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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Leke, according to the link I sent you have to use --data-binary as in
this request:

curl --data-binary @datavalueset.csv
"https://play.dhis2.org/demo/24/api/dataValueSets";
  -H "Content-Type:application/csv" -u admin:district -v

Knut

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 11:35 AM Olaleke Seweje <sewejeolaleke@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks Knut, I tried with dataValueSets and got exactly the same error.
> Below is what my curl request looked like.
>
> curl -d @file.name.csv "http://myHostName/api/26/dataValueSets"; -X POST
> "Content-Type: application/csv" -u username:password
>
>
> *The result*
>
>
> {"httpStatus":"Unsupported Media
> Type","httpStatusCode":415,"status":"ERROR","message":"Content type
> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' not supported"}curl: (6) Could not
> resolve host: Content-Type
>
>
> Please what do I need to look into again?
>
> Is the format of the curl request correct?
>
> Is there something I need to set on my DHIS instance to make it support
> such operations?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 8:21 AM Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Leke, are you sending METADATA or DATA VALUES?
>>
>> If the latter, you need to use dataValueSets:
>>
>> https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_data_values.html#webapi_sending_data_values
>>
>> Knut
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 5:58 AM Olaleke Seweje <sewejeolaleke@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to upload data via CURL as specified in the dev docs - 1.9.2. Creating
>>> and updating objects. My request is as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>> curl -d @file._name.csv "http://myHostName/api/26/dataElements"; -X POST
>>> "Content-Type: application/csv" -u username:password
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *The response I got was *
>>>
>>>
>>> {"httpStatus":"Unsupported Media
>>> Type","httpStatusCode":415,"status":"ERROR","message":"Content type
>>> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' not supported"}curl: (6) Could not
>>> resolve host: Content-Type
>>>
>>> I have tried content type text/csv as well but got similar results.
>>>
>>> My questions
>>> 1. Is my endpoint http://myHostName/api/26/dataElements the correct one
>>> for uploading data values via API?
>>>
>>> 2. Is the request format correct?
>>>
>>> 3. Is there something I need to set on my DHIS instance to make it
>>> support such operations?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Leke Seweje
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>>
>> --
>> Knut Staring
>>
>> Department of Information, Evidence and Research
>> World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Leke Seweje
>


-- 
Knut Staring

Department of Information, Evidence and Research
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Office: +41 22 791 3683 Mob1: +33 6 4434 2931 Mob2: +47 9188 0522
Skype:     knutstar