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<p class="MsoNormal">Kate,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can offer general advice. I recommend adding more than one location to a top container in the staff interface first, as a sample, and then getting out that record through the API to use as a template for understanding how this should
look. You’ll see that multiple locations are listed in the container_locations array, separated by a comma. Treat that array like a list, append the new location, and then post the top_container record back with the longer array. Below is a sample of a single
top container with two Current locations. The only data required when you append to the array is:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color:red">"status"</span>: "current",
<span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:red">ß</span><span style="color:red"> Or temporary</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color:red">"start_date"</span>: "2021-04-02",<span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:red">ß</span><span style="color:red"> Your choice</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "ref": "/locations/3" </span>
<span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:red">ß</span><span style="color:red"> where this is your new location<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> }<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sample GET showing multiple locations:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">{<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "lock_version": 9,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "barcode": "10100151637763",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "indicator": "1",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "created_by": "admin",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "last_modified_by": "admin",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "create_time": "2021-03-31T20:59:17Z",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "system_mtime": "2021-04-02T15:38:24Z",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "user_mtime": "2021-04-02T15:38:24Z",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "type": "box",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "jsonmodel_type": "top_container",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "active_restrictions": [],<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "container_locations": [<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> {<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "jsonmodel_type": "container_location",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "status": "current",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "start_date": "2021-04-02",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "system_mtime": "2021-04-02 15:38:24 UTC",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "user_mtime": "2021-04-02 15:38:24 UTC",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> <b>"ref": "/locations/1"<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> },<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> {<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "jsonmodel_type": "container_location",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "status": "current",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "start_date": "2021-04-02",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "system_mtime": "2021-04-02 15:38:24 UTC",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> "user_mtime": "2021-04-02 15:38:24 UTC",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> <b>"ref": "/locations/2"<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> "collection": [<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "ref": "/repositories/101/accessions/1",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "identifier": "mss--acc--1",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "display_string": "Accession 01"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> }<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ],<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "uri": "/repositories/101/top_containers/624",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "repository": {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "ref": "/repositories/101"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> },<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "restricted": false,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "is_linked_to_published_record": false,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "display_string": "Box 1: [Barcode: 10100151637763]",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> "long_display_string": "Box 1 [Barcode: 10100151637763], yuiu [fdfd: a], mss--acc--1, Accession 01"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Herbert, Kate F<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Entering a Second Location through the API<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am pretty new to the API and we are currently undergoing a move of our entire collection (just over 58,000 top containers) for a multiyear repair to our building. I am trying to find a way to put in the new locations but keep the old
locations, as they will still be useful for reference points to our old finding aids. I know how to update a top container record in the API but I am can not seem to make it work with more than one location. Any ideas on how this could be done would be helpful.
We have a hosted instance and no direct access to the back end. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040">Kate Herbert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040">Digital Archivist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040">Maine State Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040"><a href="mailto:kate.f.herbert@maine.gov"><span style="color:#404040">kate.f.herbert@maine.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(she/her/hers)</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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