If I remember the code both POST and PUT are supported. Patch grabs the
existing catalog item, applies the change to it, and saves...
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/master/src/restconfig/src/main/java/org/geoserver/catalog/rest/FeatureTypeResource.java#L87
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Jody Garnett
On 6 July 2016 at 17:16, James Sewell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've been using the REST API lately, which has been a bit problematic for
> me.
>
> Is there a way to change a single parameter for an object from a single
> REST call? For example, change the database name for a data store?
>
> I suppose what I'm after is PATCH rather than PUT, as PUT is supposed to
> be atomic.
>
> At the moment it looks like you would have to:
>
> 1. Do a GET to get the current config
> 2. Load the response to a data structure
> 3. Merge the response with your desired change (this would be a lot
> easier if the JSON was standard key:value)
> 4. Do a PUT to make the merged change active
>
> As I said I can see why PUT shouldn't do this, but to show what I mean
> here is an example of it not working from a PUT:
>
> Say I've got a datastore:
>
> # curl -u admin:geoserver -GET
> http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester/datastores/Test.xml
> <dataStore>
> <name>Test</name>
> <type>PostGIS</type>
> <enabled>true</enabled>
> <workspace>
> <name>tester</name>
> <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; rel="alternate"
> href="http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester.xml";
> type="application/xml"/>
> </workspace>
> <connectionParameters>
> <entry key="schema">public</entry>
> <entry key="database">postgres</entry>
> <entry key="passwd">crypt1:mWGfLiNZL8UOZCpLkRE7mw==</entry>
> <entry key="host">localhost</entry>
> <entry key="namespace">http://james</entry>
> <entry key="user">postgres</entry>
> </connectionParameters>
> <__default>true</__default>
> <featureTypes>
> <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; rel="alternate"
> href="
> http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester/datastores/Test/featuretypes.xml";
> type="application/xml"/>
> </featureTypes>
> </dataStore>
>
>
> Then I want to change the database name from 'postgres' to
> 'postgres-test', so I sent the following XML in a PUT request:
>
> <dataStore>
> <name>Test</name>
> <type>PostGIS</type>
> <connectionParameters>
> <database>postgres-test</database>
> /connectionParameters>
> </dataStore>
>
> But this removes the other config:
>
> # curl -u admin:geoserver -GET
> http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester/datastores/Test.xml
> <dataStore>
> <name>Test</name>
> <type>PostGIS</type>
> <enabled>true</enabled>
> <workspace>
> <name>tester</name>
> <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; rel="alternate"
> href="http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester.xml";
> type="application/xml"/>
> </workspace>
> <connectionParameters>
> <entry key="database">postgres-test</entry>
> </connectionParameters>
> <__default>true</__default>
> <featureTypes>
> <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; rel="alternate"
> href="
> http://192.168.2.237:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/tester/datastores/Test/featuretypes.xml";
> type="application/xml"/>
> </featureTypes>
> </dataStore>
>
>
>
> James Sewell,
> PostgreSQL Team Lead / Solutions Architect
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