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revno: 850
committer: Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
branch nick: dhis2-docbook-docs
timestamp: Mon 2013-10-28 11:20:05 +0100
message:
  Web api, settings
modified:
  src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_web_api.xml


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=== modified file 'src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_web_api.xml'
--- src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_web_api.xml	2013-10-22 17:09:35 +0000
+++ src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_web_api.xml	2013-10-28 10:20:05 +0000
@@ -2843,6 +2843,9 @@
       the key and the value are plain text strings. To save or update a system setting you can make
       a <emphasis role="italic">POST</emphasis> request to the following URL:</para>
     <screen>/api/systemSettings/my-key?value=my-val</screen>
+    <para>Alternatively, you can submit the setting value as the request body, where content type is
+      set to "text/plain". As an example, you can use curl like this:</para>
+    <screen>curl "apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/systemSettings/my-key" -d "My long value" -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -u admin:district -v</screen>
     <para>You should replace my-key with your real key and my-val with your real value. To retrieve
       the value for a given key in plain text you can make a <emphasis role="italic">GET</emphasis>
       request to the following URL:</para>
@@ -2858,6 +2861,9 @@
       authenticated for the Web API request. To save or update a user setting you can make a
         <emphasis role="italic">POST</emphasis> request to the following URL:</para>
     <screen>/api/userSettings/my-key?value=my-val</screen>
+    <para>Alternatively, you can submit the setting value as the request body, where content type is
+      set to "text/plain". As an example, you can use curl like this:</para>
+    <screen>curl "apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/userSettings/my-key" -d "My long value" -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -u admin:district -v</screen>
     <para>You should replace my-key with your real key and my-val with your real value. To retrieve
       the value for a given key in plain text you can make a <emphasis role="italic">GET</emphasis>
       request to the following URL:</para>