On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Saptarshi Purkayastha <sun...@gmail.com>wrote:
> It is generally considered to be bad practice in the design of Web API or > REST APIs that two URLs point to the same resources. > Hi Saptarshi, for this to constitute an argument, I think you need to point out WHY it would be a bad practice (or at least point to someone who argues cogently for that). Knut > Also I would think that people who want to juggle between existing web > functionality and Web API, would like to use internal IDs to get the UID > and then use the UID for web API calls. This makes it more flexible to use > and switch between the two IDs depending what functionality you want to > use, either from core web interface (uses IDs) or Web API (uses UIDs) > > --- > Regards, > Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA > ------------------------------ > From: janhenrik.overl...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:57:26 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [Dhis2-devs] Web API - Search by id > To: sun...@gmail.com > CC: dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > > It's just for convenience. If you make an app that looks up organisation > units by id, code or name you won't have to change the base url based on > the parameter. > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Saptarshi Purkayastha <sun...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Why would one use the search at all in this case of using the UID? > You can directly get the resource with the UID > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/organisationUnits/ImspTQPwCqd gives Sierra > Leone > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/organisationUnits/search/Sierra%20Leone is > the search > > --- > Regards, > Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA > ------------------------------ > From: janhenrik.overl...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:36:25 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Dhis2-devs] Web API - Search by id > To: sun...@gmail.com > CC: dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > > > Hi, try the uid. For a web API user there is only one id (which is the > uid). We don't want to confuse him by saying "uid" in the docs as it > implies that there is an "id" as well. > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Saptarshi Purkayastha <sun...@gmail.com>wrote: > > The Web API documentation here: > http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch25s04.html > suggests that you can search a resource by its id, code and name. > I tried the following: > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/organisationUnits/search/559 > But it says > > Object not found for query: 559 > > So, does it only work for code and name and not for id? > > --- > Regards, > Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Knut Staring Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo +4791880522 http://dhis2.org
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