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issue2551203 - CORS and CORS preflight documentation. Add documentation on CORS preflight and CORS requests in REST.
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1 .. meta::
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2 :description language=en:
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3 Documentation on the RESTful interface to the Roundup Issue
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4 Tracker.
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7 .. index:: pair: api; Representational state transfer
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8 pair: api; rest
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10 ====================
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11 REST API for Roundup
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12 ====================
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14 .. contents::
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15 :local:
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16 :depth: 3
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18 Introduction
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19 ------------
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21 After the last 1.6.0 Release, a REST-API developed in 2015 during a
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22 Google Summer of Code (GSOC) by Chau Nguyen, supervised by Ezio
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23 Melotti was integrated. The code was updated by Ralf Schlatterbeck
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24 and John Rouillard to fix some shortcomings and provide the necessary
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25 functions for a single page web application, e.g. etag support,
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26 pagination, field embedding among others.
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28 Enabling the REST API
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29 ---------------------
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31 The REST API can be disabled in the ``[web]`` section of ``config.ini``
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32 via the variable ``enable_rest`` which is ``yes`` by default.
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34 Users have to be authorized to use the rest api. The user must have
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35 "Rest Access" permission. To add this to the "User" role change
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36 schema.py to add::
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38 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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40 This is usually included near where other permissions like "Web Access"
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41 or "Email Access" are assigned.
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43 You could also create a new role "rest" and assign the "Rest Access"
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44 permission to that role and then just add the "rest" role to
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45 those users who should have access.
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47 The REST api is reached via the ``/rest/`` endpoint of the tracker
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48 URL. Partial URLs paths below (not starting with https) will have
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51 Make sure that the ``secret_key`` option is defined in the
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52 ``[web]`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. Following the
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53 `upgrading directions`_ using ``roundup-admin ... updateconfig
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54 ...`` will generate the ``secret_key`` comments and setting. Then
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55 you can merge this into your ``config.ini``. If you are
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56 installing a new tracker with ``roundup-admin ... install`` the
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57 ``secret_key`` value is automatically set to some random value.
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59 If ``secret_key`` is not set, the etag value returned by a REST call
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60 will changed on every call even though the item has not changed. This
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61 means users will be unable to submit changes using the rest
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62 interface. (Note, if you run roundup in a persistent mode: server,
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63 wsgi, mod_python, the etag will change on every restart if not
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64 explicitly set.)
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66 .. _upgrading directions: upgrading.html
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68 Preventing CSRF Attacks
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69 =======================
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71 Clients should set the header X-REQUESTED-WITH to any value and the
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73 = yes`` or ``required``.
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75 Rate Limiting the API
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76 =====================
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78 This is a work in progress. This version of roundup includes Rate
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79 Limiting for the API (which is different from rate limiting login
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82 It is enabled by setting the ``api_calls_per_interval`` and
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83 ``api_interval_in_sec`` configuration parameters in the ``[web]``
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84 section of ``config.ini``. The settings are documented in the
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85 config.ini file.
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87 If ``api_calls_per_interval = 60`` and ``api_interval_in_sec = 60``
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88 the user can make 60 calls in a minute. They can use them all up in the
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89 first second and then get one call back every second. With
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90 ``api_calls_per_interval = 60`` and ``api_interval_in_sec = 3600`` (1
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91 hour) they can use all 60 calls in the first second and they get one
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92 additional call every 10 seconds. ``api_calls_per_interval`` is the
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93 burst rate that you are willing to allow within ``api_interval_in_sec``
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94 seconds. The average rate of use is the ratio of
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95 ``api_calls_per_interval/api_interval_in_sec``. So you can have many
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96 values that permit one call per second on average: 1/1, 60/60,
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97 3600/3600, but they all have a different maximum burst rates: 1/sec,
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98 60/sec and 3600/sec.
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100 A single page app may make 20 or 30 calls to populate the page (e.g. a
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101 list of open issues). Then wait a few seconds for the user to select
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102 an issue. When displaying the issue, it needs another 20 or calls to
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103 populate status dropdowns, pull the first 10 messages in the issue
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104 etc. Controlling the burst rate as well as the average rate is a
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105 tuning exercise left for the tracker admin.
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107 Also the rate limit is a little lossy. Under heavy load, it is
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108 possible for it to miscount allowing more than burst count. Errors of
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109 up to 10% have been seen on slower hardware.
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111 Client API
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112 ----------
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114 The top-level REST url ``/rest/`` will display the current version of
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115 the REST API (Version 1 as of this writing) and some links to relevant
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116 endpoints of the API. In the following the ``/rest`` prefix is omitted
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117 from relative REST-API links for brevity.
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119 Headers
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120 =======
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122 If rate limiting is enabled there are 3 "standard" headers:
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124 **X-RateLimit-Limit**: Calls allowed per period.
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126 **X-RateLimit-Remaining**: Calls available to be completed in this window.
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128 **X-RateLimit-Reset**: window ends in this many seconds. (Note,
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129 not an epoch timestamp). After this time, all
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130 X-RateLimit-Limit calls are available again.
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132 and one helpful header to report the period that is missing
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133 from other lists of rate limit headers:
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137 Also if the user has exceeded the rate limit, this header is added:
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139 **Retry-After**: The number of second to wait until 1 api call will succeed.
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141 If the client has requested a deprecated API endpoint, the header:
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143 **Sunset**: an http date after which the end point will not be
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146 the REST endpoint will be going away. See
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150 Hyperdb Stats
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151 =============
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153 Adding ``@stats=true`` as a GET query parameter or POST data item will
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156 stats are enabled the response includes an ``@stats`` member and looks
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157 like::
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159 { "data": {
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160 ...
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161 "@stats": {
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162 "cache_hits": 3,
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164 "get_items": 0.0009722709655761719,
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165 "filtering": 0,
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171 These are the same values returned in the html interface by setting
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172 the ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING`` environment variable. By default performance
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173 stats are not shown. The fields are subject to change. An
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174 understanding of the code is recommended if you are going to use this
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175 info.
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177 Versioning
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178 ==========
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179
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180 Currently there is only one version of the API. Versions are simple
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181 integers. The current version is ``1``. Version selection is
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182 implemented in the server using one of three methods:
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184 1. Explicit version param in accept header:
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185 ``application/json; version=1``
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187 2. Version suffix in vendor accept header:
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188 ``application/vnd.json.test-v1+json``
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190 3. Adding version specifier in query string: ``@apiver=1``
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192 If an explicit version is not provided, the server default is used.
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193 The server default is reported by querying the ``/rest/`` endpoint as
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194 described above.
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196 Input Formats
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197 =============
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199 For a GET or OPTIONS request, the Content-Type header should
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200 not be sent.
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202 Otherwise Content-Type is allowed to be ``application/json`` or
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203 ``application/x-www-form-urlencoded``. Any other value returns error
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204 code 415.
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206 CORS preflight requests
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207 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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209 CORS preflight requests are done using the OPTIONS method. They
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210 require that REST be enabled. These requests do not make any changes
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211 or get any information from the database. As a result they are
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212 available to the anonymous user and any authenticated user. The user
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213 does not need to have `Rest Access` permissions. Also these requests
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214 bypass CSRF checks.
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216 The headers:
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218 * `Access-Control-Request-Headers`
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219 * `Access-Control-Request-Method`
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220 * `Origin`
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222 must all be present. The 204 response will include:
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224 * `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`
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225 * `Access-Control-Allow-Headers`
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226 * `Access-Control-Allow-Methods`
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227 * `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true`
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228 * `Access-Control-Max-Age: 86400`
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230 If the endpoint accepts the PATCH verb the header `Accept-Patch` with
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231 valid mime types (usually `application/x-www-form-urlencoded,
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232 multipart/form-data`) will be included.
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234 It will also include rate limit headers since the request is included
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235 in the rate limit for the URL. The results from the CORS preflight
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236 should be cached for a week so preflight requests are not expected to
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237 cause a problem. If it is an issue, you can see
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238 `Creating Custom Rate Limits`_
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239 and craft a rate limiter that ignores anonymous OPTIONS requests.
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240
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241 Support for filtering by ORIGIN is not included. If you want to add
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242 this, see `Programming the REST API`_ on directions for overriding
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243 existing endpoints with a wrapper that can verify the ORIGIN.
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245 Response Formats
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246 ================
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248 The default response format is json.
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250 If you add the ``dicttoxml.py`` module you can request XML formatted
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251 data using the header ``Accept: application/xml`` in your
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252 request. Both output formats are similar in structure.
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254 The rest interface accepts the http accept header and can include
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255 ``q`` values to specify the preferred mechanism. This is the preferred
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256 way to specify alternate acceptable response formats.
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258 To make testing from the browser easier, you can also append the
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259 extension `.json` or `.xml` to the path component of the url. This
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260 will force json or xml (if supported) output. If you use an extension
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261 it takes priority over any accept headers.
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263 The rest interface returns status 406 if you use an unrecognized
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264 extension. You will also get a 406 status if none of the entries in
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265 the accept header are available or if the accept header is invalid.
