[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Creating enumeration values via API

Alexander Duryee alexanderduryee at nypl.org
Thu Oct 27 10:24:32 EDT 2016


Dallas,

Many thanks!  This worked perfectly.

Thanks again,
--Alex

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Dallas Pillen <djpillen at umich.edu> wrote:

> Hi Alexander,
>
> We had a script that did just that using the update enumeration endpoint
> (POST /config/enumerations/:enum_id) by first getting the enumeration's
> JSON object, adding new enumeration values to the enumeration's "values"
> array, and posting the updated JSON (see example gist
> <https://gist.github.com/djpillen/4dd8f3b2e4672a1874c8ac8c646037db>).
> This handles the creation of new enumeration_values; they do not need to be
> created separately.
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Alexander Duryee <
> alexanderduryee at nypl.org> wrote:
>
>> As part of our deployment process, I would like to have a script that
>> automatically adds new enumeration values to certain enumerations.
>> Querying on the /config/enumerations/:enumeration_id endpoint returns a
>> JSON object that ensconces a number of enumeration_value objects, so it
>> seems like I need to create the enumeration_value, then add that to the
>> enumeration.  However, there seem to be no endpoints for creating new
>> enumeration_value objects.  Is there another method that I should be using
>> to create/update enumerations with new values via the API?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Alex
>>
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>> Alexander Duryee
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>> New York Public Library
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