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Re: Attemping to post JSON through the web API

 

Thanks for all the tips and code.

Changing "orgunits" to "organisationUnits" and posting to the /metaData
endpoint seems to do the trick.

Best regards,
Jason



On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You are probably aware of this, but if there is no particular reason you
> want to post to api/organisationUnits, it will work with multiple orgunits
> if you wrap it like this
>
> {
>     "organisationUnits": [
>         ...,
>         ...,
>         ...,
>         ...,
>         etc
>     ]
> }
>
> and post it to api/metaData instead.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Dan Cocos <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don’t think you can post multiple, here’s some PHP code I wrote to add
>> them one by one they all had the same parent so my code is somewhat less
>> complex, you’ll have to have more arrays containing the correct parent and
>> other details for your OUs.
>>
>>
>>  <?php //You need to make sure to add a ROOT unit and then make this set
>> to the root user $parentId = "JFSc3tndTlI"; $instanceURL = "
>> http://localhost:8080/api/organisationUnits";; $username = "admin";
>> $password = "district";  $countryNames = array("Angola", "Antigua and
>> Barbuda", "Asia Regional Program", "Bahamas, The", "Barbadas", "Belize -
>> Carribean", "Belize - Central America", "Botswana", "Burma", "Burundi",
>> "Cambodia", "Cameroon", "Caribbean Region", "Central America Region", "Central
>> Asia Region", "China", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Costa Rica", "Cote
>> d'Ivoire", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "El Salvador", "Ethiopia",
>> "Ghana", "Grenada", "Guatemala", "Guyana", "Haiti", "Honduras", "India",
>> "Indonesia", "Jamaica", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya", "Kyrgyz Republic", "Laos",
>> "Lesotho", "Malawi", "Mozambique", "Namibia", "Nicaragua", "Nigeria",
>> "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Russia", "Rwanda", "Saint Kitts and Nevis"
>> , "Saint Lucia", "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "South Africa", "South
>> Sudan", "Suriname", "Swaziland", "Tajikistan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Trinidad
>> and Tobago", "Turkmenistan", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "Uzbekistan", "Vietnam"
>> , "Zambia", "Zimbabwe");   //I couldn't get DHIS2 to ingest with one
>> call with several children so instead I just make a bunch of calls.
>> foreach($countryNames as $ouname){  $data = array("name" => $ouname,
>> "shortName" => $ouname,  "parent" => array("id" =>$parentId));
>> $data_string = json_encode($data);     $ch = curl_init($instanceURL);
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");  curl_setopt($ch,
>> CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string);  curl_setopt($ch,
>> CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "
>> $username:$password");  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(  'Content-Type:
>> application/json',  'Content-Length: ' . strlen($data_string),  'Accept:
>> application/json',   )  );   $result = curl_exec($ch);  print $result . "
>> \n"; }   ?>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Mark Polak <markpo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Jason,
>>>
>>> I tried to look up if it was possible to post a list and from what i can
>>> tell you can’t post a list of objects currently.
>>>
>>> But Morten would have to clarify that as i am not 100% sure if that is
>>> correct.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Mark Polak
>>> mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> markpo@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> +31 6 38 600 925
>>>
>>> On 14 Aug 2014, at 21:03, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I cannot post it a public list, but I think I may be
>>> missing some brackets etc.
>>>
>>> Basically, I need to sync some orgunits between instances with JSON
>>> (after a bit of processing).
>>>
>>> Will the below work (in theory)? I could not really find an example of
>>> POSTing multiple orgunits with JSON through the API in the docs.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> {
>>>     "orgunits": [
>>>         {
>>>             "code": "XXXXX",
>>>             "name": "XXXXX",
>>>             "created": "2013-03-14T06:17:28.334+0000",
>>>             "lastUpdated": "2014-05-27T09:45:58.804+0000",
>>>             "shortName": "XXXX",
>>>             "parent": {
>>>                 "name": "XXXX",
>>>                 "created": "2012-07-14T18:57:55.059+0000",
>>>                 "lastUpdated": "2013-09-02T08:04:08.693+0000",
>>>                 "href": "XXXXXXX",
>>>                 "id": "XXXXXX"
>>>             },
>>>             "openingDate": "1900-01-01",
>>>             "active": true,
>>>             "contactPerson": "XXXX",
>>>             "address": "XXXXXX",
>>>             "email": "XXXXXX",
>>>             "phoneNumber": "XXXXXX",
>>>             "level": 5,
>>>             "href": "XXXXXX",
>>>             "id": "XXXX"
>>>         } ]}
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Mark Polak <markpo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jason,
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps it could also be useful if you provide the JSON you’re sending?
>>>> That might make it easier to figure out why it happened :)
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mark Polak
>>>> mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> markpo@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> On 14 Aug 2014, at 17:25, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Morten,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to post some JSON to the /api/organisationUnit end point. I
>>>> think it looks OK (???) but am something does not seem to be right. I see
>>>> this exception. Could you translate for me? :)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [webapi] in context with path
>>>> [/dhis] threw exception
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not
>>>> deserialize instance of org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnit out
>>>> of START_ARRAY token
>>>>  at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@1d72f464;
>>>> line: 1, column: 1]
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.from(JsonMappingException.java:164)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:691)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:685)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeFromArray(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1215)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer._deserializeOther(BeanDeserializer.java:151)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:126)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:2993)
>>>>         at
>>>> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:2144)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.render.DefaultRenderService.fromJson(DefaultRenderService.java:79)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.hisp.dhis.webapi.controller.AbstractCrudController.postJsonObject(AbstractCrudController.java:352)
>>>>         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>>>         at
>>>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
>>>>         at
>>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>>>>         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:215)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:132)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:104)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandleMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:745)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:685)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:80)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:919)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:851)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:953)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:855)
>>>>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:646)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:829)
>>>>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:118)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:84)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:103)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:113)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:154)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:45)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:201)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:199)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:199)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.hisp.dhis.security.filter.CustomAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(CustomAuthenticationFilter.java:64)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:110)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.hisp.dhis.security.filter.AutomaticAccessFilter.doFilter(AutomaticAccessFilter.java:113)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:50)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:106)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:192)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:160)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:343)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:260)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:151)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:106)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:106)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1040)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)
>>>>         at
>>>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:313)
>>>>         at
>>>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
>>>>         at
>>>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
>>>>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
>>>>
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