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268 General Guidelines
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269 ==================
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271 Performing a ``GET`` on an item or property of an item will return an
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272 ETag header or an @etag property. This needs to be submitted with
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273 ``DELETE``, ``PUT`` and ``PATCH`` operations on the item using an
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274 ``If-Match`` header or an ``"@etag`` property in the data payload if
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277 respond to the request. If the response was uncompressed, there will
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278 be no suffix. The ``@etag`` property never includes the suffix. Any
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279 ETag value suffixed or not can be sent in an ``If-Match`` header as
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280 the suffix is ignored during comparison.
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282 The exact details of returned data is determined by the value of the
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283 ``@verbose`` query parameter. The various supported values and their
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284 effects are described in the following sections.
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286 All output is wrapped in an envelope called ``data``. The output
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287 format is described in `Response Formats`_ above.
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288
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289 When using collection endpoints (think list of issues, users ...), the
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290 ``data`` envelope contains metadata (e.g. total number of items) as
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291 well as a ``collections`` list of objects::
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293 { "data": {
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294 "meta data field1": "value",
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295 "meta data field2": "value",
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296 "collection": [
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297 { "link": "url to item",
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298 "id": "internal identifier for item" },
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299 { "link": "url to second item",
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300 "id": "id item 2" },
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301 ... ]
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302 "@links": {
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303 "relation": [
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304 { "rel": "relation/subrelation",
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305 "uri": "uri to use to implement relation" },
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306 ...
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307 ],
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308 "relation2": [ {...} ], ...
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313 available meta data is described in the documentation for the
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314 collections endpoint.
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316 The ``link`` fields implement `HATEOS`_ by supplying a url for the
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317 resource represented by that object. The "link" parameter with the
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318 value of a url is a special case of the @links parameter.
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320 .. _HATEOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS
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322 In the @links object, each relationship is a list of full link json
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323 objects. These include rel (relationship) and uri properties. In the
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324 future this may be extended to include other data like content-type.
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325 However including a full @links object for every item includes a lot
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326 of overhead since in most cases only the self relationship needs to be
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327 represented.
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329 Because every object, link and multilink ends up getting a url, the
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330 shorter 'link' representation is used for this special case. The
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331 ``link`` property expresses the ``self`` relationship and its value is
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332 the uri property of the full link object. In collections, properties
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333 from each item can be embedded in the returned data (see ``@fields``
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335 conflicts with the self url.
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336
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337 When using an item endpoint (think an individual issue), metadata is
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338 included in the ``data`` envelope. Inside of the envelope, the
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339 ``attributes`` object contains the data for the field/properties of
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340 the issue. Example::
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342 { "data": {
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343 "meta data field1": "value",
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344 "type": "type of item, issue, user ..."
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345 "link": "link to retrieve item",
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346 "attributes": {
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347 "title": "title of issue",
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348 "nosy": [
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349 { "link": "url for user4",
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350 "id": "4" }
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351 ],
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353 ... }
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357 Using a property endpoint (e.g. title or nosy list for an issue) the
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358 ``data`` wrapper has a ``data`` subfield that represents the value of
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359 the property. This ``data`` subfield may be a simple string (all types
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361 properties). Example::
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363 { "data": {
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364 "type": "description of class",
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365 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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366 "link": "link to retrieve property",
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367 "id": "id for object with this property",
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368 "data": "value of property"
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369 }
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370 }
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373 Special Endpoints
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374 =================
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376 There are a few special endpoints that provide some additional data.
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377 Tracker administrators can add new endpoints. See
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378 "Programming the REST API"_ below.
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380 /summary
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381 ^^^^^^^^
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383 A Summary page can be reached via ``/summary`` via the ``GET`` method.
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385 with roundup and will display a summary of open issues.
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387 /data
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388 ^^^^^
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390 This is the primary entry point for data from the tracker.
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392 The ``/data`` link will display a set of classes of the tracker. All
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395 Individual items of a class (e.g. a single issue) can be queried by
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397 an item can be queried by appending the property, e.g.,
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398 ``/data/issue/42/title``.
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401 All the links mentioned in the following support the http method ``GET``.
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402 Results of a ``GET`` request will always return the results as a
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405 Details are in the sections below.
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407 /data/\ *class* Collection
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408 ==========================
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410 When performing the ``GET`` method on a class (e.g. ``/data/issue``),
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411 the ``data`` object includes the number of items available in
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412 ``@total_size``. A a ``collection`` list follows which contains the id
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413 and link to the respective item. For example a get on
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414 https://.../rest/data/issue returns::
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415
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416 {
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417 "data": {
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418 "collection": [
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419 {
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420 "id": "1",
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421 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1"
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422 },
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423 {
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424 "id": "100",
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425 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/100"
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426 }
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427 ...
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428 ],
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429 "@total_size": 171
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430 }
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431 }
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432
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433 Collection endpoints support a number of features as seen in the next
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434 sections.
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435
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436 A server may implement a default maximum number of items in the
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437 collection. This can be used to prevent denial of service (DOS). As
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438 a result all clients must be programmed to expect pagination
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439 decorations in the response. See the section on pagination below for
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440 details.
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441
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442 Searching
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443 ^^^^^^^^^
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444
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445 Searching is done by adding roundup field names and values as query
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446 parameters. Using: https://.../rest/data/issue you can search using:
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447
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448 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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449 :header-rows: 1
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450 :widths: 20 20 80
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451
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452 * - Query parameter
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453 - Field type
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454 - Explanation
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455 * - ``title=foo``
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456 - String
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457 - perform a substring search and find any issue with the word foo
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458 in the title.
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459 * - ``status=2``
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460 - Link
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461 - find any issue whose status link is set to the id 2.
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462 * - ``status=open``
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463 - Link
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464 - find any issue where the name of the status is open.
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465 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=ope will fail.
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466 * - ``nosy=1``
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467 - MultiLink
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468 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the id 1.
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469 * - ``nosy=admin``
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470 - MultiLink
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471 - find any issue where the multilink nosy includes the user admin.
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472 Note this is not a string match so using nosy=admi will fail.
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473 * - ``booleanfield=1`` - also values: true, TRUE, yes, YES etc. Other
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474 values match false.
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475 - Boolean
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476 - find an issue with the boolean field set to true.
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477
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478 As seen above, Links and Multilinks can be specified numerically or
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479 symbolically, e.g., searching for issues in status ``closed`` can be
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480 achieved by searching for ``status=closed`` or ``status=3`` (provided
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481 the ``closed`` status has ID 3). Note that even though the symbolic
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482 name is a string, in this case it is also a key value. As a result it
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483 only does an exact match.
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484
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485 Searching for strings (e.g. the issue title, or a keyword name)
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486 performs a case-insensitive substring search. Searching for
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487 ``title=Something`` (or in long form title~=Something) will find all
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488 issues with "Something" or "someThing", etc. in the title.
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489
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490 Changing the search to ``title:=Something`` (note the `:`) performs an
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491 exact case-sensitive string match for exactly one word ``Something``
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492 with a capital ``S``. Another example is:
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493 ``title:=test+that+nosy+actually+works.`` where the + signs are spaces
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494 in the string. Replacing ``+`` with the `URL encoding`_ for space
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495 ``%20`` will also work. Note that you must match the spaces when
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496 performing exact matches. So `title:=test++that+nosy+actually+works.``
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497 matches the word ``test`` with two spaces bewteen ``test`` and
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498 ``that`` in the title.
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499
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500 To make this clear, searching
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501 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?keyword=Foo`` will not work unless there
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502 is a keyword with a (case sensitive) name field of ``Foo`` which is
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503 the key field of the keyword. However searching the text property
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504 ``name`` using ``https://.../rest/data/keyword?name=Foo`` (note
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505 searching keyword class not issue class) will return matches for
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506 ``Foo``, ``foobar``, ``foo taz`` etc.
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507
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508 In all cases the field ``@total_size`` is reported which is the total
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509 number of items available if you were to retrieve all of them.
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510
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511 Other data types: Date, Interval, Integer, Number need examples and may
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512 need work to allow range searches. Full text search (e.g. over the
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513 body of a msg) is a work in progress.
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514
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515 .. _URL Encoding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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516
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517 Transitive Searching
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518 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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519
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520 In addition to searching an issue by its properties, you can search
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521 for issues where linked items have a certain property. For example
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522 using ``/issues?messages.author=1`` will find all issues that include
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523 (link to) a message created by the admin user. This can also be done
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524 using: ``/issues?messages.author=admin``. Note that this requires
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525 search permission for messages.author, user.id, and users.username (to
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526 perform search with ``admin``. If these search permissions are not
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527 present, the search will silently drop the attribute.
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528
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529 Similarly you can find all issues where the nosy list includes James
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530 Bond with: ``issue?nosy.realname=james+bond``. The alternate way to
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531 perform this is to query the user class for the realname:
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532 ``user?realname=james+bond`` and retrieve the id. Then you can execute
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533 a second rest call ``issue?nosy=7`` to retrieve issues with id 7.
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534
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535 Make sure that search access to the class/properties are granted to the
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536 user. Note that users can search a field even if they can't view
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537 it. However they may be able to use searches to discover the value of
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538 the field even if they can't view it.
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539
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540 Sorting
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541 ^^^^^^^
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542
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543 Collection endpoints support sorting. This is controlled by specifying a
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544 ``@sort`` parameter with a list of properties of the searched class.
