[Archivesspace_Users_Group] limiting API search query to specific record types

James Bullen james at hudmol.com
Wed Nov 9 16:55:36 EST 2016


Hi Don,

Try this:
	type[]=resource


Cheers,
James



> On Nov 10, 2016, at 5:44 AM, Valerie Addonizio <vaddoniz at jhu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, another suggestion from a colleague is to remove the brackets around resource:
>  
> response = client.get('repositories/3/search?page=1&aq={"query":{"field":"title","value":"Jeremy Blake Papers", "jsonmodel_type":"field_query","negated":false,"literal":true, "type": "resource" }}')
>  
>  
> From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org>] On Behalf Of Donald Mennerich
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 12:05 PM
> To: Archivesspace Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] limiting API search query to specific record types
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Thanks, I did try that. The resources endpoint is expecting an :id, and the api returns: {"error"=>{"id"=>["Wanted type Integer but got 'search'"]}}
> 
> Don
>  
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Valerie Addonizio <vaddoniz at jhu.edu <mailto:vaddoniz at jhu.edu>> wrote:
> This is only a guess, but including the endpoint for Resource may do it, here, in your string:
>  
> repositories/3/resources/
>  
> From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org>] On Behalf Of Donald Mennerich
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 11:43 AM
> To: archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org <mailto:archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] limiting API search query to specific record types
>  
> AUG:
>  
> I am trying to get resource records from the ASpace API, I'm currently using the advanced query example that Chris had posted in 2015.
> response = client.get('repositories/3/search?page=1&aq={"query":{"field":"title","value":"Jeremy Blake Papers", "jsonmodel_type":"field_query","negated":false,"literal":true}}')
> While this returns the wanted resource record, the api also returns an accession record and a collection control management. So my question: how can I filter to just resource records? I see in the json for any record has a field to  "type"=>["resource"], and there's documentation in the API about using this field in an advanced query:
>  
> [String] type – The record type to search (defaults to all types if not specified)
>  
> I've tried adding a "type" parameter to a query in numerous ways, such as:
> response = client.get('repositories/3/search?page=1&aq={"query":{"field":"title","value":"Jeremy Blake Papers", "jsonmodel_type":"field_query","negated":false,"literal":true, "type": ["resource"] }}')
>  
> Can anyone provide some guidance on how to limit results from the search API to specific record types?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Don
>  
> 
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