Hi CollectionSpacers, We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for importing associations? 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from the command line? Thanks so much! Sandra Tsai

Hi Sandra, What version of CollectionSpace are you now using? The XML schema for relationship records does depend on what you are trying to relate. For example, is this to relate acquisitions to collection objects? Just to make sure I understand, when you say "rest import", you mean you are bypassing the import service, and intend to add records using the REST API to create records one at a time. Is that right? (The "import service" uses the XML schema that has the <import> element. The REST API uses payloads that have the <document> element at the beginning.) Thanks, Chris On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Sandra Tsai wrote: > Hi CollectionSpacers, > > We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. > > 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for importing associations? > > 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from the command line? > > Thanks so much! > > > Sandra Tsai > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org

To follow up on Chris's excellent note, cURL samples for using the REST APIs (as contrasted with the Imports service) to import data, can be found here: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Using+cURL+as+a+Client+to+CollectionSpace+Services If you're interested in sample payloads for the Imports service, specifically, you can find several in this set of test payloads: https://github.com/collectionspace/services/tree/master/services/IntegrationTests/src/test/resources/test-data/xmlreplay/imports and the cURL commands for the Imports service are listed here: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Imports+Service+Home#ImportsServiceHome-Sendingtherequest%3A Aron On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Chris Hoffman <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi Sandra, > > What version of CollectionSpace are you now using? > > The XML schema for relationship records does depend on what you are trying > to relate. For example, is this to relate acquisitions to collection > objects? > > Just to make sure I understand, when you say "rest import", you mean you are > bypassing the import service, and intend to add records using the REST API > to create records one at a time. Is that right? (The "import service" uses > the XML schema that has the <import> element. The REST API uses payloads > that have the <document> element at the beginning.) > > Thanks, > Chris > > > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Sandra Tsai wrote: > > Hi CollectionSpacers, > > We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. > > 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for importing > associations? > > 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from the > command line? > > Thanks so much! > > > Sandra Tsai > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >

Thanks Chris and Aron! We are using CollectionSpace version 2.5. We could make the relationship between acquisitions to collection objects, but we don't know how to use related terms. For example, we want to use terms from Person records into CollectionObject records. Sandra 2012/9/20 Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu> > To follow up on Chris's excellent note, cURL samples for using the > REST APIs (as contrasted with the Imports service) to import data, can > be found here: > > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Using+cURL+as+a+Client+to+CollectionSpace+Services > > If you're interested in sample payloads for the Imports service, > specifically, you can find several in this set of test payloads: > > > https://github.com/collectionspace/services/tree/master/services/IntegrationTests/src/test/resources/test-data/xmlreplay/imports > > and the cURL commands for the Imports service are listed here: > > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Imports+Service+Home#ImportsServiceHome-Sendingtherequest%3A > > Aron > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Chris Hoffman > <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Hi Sandra, > > > > What version of CollectionSpace are you now using? > > > > The XML schema for relationship records does depend on what you are > trying > > to relate. For example, is this to relate acquisitions to collection > > objects? > > > > Just to make sure I understand, when you say "rest import", you mean you > are > > bypassing the import service, and intend to add records using the REST > API > > to create records one at a time. Is that right? (The "import service" > uses > > the XML schema that has the <import> element. The REST API uses payloads > > that have the <document> element at the beginning.) > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Sandra Tsai wrote: > > > > Hi CollectionSpacers, > > > > We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. > > > > 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for > importing > > associations? > > > > 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from > the > > command line? > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > > > Sandra Tsai > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > >

You need not import relations for these. They are computed/inferred when you use a term in a record. Patrick _____ From: talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Tsai Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:05 PM To: Aron Roberts Cc: talk@lists.collectionspace.org Subject: Re: [Talk] A few questions about CollectionSpace Thanks Chris and Aron! We are using CollectionSpace version 2.5. We could make the relationship between acquisitions to collection objects, but we don't know how to use related terms. For example, we want to use terms from Person records into CollectionObject records. Sandra 2012/9/20 Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu> To follow up on Chris's excellent note, cURL samples for using the REST APIs (as contrasted with the Imports service) to import data, can be found here: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Using+cURL+as+a+Clie nt+to+CollectionSpace+Services If you're interested in sample payloads for the Imports service, specifically, you can find several in this set of test payloads: https://github.com/collectionspace/services/tree/master/services/Integration Tests/src/test/resources/test-data/xmlreplay/imports and the cURL commands for the Imports service are listed here: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Imports+Service+Home #ImportsServiceHome-Sendingtherequest%3A Aron On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Chris Hoffman <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi Sandra, > > What version of CollectionSpace are you now using? > > The XML schema for relationship records does depend on what you are trying > to relate. For example, is this to relate acquisitions to collection > objects? > > Just to make sure I understand, when you say "rest import", you mean you are > bypassing the import service, and intend to add records using the REST API > to create records one at a time. Is that right? (The "import service" uses > the XML schema that has the <import> element. The REST API uses payloads > that have the <document> element at the beginning.) > > Thanks, > Chris > > > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Sandra Tsai wrote: > > Hi CollectionSpacers, > > We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. > > 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for importing > associations? > > 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from the > command line? > > Thanks so much! > > > Sandra Tsai > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace .org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace .org >

Sandra, Patrick is (of course) correct. You only need to import the refnames for the persons in the collection object payload. It's just another field, but the value you supply must be the person's refname value that you created (or that was created during data entry). The person refname is in person_common, and it's just called refname. Chris On Sep 21, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Patrick Schmitz wrote: > You need not import relations for these. They are computed/inferred when you use a term in a record. > > Patrick > > From: talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Tsai > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:05 PM > To: Aron Roberts > Cc: talk@lists.collectionspace.org > Subject: Re: [Talk] A few questions about CollectionSpace > > Thanks Chris and Aron! > > We are using CollectionSpace version 2.5. > > We could make the relationship between acquisitions to collection objects, but we don't know how to use related terms. For example, we want to use terms from Person records into CollectionObject records. > > > Sandra > > 2012/9/20 Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu> > To follow up on Chris's excellent note, cURL samples for using the > REST APIs (as contrasted with the Imports service) to import data, can > be found here: > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Using+cURL+as+a+Client+to+CollectionSpace+Services > > If you're interested in sample payloads for the Imports service, > specifically, you can find several in this set of test payloads: > > https://github.com/collectionspace/services/tree/master/services/IntegrationTests/src/test/resources/test-data/xmlreplay/imports > > and the cURL commands for the Imports service are listed here: > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Imports+Service+Home#ImportsServiceHome-Sendingtherequest%3A > > Aron > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Chris Hoffman > <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Hi Sandra, > > > > What version of CollectionSpace are you now using? > > > > The XML schema for relationship records does depend on what you are trying > > to relate. For example, is this to relate acquisitions to collection > > objects? > > > > Just to make sure I understand, when you say "rest import", you mean you are > > bypassing the import service, and intend to add records using the REST API > > to create records one at a time. Is that right? (The "import service" uses > > the XML schema that has the <import> element. The REST API uses payloads > > that have the <document> element at the beginning.) > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Sandra Tsai wrote: > > > > Hi CollectionSpacers, > > > > We use CollectionSpace version 2.5. We have a a few questions below. > > > > 1) does anyone have instructions and/or a sample XML rest file for importing > > associations? > > > > 2) does anyone have sample curl statements to use for rest import from the > > command line? > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > > > Sandra Tsai > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org