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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK cool, wasn't aware of matrix URIs.


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 <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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