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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is possible:
https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_csv_metadata_import.html

Knut

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 2:31 PM Vladimer Shioshvili <vshioshvili@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Leke,
>
> While it's good to use --data-binary, in your curl calls in both examples,
> you are missing -H switch in front of the content type (look at the example
> Knut provided), which makes it default to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
> Make sure you include -H;
>
> Knut (and others), Leke's original question mentioned dataElements, and it
> got me looking too, and i noticed that while the documentation talks about
> columns for the metadata csv content, it never gives the API endpoints for
> importing metadata using CSV. Is that even possible? There are classes to
> handle it in the code, and I know import/export app does it (i've used it),
> but what about API?
>
> Vlad
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 5:45 AM Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>> Skype:     knutstar
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Leke Seweje
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Knut Staring
>>
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Knut Staring

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World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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