime'].value))
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1814 except ValueError:
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diff changeset
1815 raise UsageError("Value 'lifetime' must be 'unlimited' or an integer to specify" +
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1816 " lifetime in seconds. Got %s."%input['lifetime'].value)
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1817 else:
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diff changeset
1818 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=86400) # 1 day by default
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1819
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1820 if lifetime: # if lifetime = 0 make unlimited by omitting exp claim
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1821 claim['exp'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + lifetime
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1822
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diff changeset
1823 newroles = []
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1824 if 'roles' in input:
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diff changeset
1825 for role in input['roles'].value:
13f5ac918120 fix spacing on example code and typo fix.
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diff changeset
1826 if role not in rolenames:
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diff changeset
1827 raise UsageError("Role %s is not valid."%role)
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1828 if role in user_roles:
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diff changeset
1829 newroles.append(role)
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1830 continue
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1831 parentrole = role.split(':', 1)[0]
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1832 if parentrole in user_roles:
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diff changeset
1833 newroles.append(role)
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1834 continue
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1835
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diff changeset
1836 raise UsageError("Role %s is not permitted."%role)
5878
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1837
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diff changeset
1838 claim['roles'] = newroles
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1839 else:
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1840 claim['roles'] = user_roles
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1841 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET
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1842 myjwt = jwt.encode(claim, secret, algorithm='HS256')
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1843
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diff changeset
1844 result = {"jwt": b2s(myjwt),
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1845 }
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1846
5893
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1847 return 200, result
5878
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1848
5893
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1849 @Routing.route("/jwt/validate", 'GET')
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1850 @_data_decorator
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1851 def validate_jwt(self,input):
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1852 import jwt
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1853 if not 'jwt' in input:
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1854 raise UsageError("jwt key must be specified")
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1855
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1856 myjwt = input['jwt'].value
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1857
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1858 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET
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1859 try:
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1860 result = jwt.decode(myjwt, secret,
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1861 algorithms=['HS256'],
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1862 audience=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1863 issuer=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1864 )
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1865 except jwt.exceptions.InvalidTokenError as err:
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1866 return 401, str(err)
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1867
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1868 return 200, result
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1869
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1870 **Note this is sample code. Use at your own risk.** It breaks a few
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1871 rules about jwts (e.g. it allows you to make unlimited lifetime
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1872 jwts). If you subscribe to the concept of jwt refresh tokens, this code
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1873 will have to be changed as it will only generate jwts with
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1874 username/password authentication.
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1875
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1876 Currently use of jwts an experiment. If this appeals to you consider
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1877 providing patches to existing code to:
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1878
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1879 1. record all jwts created by a user
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1880 2. using the record to allow jwts to be revoked and ignored by the
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1881 roundup core
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1882 3. provide a UI page for managing/revoking jwts
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1883 4. provide a rest api for revoking jwts
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1884
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1885 These end points can be used like::
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1886
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1887 curl -u demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1888 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1889 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1890 --data '{"lifetime": "3600", "roles": [ "user:timelog" ] }' \
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1891 https://.../demo/rest/jwt/issue
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1892
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1893 (note roles is a json array/list of strings not a string) to get::
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1894
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1895 {
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1896 "data": {
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1897 "jwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJK......XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk"
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1898 }
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1899 }
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1900
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1901 The jwt is shortened in the example since it's large. You can validate
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1902 a jwt to see if it's still valid using::
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1903
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1904
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1905 curl -s -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1906 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1907 https://.../demo/rest/jwt/validate?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJK...XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk
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1908
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1909 (note no login is required) which returns::
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1910
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1911 {
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1912 "data": {
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1913 "user": "3",
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1914 "roles": [
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1915 "user:timelog"
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1916 ],
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1917 "iss": "https://.../demo/",
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1918 "aud": "https://.../demo/",
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1919 "iat": 1569542404,
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1920 "exp": 1569546004
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1921 }
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1922 }
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1923
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1924 Final steps
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1925 ^^^^^^^^^^^
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1926
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1927 See the `upgrading directions`_ on how to use the ``updateconfig``
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1928 command to generate an updated copy of config.ini using
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1929 roundup-admin. Then set the ``jwt_secret`` to at least 32 characters
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1930 (more is better up to 512 bits).
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1931
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1932 Writing an auditor that uses "db.user.get_roles" to see if the user
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1933 making the change has the ``user:timelog`` role, and then comparing
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1934 the original ``times`` list to the new list to verify that it is being
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1935 added to and not changed otherwise is left as an exercise for the
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1936 reader. (If you develop one, please contribute via the tracker:
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1937 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/.)
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1938
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1939 Lastly you can create a JWT using the end point above and make a rest
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1940 call to create a new timelog entry and another call to update the
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1941 issues times property. If you have other ideas on how jwts can be
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1942 used, please share on the roundup mailing lists. See:
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1943 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/ for directions on
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1944 subscribing and for archives of the lists.
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1945
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1946
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1947 Creating Custom Rate Limits
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1948 ===========================
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1949
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1950 You can replace the default rate limiter that is configured using
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1951 the tracker's ``config.ini``. You can return different rate
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1952 limits based on the user, time of day, phase of moon etc.
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1953
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1954 Assume you add two integer valued properties to the user
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1955 object. Let's call them ``rate_limit_interval`` and
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1956 ``rate_limit_calls``. Add code similar to this to interfaces.py
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1957 to override the default rate limiter code::
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1958
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1959 from roundup.rest import RestfulInstance, RateLimit
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1960 from datetime import timedelta
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1961
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1962 def grl(self):
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1963 calls = self.db.config.WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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1964 interval = self.db.config.WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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1965
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1966 if calls and interval: # use to disable all rate limits
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1967
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1968 uid = self.db.getuid()
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1969 class_obj = self.db.getclass('user')
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1970 node = class_obj.getnode(uid)
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1971
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1972 # set value to 0 to use WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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1973 user_calls = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_calls')
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1974 # set to 0 to use WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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1975 user_interval = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_interval')
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1976
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1977 return RateLimit(user_calls or calls,
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1978 timedelta(seconds=(user_interval or interval)))
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1979 else:
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1980 # disable rate limiting if either parameter is 0
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1981 return None
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1982
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1983 RestfulInstance.getRateLimit = grl
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1984
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1985 this should replace the default getRateLimit with the new grl
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1986 function. This new function uses values for the number of calls
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1987 and period that are specific to a user. If either is set to 0,
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1988 the defaults from ``config.ini`` file are used.
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1989
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1990 Test Examples
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1991 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1992
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1993 Rate limit tests::
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1994
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1995 seq 1 300 | xargs -P 20 -n 1 curl --head -si \
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1996 https://.../rest/data/status/new \# | grep Remaining
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