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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

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Regards,
Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA


On 11 December 2013 13:13, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> 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.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> 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
>>
>>
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