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545 Optionally properties can include a sign ('+' or '-') to specify
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546 ascending or descending sort, respectively. If no sign is given,
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547 ascending sort is selected for this property. The following example
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548 would sort by status (in ascending order of the status.order property)
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549 and then by id of an issue::
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550
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551 @sort=status,-id
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553
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554 Pagination
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555 ^^^^^^^^^^
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556
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557 Collection endpoints support pagination. This is controlled by query
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558 parameters ``@page_size`` and ``@page_index`` (Note the use of the
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559 leading `@` to make the parameters distinguishable from field names.)
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560
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561 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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562 :header-rows: 1
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563 :widths: 20 80
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564
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565 * - Query parameter
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566 - Explanation
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567 * - ``@page_size``
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568 - specifies how many items are displayed at once. If no
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569 ``@page_size`` is specified, all matching items are returned.
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570 * - ``@page_index``
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571 - (which defaults to 1 if not given) specifies which page number
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572 of ``@page_size`` items is displayed.
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573
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574 Also when pagination is enabled the returned data include pagination
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575 links along side the collection data. This looks like::
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576
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577 { "data":
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578 {
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579 "collection": { ... },
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580 "@total_size": 222,
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581 "@links": {
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582 "self": [
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583 {
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584 "uri":
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585 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=1&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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586 "rel": "self"
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587 }
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588 ],
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589 "next": [
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590 {
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591 "uri":
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592 "https://.../rest/data/issue?@page_index=2&@fields=status&@page_size=5",
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593 "rel": "next"
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594 }
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595 ]
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596 }
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597 }
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598 }
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599
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600 The ``@links`` parameter is a dictionary indexed by
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601 relationships. Each relationship is a list of one or more full link
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602 json objects. Above we have link relations to move to the next
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603 page. If we weren't at the first page, there would be a ``prev``
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604 relation to move to the previous page. Also we have a self relation
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605 (which is missing the @page_index, hence we are at page 1) that can be
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606 used to get the same page again.
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607
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608 Note that the server may choose to limit the number of returned
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609 entries in the collection as a DOS prevention measure. As a result
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610 clients must be prepared to handle the incomplete response and request
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611 the next URL to retrieve all of the entries.
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612
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613 Field embedding and verbose output
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614 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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615
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616 In collections, you can specify what fields should be embedded in the
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617 returned data. There are some shortcuts provided using the
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618 ``@verbose`` parameter. All the examples in this section are for a GET
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619 operation on ``https://.../rest/data/issue``.
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620
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621 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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622 :header-rows: 1
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623 :widths: 20 80
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624
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625 * - Query parameter
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626 - Explanation
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627 * - ``@verbose=0``
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628 - each item in the collection has its "id" property displayed
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629 and a link with the URL to retrieve the item.
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630 * - ``@verbose=1``
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631 - for collections this output is the same as ``@verbose=0``. This
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632 is the default.
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633 * - ``@verbose=2``
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634 - each item in the collection includes the "label" property in
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635 addition to "id" property and a link for the item.
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636 This is useful as documented below in "Searches and selection"_.
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637 * - ``@verbose=3``
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638 - will display the content property of messages and files. Note
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639 warnings about this below. Using this for collections is
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640 discouraged as it is slow and produces a lot of data.
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641 * - ``@fields=status,title``
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642 - will return the ``status`` and ``title`` fields for the
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643 displayed issues. It is added to the fields returned by the
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644 @verbose parameter. Protected properties
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645 can be included in the list and will be returned.
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646
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647 In addition collections support the ``@fields`` parameter which is a
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648 colon or comma separated list of fields to embed in the response. For
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649 example ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2`` is the same as:
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650 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@fields=title`` since the label property
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651 for an issue is its title.
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652 The @fields option supports transitive properties, e.g.
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653 ``status.name``. The transitive property may not include multilinks in
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654 the path except for the last component. So ``messages.author`` is not
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655 allowed because ``messages`` is a multilink while ``messages`` alone
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656 would be allowed. You can use both ``@verbose`` and
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657 ``@fields`` to get additional info. For example
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658 ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status`` returns::
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660
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661 {
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662 "data": {
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663 "collection": [
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664 {
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665 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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666 "title": "Welcome to the tracker START HERE",
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667 "id": "1",
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668 "status": {
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669 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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670 "id": "1",
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671 "name": "new"
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672 }
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673 },
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674 ...
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675 }
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677 the format of the status field (included because of
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678 ``@fields=status``) includes the label for the status. This is due to
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679 inclusion of ``@verbose=2``. Without verbose you would see::
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681 {
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682 "data": {
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683 "collection": [
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684 {
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685 "link":
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686 "https://.../rest/data/issue/1",
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687 "id": "1",
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688 "status": {
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689 "link":
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690 "https://.../rest/data/status/1",
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691 "id": "1"
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692 }
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693 },
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695 }
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696
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697 Note that the ``link`` field that is returned doesn't exist in the
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698 database. It is a construct of the rest interface. This means that you
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699 can not set ``@fields=link`` and get the link property included in the
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700 output.
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701
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702 Also using ``@fields=@etag`` will not work to retrieve the etag for
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703 items in the collection.
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704
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705 See the `Searches and selection`_ section for the use cases supported
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706 by these features.
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707
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708 Getting Message and Files Content
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709 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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710
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711 You can retreive a message with a url like
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712 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11``. This returns something like::
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713
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714 {
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715 "data": {
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716 "id": "11",
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717 "type": "msg",
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718 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11",
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719 "attributes": {
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720 "author": {
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721 "id": "5",
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722 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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723 },
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724 "content": {
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725 "link": "https://.../demo/msg11/"
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726 },
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727 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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728 "files": [],
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729 "inreplyto": null,
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730 "messageid": "<1509324807.14.0.296813919751.issue3@localhost>",
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731 "messagetype": {
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732 "id": "1",
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733 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msgtype/1"
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734 },
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735 "recipients": [
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736 {
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737 "id": "1",
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738 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/1"
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739 },
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740 {
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741 "id": "3",
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742 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/3"
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743 },
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744 {
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745 "id": "4",
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746 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/4"
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747 }
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748 ],
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749 "subject": null,
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750 "summary": "of has to who. or of account give because the",
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751 },
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752 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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753 }
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754 }
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755
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756 To retreive the content, you can use the content link property:
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757 ``https://.../demo/msg11/``. The trailing / is required. Without the
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758 /, you get a web page that includes metadata about the message. With
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759 the slash you get a text/plain (in most cases) data stream.
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760
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761 Also you can use the url: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11?@verbose=3``
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762 and the content property (if the data is utf-8 compatible) now looks
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763 like::
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764
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765 ...
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766 "author": {
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767 "id": "5",
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768 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/user/5"
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769 },
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770 "content": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the
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771 reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage,
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772 was or toil BC quis denouncing quia\nexercise,
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773 veritatis et used voluptas I elit, a The...",
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774 "date": "2017-10-30.00:53:15",
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775 ...
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776
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777 Lines are wrapped for display, content value is one really long
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778 line. If the data is not utf-8 compatible, you will get a link.
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779
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780 Retrieving the contents of a file is similar. Performing a
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781 get on ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11`` returns::
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782
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783 {
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784 "data": {
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785 "id": "11",
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786 "type": "file",
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787 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11",
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788 "attributes": {
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789 "acl": null,
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790 "content": {
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791 "link": "https://.../demo/file11/"
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792 },
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793 "name": "afile",
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794 "status": {
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795 "id": "1",
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796 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/filestatus/1"
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797 },
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798 "type": "image/vnd.microsoft.icon"
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799 },
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800 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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801 }
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802 }
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803
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804 To download the file contents for this example you would
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805 perform an http GET using: ``https://.../demo/file11/``. The trailing
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806 / is required. You will receive a response of type
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807 application/octet-stream.
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808
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809 If you perform a get on
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810 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11?@verbose=3`` the content field
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811 above is displayed as (wrapped for display)::
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812
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813 "content": "file11 is not text, retrieve using binary_content
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814 property. mdsum: bd990c0f8833dd991daf610b81b62316",
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815
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816
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817 You can use the `binary_content property`_ described below to
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818 retrieve an encoded copy of the data.
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819
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820 Other query params
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821 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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822
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823 This table lists other supported parameters:
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825 .. list-table:: Query Parameters Examples
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826 :header-rows: 1
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827 :widths: 20 80
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829 * - Query parameter
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830 - Explanation
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831 * - ``@pretty=false``
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832 - by default json data is pretty printed to make it readable to
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833 humans. This eases testing and with compression enabled the
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834 extra whitespace doesn't bloat the returned payload excessively.
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835 You can disable pretty printing by using this query parameter.
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836 Note the default is true, so @pretty=true is not supported at
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837 this time.
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838
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839 Using the POST method
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840 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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842 Only class links support the ``POST`` method for creation of new items
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847 If you perform a get on an item with ``@verbose=0``, it is in the
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848 correct form to use as a the payload of a post.
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851 Safely Re-sending POST
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852 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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853
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854 POST is used to create new object in a class. E.G. a new issue. One
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855 problem is that a POST may time out. Because it is not idempotent like
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856 a PUT or DELETE, retrying the interrupted POST may result in the
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857 creation of a duplicate issue.
