Thank you so much for the info Lars. Sounds like we should be getting POST/PUT on many resources... I'd like to vote on the org unit creation to priority :-)
Didn't realize what you were solving with the caching... but for the client-side trying to check if new data is available, ETags are generally useful. Like you explain, you are solving a different problem, so it might not be relevant. --- Regards, Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA My Tech Blog: http://sunnytalkstech.blogspot.com You Live by CHOICE, Not by CHANCE 2012/3/12 Lars Helge Ă˜verland <larshe...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Saptarshi Purkayastha <sun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear devs, > > > > Is there documentation about the web-api. Like what resources support > > GET/POST? I see a list of all the resources and 4 representations, but is > > there more detailed documentation?? > > It is only /dataValueSets and /messages which support post. The rest > supports get only for now. > > > > > > I also recently saw commits from Lars that implementing caching for > WebAPI. > > Is there any reason not to use ETags for the purpose?? That will enable > to > > check if new content is exposed by the web service or not and seems like > the > > standard way for update checks. > > Server-side validation / etag based caching is not useful in this > scenario since the main purpose (besides saving network usage) is to > reduce the load on the server - if you are to produce reliable > hashes/etags then you will have to generate those reports/charts first > anyway. The idea now is to use the knowledge of when the data in the > reports are refreshed. And then we might as well use expiration > caching (cache-control/expiry headers) and let the client cache the > representations completely and thus avoid the validation round-trip. > Will write some more about this later. > > > > > > > > Is there a way to create organization units through the Web API?? If not > the > > web api, are there any considerations to adding org units on-the-fly, > > attaching datasets and collecting data. I vaguely remember having to do > > something with resource tables. Is that still necessary?? > > No not at the moment but we will include it later. > > Resource tables are not required. > > > > > Too many questions probably in one email... but all somehow related to > one > > another. > > > > > > --- > > Regards, > > Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA > > > > My Tech Blog: http://sunnytalkstech.blogspot.com > > You Live by CHOICE, Not by CHANCE > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > > Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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