I have no preference one way or the other. I will write up a blueprint with all of the info on this thread though so we do not forget it :)
Regards, Jason Infact the , (comma) is meant to be used for this, as is mentioned here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.3 . See last paragraph, last 5 sentences. Also Spring docs suggest using commas - http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/mvc.html#mvc-ann-matrix-variables --- Regards, Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA On 11 December 2013 13:13, Lars Helge Øverland <larshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > thanks for the suggestion. No doubt there is a need for a compact format > for items. > > Only problem is that the "," character is defined as "reserved" in the URL > "spec": > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt p2.2 > > and causes e.g. spring mvc to split the value into multiple query params. > > For analytics we use ";" for delimiting, which is also reserved, but is at > least not causing trouble with spring mvc. > > Would ";" be okay? If so please write a blueprint. > > Lars > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Jason Pickering < > jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi there. >> >> I have been working with another REST API recently and one of the >> features is the support for comma delimited lists as part of a API request. >> From this example from the docs.. >> >> curl >> "http://apps.dhis2.org/dev/api/completeDataSetRegistrations?dataSet=pBOMPrpg1QX&dataSet=BfMAe6Itzgt&startDate=2013-01-01&endDate=2013-01-31&orgUnit=YuQRtpLP10I&orgUnit=vWbkYPRmKyS&children=true"; >> -H "Accept:application/xml" -u admin:district -v >> >> >> It would be useful to support this request as well.. >> >> >> curl >> "http://apps.dhis2.org/dev/api/completeDataSetRegistrations?dataSet=pBOMPrpg1QX&dataSet=BfMAe6Itzgt&startDate=2013-01-01&endDate=2013-01-31&orgUnit=YuQRtpLP10I,vWbkYPRmKyS&children=true"; >> -H "Accept:application/xml" -u admin:district -v >> >> In some cases, we have many dozens or hundreds of orgunit UIDs in the >> requests, and it might be just a bit simpler to have these delimited. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Regards, >> Jason >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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