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858
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859 To solve this problem, a two step process inspired by the POE - Post
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860 Once Exactly spec:
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861 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nottingham-http-poe-00 is provided.
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862
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863 This mechanism returns a single use URL. POSTing to the URL creates
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864 a new object in the class.
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865
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866 First we get the URL. Here is an example using curl::
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868 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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869 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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870 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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871 --data '' \
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872 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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873
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874 This will return a json payload like::
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876 {
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877 "data": {
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878 "expires": 1555266310.4457426,
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879 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1"
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880 }
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881 }
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883 The value of expires is a Unix timestamp in seconds. In this case it
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884 has the default lifetime of 30 minutes after the current time. Using
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885 the link more than 30 minutes into the future will cause a 400 error.
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887 Within 30 minutes, the link can be used to post an issue with the same
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888 payload that would normally be sent to:
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889 ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue``.
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890
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891 For example::
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892
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893 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST \
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894 -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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895 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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896 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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897 --data-binary '{ "title": "a problem" }' \
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898 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/vizl713xHtIzANRW9jPb3bWXePRzmehdmSXzEta1
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899
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900 returns::
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902 {
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903 "data": {
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904 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/2280",
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905 "id": "2280"
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906 }
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907 }
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909 Once the @poe link is used and creates an issue, it becomes invalid
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910 and can't be used again. Posting to it after the issue, or other
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911 object, is created, results in a 400 error [#poe_retry]_.
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913 Note that POE links are restricted to the class that was used to
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914 get the link. So you can only create an issue using the link returned
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916 the "generic" field to the post payload::
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918 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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919 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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920 --data 'lifetime=900&generic=1' \
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921 https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe
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923 This will return a link under: ``https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe``::
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925 {
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926 "data": {
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927 "expires": 1555268640.9606116,
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928 "link":
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929 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/@poe/slPrzmEq6Q9BTjvcKhfxMNZL4uHXjbHCidY1ludZ"
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931 }
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933 You could use the link and change 'issue' to 'user' and it would work
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934 to create a user. Creating generic POE tokens is *not* recommended,
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935 but is available if a use case requires it.
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937 This example also changes the lifetime of the POE url. This link has
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938 a lifetime of 15 minutes (900 seconds). Using it after 16 minutes will
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939 result in a 400 error. A lifetime up to 1 hour can be specified.
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941 POE url's are an optional mechanism. If:
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943 * you do not expect your client to retry a failed post,
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944 * a failed post is unlikely (e.g. you are running over a local lan),
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945 * there is a human using the client and who can intervene if a post
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948 you can use the url ``https://.../demo/data/<class>``. However if you
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949 are using this mechanism to automate creation of objects and will
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950 automatically retry a post until it succeeds, please use the POE
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951 mechanism.
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953 .. [#poe_retry] As a future enhancement, performing a POST to the POE
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954 link soon after it has been used to create an object will
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955 change. It will not return a 400 error. It will will trigger a
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956 301 redirect to the url for the created object. After some
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957 period of time (maybe a week) the POE link will be removed and
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958 return a 400 error. This is meant to allow the client (a time
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959 limited way) to retrieve the created resource if the
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960 response was lost.
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961
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962 Other Supported Methods for Collections
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963 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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964
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965 Supports the ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which methods are
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966 allowed on a given endpoint.
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967
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968 Does not support PUT, DELETE or PATCH.
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969
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970 /data/\ *class*/\ *id* item
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971 ===========================
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972
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973 When performing the ``GET`` method on an item
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974 (e.g. ``/data/issue/42``), a ``link`` attribute contains the link to
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975 the item, ``id`` contains the id, ``type`` contains the class name
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976 (e.g. ``issue`` in the example) and an ``etag`` property can be used
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977 to detect modifications since the last query.
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978
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979 Individual properties of the item are returned in an ``attributes``
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980 dictionary. The properties returned depend on the permissions of the
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981 account used for the query.
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982
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983 By default all (visible to the current user) attributes/properties are
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984 returned. You can limit this by using the ``@fields`` query parameter
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985 similar to how it is used in collections. This way you can only return
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986 the fields you are interested in reducing network load as well as
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987 memory and parsing time on the client side. Or you can add additional
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988 transitive properties. By default protected
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989 properties (read only in the database) are not listed. This
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990 makes it easier to submit the attributes from a
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991 ``@verbose=0`` query using PUT. To include protected properties
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992 in the output of a GET add the query parameter
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993 ``@protected=true`` to the query and attributes like: actor,
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994 created, creator and activity will be include in the result.
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995
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996 Link and Multilink properties are displayed as a dictionary with a
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997 ``link`` and an ``id`` property by default. This is controlled by the
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998 ``@verbose`` attribute which is set to 1 by default. If set to 0, only
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999 the id is shown for Link and Multilink attributes. In this form, the
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1000 data can be modified and sent back using ``PUT`` to change the item.
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1001 If set to 2, the label property (usually ``name`` e.g. for status) is
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1002 also put into the dictionary. Content properties of message and file
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1003 object are by default also shown as a dictionary with a sole link
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1004 attribute. The link is the download link for the file or message. If
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1005 @verbose is >= 3, the content property is shown in json as a (possibly
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1006 very long) string. Currently the json serializer cannot handle files
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1007 not properly utf-8 encoded, so specifying @verbose=3 for files is
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1008 currently discouraged.
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1009
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1010 An example of returned values::
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1011
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1012 {
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1013 "data": {
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1014 "type": "issue",
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1015 "@etag": "\"f15e6942f00a41960de45f9413684591\"",
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1016 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1017 "attributes": {
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1018 "keyword": [],
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1019 "messages": [
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1020 {
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1021 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/375",
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1022 "id": "375"
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1023 },
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1024 {
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1025 "link": "https://.../rest/data/msg/376",
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1026 "id": "376"
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1027 },
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1028 ...
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1029 ],
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1030 "files": [],
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1031 "status": {
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1032 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/2",
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1033 "id": "2"
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1034 },
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1035 "title": "This is a title title",
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1036 "superseder": [],
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1037 "nosy": [
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1038 {
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1039 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/4",
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1040 "id": "4"
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1041 },
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1042 {
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1043 "link": "https://.../rest/data/user/5",
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1044 "id": "5"
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1045 }
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1046 ],
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1047 "assignedto": null,
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1048 },
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1049 "id": "23"
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1050 }
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1051 }
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1052
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1053 Retrieve item using key value
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1054 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1055
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1056 If the class has a key attribute, e.g. the 'status' class in the
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1057 classic tracker, it can be used to retrieve the item.
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1058
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1059 You can get an individual status by specifying the key-attribute value
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1060 e.g. ``/data/status/name=closed``. Note that ``name`` in this example
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1061 must be the key-attribute of the class. A short-form (which might not
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1062 be supported in future version of the API) is to specify only the
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1063 value, e.g. ``/data/status/closed``. This short-form only works when
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1064 you're sure that the key of the class is not numeric. E.G. if the name
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1065 was "7", /data/status/7 would return the status with id 7 not the
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1066 status with name "7". To get the status with name 7, you must use
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1067 the long form /data/status/name=7
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1068
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1069 The long-form (with ``=``) is different from a query-parameter like
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1070 ``/data/status?name=closed`` which would find all stati (statuses)
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1071 that have ``closed`` as a substring.
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1072
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1073 Dealing with Messages and Files
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1074 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1075
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1076 Using the requests library you can upload a file using::
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1077
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1078 d = dict (name = filename, content = content, type = content_type)
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1079 j = self.post ('file', data = d)
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1080
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1081 Instead of specifying json = dictionary we specify data = dictionary
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1082 as shown above. (We believe) this encodes the contents using
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1083 application/x-www-form-urlencoded which is not optimal for large files
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1084 due to the encoding overhead.
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1085
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1086 The requests library can use multipart/form-data which is more
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1087 efficient for large files. To do this specify both, files= *and* data=
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1088 parameters, e.g.::
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1089
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1090 # A binary string that can't be decoded as unicode
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1091 url = 'https://.../demo/rest/data/'
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1092 content = open ('random-junk', 'rb').read ()
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1093 fname = 'a-bigger-testfile'
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1094 d = dict(name = fname, type='application/octet-stream')
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1095 c = dict (content = content)
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1096 r = session.post (url + 'file', files = c, data = d)
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1097
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1098 Curl can be used to post a file using multipart/form-data with::
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1099
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1100 curl -u demo:demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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1101 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1102 -F "name=afile" -F "type=image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
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1103 -F "content=@doc/roundup-favicon.ico" \
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1104 https://.../demo/rest/data/file
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1105
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1106 the file is located at doc/roundup-favicon.ico. These calls will
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1107 return something like::
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1108
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1109 {
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1110 "data": {
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1111 "id": "12",
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1112 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/12"
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1113 }
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1114 }
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1115
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1116
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1117 Other Supported Methods for Items
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1118 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1119
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1120 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on individual items, e.g.
