On 6/17/22 18:21, Noble Paul wrote:
Is there a need to make it easier to invoke POST/PUT/DELETE methods ?
absolutely yes.
But, that should be a separate effort. Most likely , we would keep the
V1 API around for a while and users could resort to those APIs if they
wish to. However, the discussion is around whether we should migrate
our documentation and clients to use V2 as a de-facto interface
I hope I am not misunderstood.
I absolutely think we should fully embrace proper HTTP verb usage in v2
and document it extensively. And I think the API should use request
bodies wherever that is appropriate, regardless of whether that impacts
the ability for people to craft URLs for a browser using the v2 API
directly.
I just want to be sure that users still have a way to send somebody a
URL that accomplishes certain tasks right in the browser. The more I
think about it, the more I like the idea of the admin UI being a vehicle
to make this possible. I don't think we need to necessarily expose ALL
of the API in this way. I like the idea Eric came up with for a page in
the UI that allows arbitrary requests. My two cents on that: Have it
ask for an HTTP verb, a URL path, provide a way to add URL parameters,
and a place to put a body for the request if the verb is a type that
generally allows a body. Maybe have some buttons that pre-fill the page
for certain types of requests.
As an example that the admin UI has right now, this is the URL I ended
up on after I asked the admin UI to do a query on the Solr server that I
manage for myself:
http://localhost:8983/solr/#/dovecot/query?q=body:solr&q.op=OR&indent=true&facet=true&facet.field=user
The admin UI takes that and converts it to the following, executes it,
and shows the results in the UI:
http://localhost:8983/solr/dovecot/select?facet.field=user&facet=true&indent=true&q.op=OR&q=body%3Asolr
I am pretty sure this happens entirely in the javascript that the
browser runs.
Something similar could be done for any other request that users might
commonly want to share as a URL.
Implementing this certainly won't be a small undertaking. I am willing
to help, but I have to caution that my html/css/javascript skills are
not extensive.
Thanks,
Shawn
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