On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Sean Murphy <seanm5t45...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nick, > > You should probably send this to google-appengine-python@ instead, then. >> > > Thanks - given that I've start this here, I'll finish it here. (I did look > for the appengine > python list, but could not find it easily - could I suggest that a pointer > to the group be > put in the welcome and readme for this group?) > > >> I'm doing some work using the Salesforce REST API. This API uses the HTTP >>> Patch >>> command to update an object in SF. I note that URLFetch currently does >>> not support >>> Patch - any plans to support in future? >>> >> >> PATCH is actually a part of WebDav, not HTTP. If you'd like support for it >> added to urlfetch, you should file a feature request on the issue tracker. >> > > I'm a little confused - Salesforce does refer to it as a HTTP command and > this RFC > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789 > > does give the impression that it is part of HTTP rather than Webdav. Any > chance you'd > be able to shed further light on this? > You're right - it's not part of webdav specifically. That RFC extends HTTP, though, so it's not a part of HTTP/1.1. > > >> I think the solution is to use httplib2 - it's a bit clunky, however. >>> >> >> Unfortunately, I don't believe this will work - httplib is just a wrapper >> for URLFetch, so any restrictions that apply to URLFetch apply equally to >> httplib(2). >> > > This can work using the following (which I got from some SF examples): > > queryConn = httplib2.Http() > resp,content = queryConn.request( obj_url+'?_HttpMethod=PATCH', > "POST", > headers= {'Authorization': 'OAuth > '+access_token, 'Content-Type':' application/json'}, > body=simplejson.dumps(update_fields) > ) > > I have not looked into what happens under the hood, however... > All this is doing is making a POST request, specifying a query string parameter '_HttpMethod'. You can do this using urlfetch, urllib, or the mechanism of your choice. -Nick Johnson > > BR, > Seán. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/XSp99pCaBh4J. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