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1121 ``/data/issue/42`` On success it returns the same parameters as the
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1122 respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1123 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter. An
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1124 example::
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1125
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1126 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1127 --header 'Referer: https://example.com/demo/' \
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1128 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1129 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1130 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1131 --header 'If-Match: "dd41f02d6f8b4c34b439fc712b522fb3"' \
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1132 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ] }' \
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1133 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1134
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1135 {
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1136 "data": {
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1137 "attribute": {
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1138 "nosy": [
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1139 "1",
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1140 "5"
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1141 ]
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1142 },
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1143 "type": "issue",
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1144 "link":
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1145 "https://example.com/demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1146 "id": "23"
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1147 }
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1148 }
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1149
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1150 If the above command is repeated with the data attribute::
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1151
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1152 --data '{ "nosy": [ "1", "5" ], "title": "This is now my title" }'
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1153
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1154 this is returned::
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1155
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1156 {
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1157 "data": {
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1158 "attribute": {
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1159 "title": "This is now my title"
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1160 },
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1161 "type": "issue",
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1162 "link":
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1163 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1164 "id": "23"
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1165 }
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1166 }
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1167
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1168 Note that nosy is not in the attributes returned. It is the same as
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1169 before, so no change has happened and it is not reported.
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1170 Changing both nosy and title::
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1171
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1172 curl -u admin:admin -X PUT \
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1173 --header 'Referer: https://.../' \
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1174 --header 'X-Requested-With: rest' \
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1175 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1176 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1177 --header 'If-Match: "8209add59a79713d64f4d1a072aef740"' \
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1178 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "This is now my new title" }' \
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1179 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23"
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1180
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1181 which returns both title and nosy attributes::
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1182
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1183 {
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1184 "data": {
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1185 "attribute": {
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1186 "title": "This is now my new title",
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1187 "nosy": [
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1188 "4",
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1189 "5"
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1190 ]
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1191 },
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1192 "type": "issue",
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1193 "link":
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1194 "https://.../demo/rest/data/issue/23",
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1195 "id": "23"
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1196 }
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1197 }
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1198
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1199 Note that mixing url query parameters with payload submission doesn't
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1200 work. So using::
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1201
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1202 https://.../rest/data/issue/23?@pretty=false
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1203
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1205 payload::
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1206
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1207 curl -u admin:admin ...
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1208 --data '{ "nosy": [ "4", "5" ], "title": "...", "@pretty": "false" }'
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1209
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1210 produces::
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1211
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1212 {"data": {"attribute": {...}, "type": "issue",
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1213 "link": "https://...", "id": "23"}}
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1214
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1215 the lines are wrapped for display purposes, in real life it's one long
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1216 line.
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1217
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1218 The method ``DELETE`` is allowed on items, e.g., ``/data/issue/42``
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1219 and will retire (mark as deleted) the respective item. On success it
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1220 will only return a status code. The item is still available if
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1221 accessed directly by its item url. The item will not show up in
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1222 searches where it would have been matched if not retired.
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1223
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1224 Finally the ``PATCH`` method can be applied to individual items, e.g.,
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1225 ``/data/issue/42``. This method gets an operator ``@op=<method>``
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1226 where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``, ``remove``. For
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1227 items, an additional operator ``action`` is supported. If no operator
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1228 is specified, the default is ``replace``. The first three operators
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1229 are self explanatory. For an ``action`` operator an ``@action_name``
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1230 and optional ``@action_argsXXX`` parameters have to be
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1231 supplied. Currently there are only two actions, neither has args,
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1232 namely ``retire`` and ``restore``. The ``retire`` action on an item is
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1233 the same as a ``DELETE`` method, it retires the item. The ``restore``
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1234 action is the inverse of ``retire``, the item is again visible. On
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1235 success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1236 method. An example to add a user to the nosy list of an item is::
5723
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1237
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1238 curl -u admin:admin -p -X PATCH \
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1239 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
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1240 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1241 --header 'If-Match: "c6e2d81019acff1da7a2da45f93939bd"' \
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1242 --data-urlencode '@op=add' \
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1243 --data 'nosy=3' \
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1244 "https://.../rest/data/issue/23"
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1245
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1246 which returns::
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1247
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1248 {
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1249 "data": {
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1250 "attribute": {
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1251 "nosy": [
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1252 "3",
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1253 "4"
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1254 ]
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1255 },
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1256 "type": "issue",
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1257 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/23",
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1258 "id": "23"
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1259 }
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1260 }
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1261
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1262 Note that the changed values are returned so you can update
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1263 internal state in your app with the new data.
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1264
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1265 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1266 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1267 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1268 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1269 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1270 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1271 ``If-Match`` header.
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1272
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1273 /data/\ *class*/\ *id*/\ *property* field
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1274 =========================================
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1275
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1276 A ``GET`` method on a property (e.g. ``/data/issue/42/title``) returns the
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1277 link, an ``@etag``, the type of the property (e.g. "<type str>") the id
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1278 of the item and the content of the property in ``data``.
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1279
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1280 For example::
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1281
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1282 {
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1283 "data": {
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1284 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/22/title",
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1285 "data": "I need Broken PC",
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1286 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1287 "id": "22",
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1288 "@etag": "\"370510512b2d8fc3f98aac3d762cc7b1\""
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1289 }
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1290 }
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1291
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1292
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1293 All endpoints support an ``OPTIONS`` method for determining which
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1294 methods are allowed on a given endpoint.
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1295
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1296 Message and File Content
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1297 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1298
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1299 Messages and files have content properties. If the data is utf-8
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1300 compatible (e.g. an email message) you can retrieve it with
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1301 rest/data/msg/11/content to obtain::
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1302
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1303 {
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1304 "data": {
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1305 "id": "11",
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1306 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1307 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/msg/11/content",
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1308 "data": "of has to who pleasure. or of account give because the reprehenderit\neu to quisquam velit, passage, was or...",
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1309 "@etag": "\"584f82231079e349031bbb853747df1c\""
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1310 }
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1311 }
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1312
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1313 (the content property is wrapped for display, it is one long line.)
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1314
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1315 .. _binary_content property:
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1316
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1317 If the data is not representable in utf-8, you need to use the
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1318 binary_content
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1319 property. E.G. ``https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content``
5928
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1320 returns::
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1321
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1322 {
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1323 "data": {
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1324 "id": "11",
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1325 "type": "<class 'bytes'>",
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1326 "link": "https://.../demo/rest/data/file/11/binary_content",
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1327 "data": "b'\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01...\\xec?\\x00\\x00'",
5928
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1328 "@etag": "\"74276f75ef71a30a0cce62dc6a8aa1bb\""
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1329 }
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1330 }
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1331
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1332 (data field elided for display). You can also receive the file content
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1333 as a data stream rather than encoded. See `Getting Message and Files
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1334 Content`_.
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1335
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1336 The data is a json encoded hexidecimal representation of the data.
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1337
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1338
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1339 Other Supported Methods for fields
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1340 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1341
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1342 The method ``PUT`` is allowed on a property e.g.,
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1343 ``/data/issue/42/title``. On success it returns the same parameters as
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1344 the respective ``GET`` method. Note that for ``PUT`` an Etag has to be
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1345 supplied, either in the request header or as an @etag parameter.
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1346 Example using multipart/form-data rather than json::
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1347
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1348 curl -vs -u provisional:provisional -X PUT \
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1349 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1350 --data "data=Provisional" \
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1351 --header "If-Match: 079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1352 --data-urlencode "@etag=079eba599152f3eed00567e23258fecf" \
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1353 "https://.../rest/data/user/5/realname"
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1354
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1355 This example updates a leadtime field that is declared as an interval
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1356 type::
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1357
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1358 curl -vs -u demo:demo -X PUT \
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1359 --header "Accept: application/json" \
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1360 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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1361 --header "Referer: https://.../" \
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1362 --header "x-requested-with: rest" \
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1363 --header 'If-Match: "e2e6cc43c3475a4a3d9e5343617c11c3"' \
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1364 --data '{"leadtime": "2d" }' \
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1365 "https://.../rest/data/issue/10"
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1366
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1367 It is also possible to call ``DELETE`` on a
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1368 property of an item, e.g., ``/data/issue/42/nosy`` to delete the nosy
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1369 list. The same effect can be achieved with a ``PUT`` request and an
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1370 empty new value. This may fail if the property is required.
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1371
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1372 The ``PATCH`` method can be applied to properties, e.g.,
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1373 ``/data/issue/42/title``. This method gets an operator
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1374 ``@op=<method>`` where ``<method>`` is one of ``add``, ``replace``,
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1375 ``remove``. If no operator is specified, the default is ``replace``
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1376 which is the same as performing a PUT on the field url. ``add`` and
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1377 ``remove`` allow adding and removing values from MultiLink
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1378 properties. This is easier than having to rewrite the entire value for
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1379 the field using the ``replace`` operator or doing a PUT to the field.
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1380 On success the returned value is the same as the respective ``GET``
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1381 method.
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1382
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1383 The ``GET`` method on an item (e.g. ``/data/issue/43``) returns an
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1384 ETag in the http header *and* the ``@etag`` value in the json
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1385 payload. When modifying a property via ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` or
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1386 ``DELETE`` the etag value for the item must be supplied using an
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1387 ``If-Match`` header. If you are using ``PUT`` or ``PATCH`` an
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1388 ``@etag`` value can be supplied in the payload in place of the
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1389 ``If-Match`` header.
