changeset 7636:c5307dc0e8c6

docs: clarify Api version method priority; payload @apiver Define how version is determined when multiple conflicting methods are used. Add doc on use of @apiver in data payload for PUT/POST (and maybe PATCH). Now that this is defined, sent email to devel list to see if the order should be changed. The url parameter is the lowest priorty setting and will be ignored if any of the 3 higher priority methods are used. However using the url setting is the easiest for testing.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:57:50 -0400
parents 0f6b7a70bc43
children d745a6eb0604
files doc/rest.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/rest.txt	Mon Sep 18 01:06:24 2023 -0400
+++ b/doc/rest.txt	Mon Sep 18 01:57:50 2023 -0400
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@
 
 Currently there is only one version of the API. Versions are simple
 integers. The current version is ``1``. Version selection is
-implemented in the server using one of three methods:
+implemented in the server using one of four methods (in priority
+order, highest first):
 
    1. Explicit version param in accept header:
       ``application/json; version=1``
@@ -230,7 +231,12 @@
    2. Version suffix in vendor accept header:
       ``application/vnd.json.test-v1+json``
 
-   3. Adding version specifier in query string: ``@apiver=1``
+   3. Adding ``@apiver: 1`` in the input data wrapper (for POST, PUT)
+
+   4. Adding version specifier in query string: ``@apiver=1`` (for GET).
+
+The highest priority version method will be used if multiple
+methods are used.
 
 If an explicit version is not provided, the server default is used.
 The server default is reported by querying the ``/rest/`` endpoint as

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