Hi Don,
Are you using Python to make the updates? Can you post what you have tried so
far? Here’s an example of how to make an update to a single archival object
instance via Python 3, which worked for me when I tested it this morning:
api_url = your api url…
repo_num = your repository number…
archival_object_json = requests.get(api_url+
‘/repositories/repo_num/archival_objects/1987146’, headers=headers).json()
archival_object_json["instances"] = [{"container": {"barcode_1":
'39002042614314', "container_locations": [{"jsonmodel_type":
"container_location", "ref": '/locations/9', "start_date": "2015-06-02",
"status": "current"}], "indicator_1": '2', "type_1": "box"}, "instance_type":
"mixed_materials", "jsonmodel_type": "instance", "sub_container":
{"jsonmodel_type": "sub_container", "top_container": {"ref":
'/repositories/repo_num/top_containers/190797'}}}]
archival_object_data = json.dumps(archival_object_json)
archival_object_update =
requests.post(api_url+‘/repositories/repo_num/archival_objects/1987146’,
headers=headers, data=archival_object_data).json()
If you are trying to do something like archival_object_json[‘container’] I
don’t think it will work, unless maybe you do
archival_object_json[‘instances’][‘container’] – but I didn’t check on that.
Also, be sure that all data elements you are updating are correct and
consistent – I tried to make a test update using fake container info and it did
not work, but when I tried updating the instance with data from an existing top
container everything went through just fine. I just changed the barcode, top
container ref, indicator, and location to reflect the data from the other
container, and it updated. Hope this helps.
P.S. I have a script which makes these kinds of updates in batch by pulling the
info you wish to update from a CSV. I can clean it up a bit and share if anyone
is interested…
Alicia Detelich
Archivist
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Libraries
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[mailto:archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of
Donald Mennerich
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 4:11 PM
To: Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org>
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Updating containers via archival_object
POST
Hello List,
I'm working a data remediation problem via the aspace API I can't seem to get
any of the values in a container key within an archival_object to update when I
post. For example, within a json object of type archival_object like:
"container": {
"type_1": "box",
"indicator_1": "1",
"barcode_1": "31142054615128",
"type_2": "folder",
"indicator_2": "14",
"container_locations": [],
"lock_version": 25
}
If I change any of the values and POST, none of the updates seem to persist.
This doesn't generate an errors, and any changes to the record otherwise seems
to save. I'm wondering if this is just not possible, and if so, is there
another endpoint that might be used to update container information?
Thanks, Don
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