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1390
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1391 Tunneling Methods via POST
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1392 ==========================
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1393
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1394 If you are working through a proxy and unable to use http method like
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1395 PUT, PATCH or DELETE you can use POST to perform the action. To tunnel
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1396 an action through POST, send the ``X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE`` header
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1397 with a value of DELETE or other capitalized HTTP verb. The body of the
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1398 POST should be what you would send if you were using the method
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1399 without tunneling.
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1400
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1401 Examples and Use Cases
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1402 ----------------------
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1403
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1404 sample python client
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1405 ====================
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1406
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1407 The client uses the python ``requests`` library for easier interaction
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1408 with a REST API supporting JSON encoding::
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1409
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1410
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1411 >>> import requests
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1412 >>> u = 'http://user:password@tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/'
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1413 >>> s = requests.session()
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1414 >>> session.auth = ('admin', 'admin')
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1415 >>> r = s.get(u + 'issue/42/title')
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1416 >>> if r.status_code != 200:
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1417 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1418 ... exit(1)
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1419 >>> print (r.json() ['data']['data']
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1420 TEST Title
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1421 >>> h = {'X-Requested-With': 'rest', 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1422 >>> r = s.post (u + 'issue', data = dict (title = 'TEST Issue'), headers=h)
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1423 >>> if not 200 <= r.status_code <= 201:
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1424 ... print("Failed: %s: %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
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1425 ... exit(1)
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1426 >>> print(r.json())
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1427
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1428 Retire/Restore::
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1429 >>> r = s.delete (u + 'issue/42')
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1430 >>> print (r.json())
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1431 >>> r = s.get (u + 'issue/42')
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1432 >>> etag = r.headers['ETag']
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1433 >>> print("ETag: %s" % etag)
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1434 >>> etag = r.json()['data']['@etag']
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1435 >>> print("@etag: %s" % etag)
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1436 >>> h = {'If-Match': etag,
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1437 ... 'X-Requested-With': 'rest',
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1438 ... 'Referer': 'http://tracker.example.com/demo/'}
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1439 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'retire'}
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1440 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1441 >>> print(r.json())
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1442 >>> d = {'@op:'action', '@action_name':'restore'}
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1443 >>> r = s.patch(u + 'issue/42', data = d, headers = h)
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1444 >>> print(r.json())
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1445
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1446 Note the addition of headers for: x-requested-with and referer. This
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1447 allows the request to pass the CSRF protection mechanism. You may need
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1448 to add an Origin header if this check is enabled in your tracker's
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1449 config.ini (look for csrf_enforce_header_origin). (Note the Origin
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1450 header check may have to be disabled if an application is making a
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1451 CORS request to the Roundup server.)
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1452
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1453 A similar curl based retire example is to use::
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1454
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1455 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1456 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1457 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1458 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1459 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1460
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1461 to get the etag manually. Then insert the etag in the If-Match header
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1462 for this retire example::
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1463
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1464 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1465 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1466 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1467 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1468 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1469 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "retire" }'\
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1470 -X PATCH \
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1471 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1472
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1473 and restore::
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1474
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1475 curl -s -u admin:admin \
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1476 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1477 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1478 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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1479 -H 'If-Match: "a502faf4d6b8e3897c4ecd66b5597571"' \
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1480 --data-raw '{ "@op":"action", "@action_name": "restore" }'\
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1481 -X PATCH \
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1482 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/status/1
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1483
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1484
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1485 Searches and selection
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1486 ======================
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1487
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1488 One difficult interface issue is selection of items from a long list.
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1489 Using multi-item selects requires loading a lot of data (e.g. consider
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1490 a selection tool to select one or more issues as in the classic
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1491 superseder field).
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1492
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1493 This can be made easier using javascript selection tools like select2,
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1494 selectize.js, chosen etc. These tools can query a remote data provider
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1495 to get a list of items for the user to select from.
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1496
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1497 Consider a multi-select box for the superseder property. Using
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1498 selectize.js (and jquery) code similar to::
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1499
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1500 $('#superseder').selectize({
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1501 valueField: 'id',
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1502 labelField: 'title',
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1503 searchField: 'title', ...
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1504 load: function(query, callback) {
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1505 if (!query.length) return callback();
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1506 $.ajax({
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1507 url: '.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title='
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1508 + encodeURIComponent(query),
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1509 type: 'GET',
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1510 error: function() {callback();},
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1511 success: function(res) {
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1512 callback(res.data.collection);}
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1513
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1514 Sets up a box that a user can type the word "request" into. Then
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1515 selectize.js will use that word to generate an ajax request with the
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1516 url: ``.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&title=request``
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1517
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1518 This will return data like::
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1519
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1520 {
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1521 "data": {
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1522 "@total_size": 440,
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1523 "collection": [
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1524 {
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1525 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/8",
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1526 "id": "8",
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1527 "title": "Request for Power plugs"
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1528 },
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1529 {
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1530 "link": ".../rest/data/issue/27",
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1531 "id": "27",
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1532 "title": "Request for foo"
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1533 },
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1534 ...
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1535
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1536 selectize.js will look at these objects (as passed to
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1537 callback(res.data.collection)) and create a select list from the each
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1538 object showing the user the labelField (title) for each object and
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1539 associating each title with the corresponding valueField (id). The
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1540 example above has 440 issues returned from a total of 2000
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1541 issues. Only 440 had the word "request" somewhere in the title greatly
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1542 reducing the amount of data that needed to be transferred.
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1543
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1544 Similar code can be set up to search a large list of keywords using::
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1545
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1546 .../rest/data/keyword?@verbose=2&name=some
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1547
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1548 which would return: "some keyword" "awesome" "somebody" making
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1549 selections for links and multilinks much easier.
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1550
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1551 A get on a collection endpoint can include other properties. Why do we
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1552 want this? Selectize.js can set up option groups (optgroups) in the
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1553 select pulldown. So by including status in the returned data using
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1554 a url like ``https://.../rest/data/issue?@verbose=2&@fields=status``
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1555 we get::
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1556
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1557 {
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1558 "link": "https://.../rest/data/issue/1001",
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1559 "title": "Request for Broken PC",
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1560 "id": "1001",
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1561 "status": {
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1562 "link": "https://.../rest/data/status/6",
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1563 "id": "6",
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1564 "name": "resolved"
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1565 }
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1566 }
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1567
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1568 a select widget like::
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1569
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1570 === New ===
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1571 A request
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1572 === Open ===
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1573 Request for bar
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1574 Request for foo
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1575
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1576 etc. can be generated. Also depending on the javascript library, other
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1577 fields can be used for subsearch and sorting.
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1578
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1579
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1580 Programming the REST API
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1581 ------------------------
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1582
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1583 You can extend the rest api for a tracker. This describes how to add
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1584 new rest end points. At some point it will also describe the rest.py
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1585 structure and implementation.
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1586
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1587 Adding new rest endpoints
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1588 =========================
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1589
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1590 Add or edit the file interfaces.py at the root of the tracker
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1591 directory.
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1592
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1593 In that file add::
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1594
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1595 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1596 from roundup.exceptions import Unauthorised
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1597
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1598 class RestfulInstance:
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1599
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1600 @Routing.route("/summary2")
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1601 @_data_decorator
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1602 def summary2(self, input):
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1603 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1604 return 200, result
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1605
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1606 will make a new endpoint .../rest/summary2 that you can test with::
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1607
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1608 $ curl -X GET .../rest/summary2
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1609 {
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1610 "data": {
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1611 "hello": "world"
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1612 }
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1613 }
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1614
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1615 Similarly appending this to interfaces.py after summary2::
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1616
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1617 # handle more endpoints
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1618 @Routing.route("/data/<:class_name>/@schema", 'GET')
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1619 def get_element_schema(self, class_name, input):
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1620 result = { "schema": {} }
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1621 uid = self.db.getuid ()
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1622 if not self.db.security.hasPermission('View', uid, class_name) :
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1623 raise Unauthorised('Permission to view %s denied' % class_name)
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1624
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1625 class_obj = self.db.getclass(class_name)
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1626 props = class_obj.getprops(protected=False)
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1627 schema = result['schema']
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1628
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1629 for prop in props:
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1630 schema[prop] = { "type": repr(class_obj.properties[prop]) }
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1631
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1632 return result
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1633
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1634 ..
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1635 the # comment in the example is needed to preserve indention under Class.
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1636
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1637 returns some data about the class::
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1638
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1639 $ curl -X GET .../rest/data/issue/@schema
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1640 {
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1641 "schema": {
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1642 "keyword": {
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1643 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"keyword\">"
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1644 },
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1645 "title": {
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1646 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.String>"
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1647 },
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1648 "files": {
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1649 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Multilink to \"file\">"
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1650 },
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1651 "status": {
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1652 "type": "<roundup.hyperdb.Link to \"status\">"
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1653 }, ...
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1654 }
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1655 }
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1656
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1657
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1658 Adding other endpoints (e.g. to allow an OPTIONS query against
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1659 ``/data/issue/@schema``) is left as an exercise for the reader.
5723
59a3bbd3603a Expanded documentation. More examples, added sections based on each
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1660
5883
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1661 Redefine/move rest endpoints
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1662 ============================
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1663
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1664 In addition to adding new endpoints, you can redefine existing
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1665 endpoints. Adding this as described above::
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1666
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1667 @Routing.route("/summary")
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1668 @_data_decorator
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1669 def summary2(self, input):
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1670 result = { "hello": "world" }
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1671 return 200, result
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1672
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1673 will return::
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1674
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1675 {
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1676 "data": {
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1677 "hello": "world"
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1678 }
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1679 }
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1680
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1681
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1682 In addition to overriding existing endpoints, you can move existing
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1683 endpoints to new locations. Adding::
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1684
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1685 @Routing.route("/data2/<:classname>")
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1686 def get_collection2(self, classname, input):
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1687 """ Remap existing function in rest.py to a new endpoint
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1688
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1689 Existing function is decorated with:
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1690
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1691 @Routing.route("/data/<:classname>")
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1692 @_data_decorator
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1693
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1694 so we need to drop @_data_decorator from this function since
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1695 we can't apply @_data_decorator twice.
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1696 """
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1697 return self.get_collection(classname, input)
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1698
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1699 will make the response at /rest/data2/<class> be the same as what is
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1700 normally at /rest/data/<class>.
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1701
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1702
5843
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1703 Controlling Access to Backend Data
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1704 ==================================
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1705
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1706 Roundup's schema is the primary access control mechanism. Roles and
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1707 Permissions provide the ability to carefully control what data can be
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1708 seen.
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1709
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1710 However the templating system can access the hyperdb directly which
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1711 allows filtering to happen with admin privs escaping the standard
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1712 permissions scheme. For example access to a user's roles should be
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1713 limited to the user (read only) and an admin. If you have customized
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1714 your schema to implement `Restricting the list of
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1715 users that are assignable to a task <customizing.html#restricting-the-list-of-users-that-are-assignable-to-a-task>`__
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1716 so that only users with a
5843
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1717 Developer role are allowed to be assigned to an issue, a rest end
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1718 point must be added to provide a view that exposes users with this
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1719 permission.
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1720
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1721 Using the normal ``/data/user?roles=Developer`` will return all the
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1722 users in the system unless you are an admin user because most users
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1723 can't see the roles. Building on the `Adding new rest endpoints`_
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1724 section this code adds a new endpoint `/data/@permission/Developer`
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1725 that returns a list of users with the developer role::
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1726
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1727 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance
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1728 from cgi import MiniFieldStorage
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1729
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1730 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1731
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1732 @Routing.route("/data/@permission/Developer")
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1733 def get_role_Developer(self, input):
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1734 '''An endpoint to return a list of users with Developer
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1735 role who can be assigned to an issue.
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1736
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1737 It ignores attempt to search by any property except
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1738 username and realname. It also ignores the whole @fields
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1739 specification if it specifies a property the user
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1740 can't view. Other @ query params (e.g. @page... and
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1741 @verbose) are supported.
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1742
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1743 It assumes admin access rights so that the roles property
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1744 of the user can be searched. This is needed if the roles
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1745 property is not searchable/viewable by normal users. A user
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1746 who can search roles can identify users with the admin
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1747 role. So it does not respond the same as a rest/data/users
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1748 search by a non-admin user.
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1749 '''
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1750 # get real user id
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1751 realuid=self.db.getuid()
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1752
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1753 def allowed_field(fs):
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1754 if fs.name in ['username', 'realname' ]:
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1755 # only allow search matches for these fields
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1756 return True
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1757 elif fs.name in [ '@fields' ]:
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1758 for prop in fs.value.split(','):
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1759 # if any property is unviewable to user, remove
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1760 # @field entry. If they can't see it for the admin
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1761 # user, don't let them see it for any user.
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1762 if not self.db.security.hasPermission(
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1763 'View', realuid, 'user', property=prop,
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1764 itemid='1'):
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1765 return False
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1766 return True
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1767 elif fs.name.startswith("@"):
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1768 # allow @page..., @verbose etc.
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1769 return True
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1770
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1771 # deny all other url parmeters
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1772 return False
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1773
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1774 # Cleanup input.list to prevent user from probing roles
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1775 # or viewing things the user should not be able to view.
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1776 input.list[:] = [ fs for fs in input.list
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1777 if allowed_field(fs) ]
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1778
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1779 # Add the role filter required to implement the permission
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1780 # search
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1781 input.list.append(MiniFieldStorage("roles", "Developer"))
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1782
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1783 # change user to acquire permission to search roles
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1784 self.db.setCurrentUser('admin')
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1785
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1786 # Once we have cleaned up the request, pass it to
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1787 # get_collection as though /rest/data/users?... has been called
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1788 # to get @verbose and other args supported.
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1789 return self.get_collection('user', input)
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1790
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1791 Calling this with::
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1792
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1793 curl 'http://example.com/demo/rest/data/@permission/Developer?@fields=realname&roles=Users&@verbose=2'
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1794
5843
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1795 produces output similar to::
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1796
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1797 {
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1798 "data": {
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1799 "collection": [
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1800 {
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1801 "username": "agent",
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1802 "link": http://example.com/demo/rest/data/user/4",
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1803 "realname": "James Bond",
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1804 "id": "4"
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1805 }
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1806 ],
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1807 "@total_size": 1
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1808 }
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1809 }
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1810
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1811 assuming user 4 is the only user with the Developer role. Note that
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1812 the url passes the ``roles=User`` filter option which is silently
5843
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1813 ignored.
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1814
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1815 Changing Access Roles with JSON Web Tokens
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1816 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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1817
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1818 As discussed above Roundup's schema is the access control mechanism.
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1819 However you may want to integrate a third party system with roundup.
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1820 E.G. suppose you use a time tracking service that takes an issue id
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1821 and keeps a running count of how much time was spent on it. Then with
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1822 a single button push it can add the recorded time to the roundup
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1823 issue.
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1824
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1825 You probably don't want to give this third party service your roundup
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1826 username and credentials. Especially if your roundup instance is under
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1827 your company's single sign on infrastructure.
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1828
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1829 So what we need is a way for this third party service to impersonate
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1830 you and have access to create a roundup timelog entry (see
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1831 `<customizing.html#adding-a-time-log-to-your-issues>`__ ). Then add it
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1832 to the associated issue. This should happen without sharing passwords
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1833 and without allowing the third party service to see the issue (except the
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1834 ``times`` property), user, or other information in the tracker.
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1835
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1836 Enter the use of a JSON web token. Roundup has rudimentary ability to
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1837 manage JWTs and use them for authentication and authorization.
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1838
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1839 There are 5 steps to set this up:
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1840
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1841 1. install pyjwt library using pip or pip3. If roundup can't find the
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1842 jwt module you will see the error ``Support for jwt disabled.``
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1843 2. create a new role that allows Create access to timelog and edit/view
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1844 access to an issues' ``times`` property.
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1845 3. add support for issuing (and validating) jwts to the rest interface.
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1846 This uses the `Adding new rest endpoints`_ mechanism.
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1847 4. configure roundup's config.ini [web] jwt_secret with at least 32
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1848 random characters of data. (You will get a message
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1849 ``Support for jwt disabled by admin.`` if it's not long enough.)
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1850 5. add an auditor to make sure that users with this role are appending
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1851 timelog links to the ``times`` property of the issue.
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1852
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1853 Create role
5898
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1854 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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1855
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1856 Adding this snippet of code to the tracker's ``schema.py`` should create a role with the
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1857 proper authorization::
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1858
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1859 db.security.addRole(name="User:timelog",
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1860 description="allow a user to create and append timelogs")
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1861
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1862 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User:timelog', 'Rest Access')
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1863
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1864 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='timelog',
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1865 description="Allow timelog creation", props_only=False)
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1866 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1867
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1868 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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1869 properties=('id', 'times'),
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1870 description="Allow retrieving issue etag or timelog issue",
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1871 props_only=False)
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1872 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1873
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1874 perm = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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1875 properties=('id', 'times'),
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1876 description="Allow editing timelog for issue",
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1877 props_only=False)
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1878 db.security.addPermissionToRole("User:timelog", perm)
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1879
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1880 The role is named to work with the /rest/jwt/issue rest endpoint
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1881 defined below. Starting the role name with ``User:`` allows the jwt
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1882 issue code to create a token with this role if the user requesting the
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1883 role has the User role.
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1884
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1885 The role *must* have access to the issue ``id`` to retrieve the etag for
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1886 the issue. The etag is passed in the ``If-Match`` HTTP header when you
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1887 make a call to patch or update the ``times`` property of the issue.
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1888
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1889 If you use a PATCH rest call with "@op=add" to append the new timelog,
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1890 you don't need View access to the ``times`` property. If you replace the
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1891 ``times`` value, you need to read the current value of ``times`` (using
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1892 View permission), append the newly created timelog id to the (array)
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1893 value, and replace the ``times`` value.
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1894
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1895 Note that the json returned after the operation will include the new
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1896 value of the ``times`` value so your code can verify that it worked.
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1897 This does potentially leak info about the previous id's in the field.
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1898
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1899 Create rest endpoints
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1900 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1901
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1902 Here is code to add to your tracker's ``interfaces.py`` (note code has
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1903 only been tested with python3)::
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1904
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1905 from roundup.rest import Routing, RestfulInstance, _data_decorator
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1906
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1907 class RestfulInstance(object):
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1908 @Routing.route("/jwt/issue", 'POST')
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1909 @_data_decorator
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1910 def generate_jwt(self, input):
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1911 """Create a JSON Web Token (jwt)
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1912 """
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1913 import jwt
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1914 import datetime
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1915 from roundup.anypy.strings import b2s
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1916
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1917 # require basic auth to generate a token
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1918 # At some point we can support a refresh token.
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1919 # maybe a jwt with the "refresh": True claim generated
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1920 # using: "refresh": True in the json request payload.
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1921
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1922 denialmsg='Token creation requires login with basic auth.'
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1923 if 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in self.client.env:
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1924 try:
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1925 auth = self.client.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
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1926 scheme, challenge = auth.split(' ', 1)
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1927 except (ValueError, AttributeError):
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1928 # bad format for header
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1929 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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1930 if scheme.lower() != 'basic':
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1931 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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1932 else:
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1933 raise Unauthorised(denialmsg)
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1934
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1935 # verify we have input data.
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1936 if not input:
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1937 raise UsageError("Missing data payload. "
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1938 "Verify Content-Type is sent")
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1939
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1940 # If we reach this point we have validated that the user has
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1941 # logged in with a password using basic auth.
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1942 all_roles = list(self.db.security.role.items())
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1943 rolenames = []
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1944 for role in all_roles:
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1945 rolenames.append(role[0])
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1946
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1947 user_roles = list(self.db.user.get_roles(self.db.getuid()))
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1948
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1949 claim= { 'sub': self.db.getuid(),
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1950 'iss': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1951 'aud': self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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1952 'iat': datetime.datetime.utcnow(),
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1953 }
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1954
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1955 lifetime = 0
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1956 if 'lifetime' in input:
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1957 if input['lifetime'].value != 'unlimited':
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1958 try:
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1959 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(input['lifetime'].value))
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1960 except ValueError:
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1961 raise UsageError("Value 'lifetime' must be 'unlimited' or an integer to specify" +
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1962 " lifetime in seconds. Got %s."%input['lifetime'].value)
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1963 else:
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1964 lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=86400) # 1 day by default
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1965
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1966 if lifetime: # if lifetime = 0 make unlimited by omitting exp claim
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1967 claim['exp'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + lifetime
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1968
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1969 newroles = []
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1970 if 'roles' in input:
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1971 for role in [ r.lower() for r in input['roles'].value ]:
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1972 if role not in rolenames:
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1973 raise UsageError("Role %s is not valid."%role)
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1974 if role in user_roles:
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1975 newroles.append(role)
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1976 continue
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1977 parentrole = role.split(':', 1)[0]
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1978 if parentrole in user_roles:
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1979 newroles.append(role)
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1980 continue
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1981
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1982 raise UsageError("Role %s is not permitted."%role)
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1983
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1984 claim['roles'] = newroles
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1985 else:
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1986 claim['roles'] = user_roles
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1987 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET
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1988 myjwt = jwt.encode(claim, secret, algorithm='HS256')
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1989
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1990 # if jwt.__version__ >= 2.0.0 jwt.encode() returns string
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1991 # not byte. So do not use b2s() with newer versions of pyjwt.
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1992 result = {"jwt": b2s(myjwt),
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1993 }
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1994
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1995 return 200, result
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1996
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1997 @Routing.route("/jwt/validate", 'GET')
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1998 @_data_decorator
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1999 def validate_jwt(self,input):
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2000 import jwt
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2001 if not 'jwt' in input:
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2002 raise UsageError("jwt key must be specified")
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2003
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2004 myjwt = input['jwt'].value
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2005
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2006 secret = self.db.config.WEB_JWT_SECRET
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2007 try:
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2008 result = jwt.decode(myjwt, secret,
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2009 algorithms=['HS256'],
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2010 audience=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2011 issuer=self.db.config.TRACKER_WEB,
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2012 )
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2013 except jwt.exceptions.InvalidTokenError as err:
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2014 return 401, str(err)
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2015
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2016 return 200, result
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2017
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2018 **Note this is sample code. Use at your own risk.** It breaks a few
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2019 rules about jwts (e.g. it allows you to make unlimited lifetime
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2020 jwts). If you subscribe to the concept of jwt refresh tokens, this code
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2021 will have to be changed as it will only generate jwts with
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2022 username/password authentication.
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2023
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2024 Currently use of jwts an experiment. If this appeals to you consider
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2025 providing patches to existing code to:
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2026
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2027 1. record all jwts created by a user
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2028 2. using the record to allow jwts to be revoked and ignored by the
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2029 roundup core
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2030 3. provide a UI page for managing/revoking jwts
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2031 4. provide a rest api for revoking jwts
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2032
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2033 These end points can be used like::
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2034
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2035 curl -u demo -s -X POST -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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2036 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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2037 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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2038 --data '{"lifetime": "3600", "roles": [ "user:timelog" ] }' \
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2039 https://.../demo/rest/jwt/issue
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2040
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2041 (note roles is a json array/list of strings not a string) to get::
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2042
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2043 {
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2044 "data": {
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2045 "jwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJK......XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk"
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2046 }
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2047 }
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2048
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2049 The jwt is shortened in the example since it's large. You can validate
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2050 a jwt to see if it's still valid using::
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2051
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2052
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2053 curl -s -H "Referer: https://.../demo/" \
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2054 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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2055 https://.../demo/rest/jwt/validate?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJK...XxMDb-Q3oCnMpyhxPXMAk
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2056
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2057 (note no login is required) which returns::
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2058
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2059 {
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2060 "data": {
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2061 "user": "3",
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2062 "roles": [
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2063 "user:timelog"
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2064 ],
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2065 "iss": "https://.../demo/",
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2066 "aud": "https://.../demo/",
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2067 "iat": 1569542404,
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2068 "exp": 1569546004
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2069 }
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2070 }
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2071
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2072 Final steps
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2073 ^^^^^^^^^^^
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2074
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2075 See the `upgrading directions`_ on how to use the ``updateconfig``
5888
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2076 command to generate an updated copy of config.ini using
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2077 roundup-admin. Then set the ``jwt_secret`` to at least 32 characters
f4db6abf86d9 more typo fixes.
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2078 (more is better up to 512 bits).
5878
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2079
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2080 Writing an auditor that uses "db.user.get_roles" to see if the user
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2081 making the change has the ``user:timelog`` role, and then comparing
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2082 the original ``times`` list to the new list to verify that it is being
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2083 added to and not changed otherwise is left as an exercise for the
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2084 reader. (If you develop one, please contribute via the tracker:
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2085 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/.)
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2086
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2087 Lastly you can create a JWT using the end point above and make a rest
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2088 call to create a new timelog entry and another call to update the
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2089 issues times property. If you have other ideas on how jwts can be
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2090 used, please share on the roundup mailing lists. See:
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2091 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/ for directions on
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2092 subscribing and for archives of the lists.
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2093
5843
da1f40b5148d issue2551050 document mechanism to allow uers limited access to
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2094
5737
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2095 Creating Custom Rate Limits
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2096 ===========================
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2097
5738
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2098 You can replace the default rate limiter that is configured using
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2099 the tracker's ``config.ini``. You can return different rate
6674
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2100 limits based on the user, time of day, phase of moon, request
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2101 method (via self.client.request.command) etc.
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2102
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2103 Assume you add two integer valued properties to the user
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2104 object. Let's call them ``rate_limit_interval`` and
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2105 ``rate_limit_calls``. Add code similar to this to interfaces.py
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2106 to override the default rate limiter code::
5737
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2107
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2108 from roundup.rest import RestfulInstance, RateLimit
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2109 from datetime import timedelta
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2110
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2111 def grl(self):
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2112 calls = self.db.config.WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2113 interval = self.db.config.WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2114
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2115 if calls and interval: # use to disable all rate limits
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2116
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2117 uid = self.db.getuid()
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2118 class_obj = self.db.getclass('user')
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2119 node = class_obj.getnode(uid)
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2120
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2121 # set value to 0 to use WEB_API_CALLS_PER_INTERVAL
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2122 user_calls = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_calls')
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2123 # set to 0 to use WEB_API_INTERVAL_IN_SEC
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2124 user_interval = node.__getattr__('rate_limit_interval')
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2125
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2126 return RateLimit(user_calls or calls,
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2127 timedelta(seconds=(user_interval or interval)))
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2128 else:
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2129 # disable rate limiting if either parameter is 0
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2130 return None
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2131
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2132 RestfulInstance.getRateLimit = grl
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2133
5738
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2134 this should replace the default getRateLimit with the new grl
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2135 function. This new function uses values for the number of calls
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2136 and period that are specific to a user. If either is set to 0,
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2137 the defaults from ``config.ini`` file are used.
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2138
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2139 Test Examples
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2140 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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2141
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93bbe5340d5b More typo fixes and verbatim blocks.
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2142 Rate limit tests::
5723
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2143
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2144 seq 1 300 | xargs -P 20 -n 1 curl --head -si \
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2145 https://.../rest/data/status/new \# | grep Remaining
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