Create a new record

Determining the package type

To create a record, the package type you'd like to create has to be specified. If you are not sure of the package types available, you can find a listing of them by using the API's Server Information method.

Creating a new record

To create a new record, use the API's create a new object method, supplying the desired package type for the record and the record metadata in the post body.

Example (Curl)

1. Get package type listing

Request

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx"  "https://localhost:9000/redbox/api/v1/info"

Response

{
    "code": "200",
    "institution": "University of Examples",
    "applicationVersion": "1.9",
    "packageTypes": [
        "default",
        "dataset",
        "dmpt",
        "self-submission",
        "simple"
    ]
}

2. Create a new record

Request

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxx"  -d '{
    "title": "Created via the API",
    "viewId": "default",
    "packageType": "dataset",
    "description": "A description",
    "redbox:newForm": "false",
    "redbox:formVersion": "1.8.1-SNAPSHOT",
    "dc:title": "Created via the API",
    "dc:type.rdf:PlainLiteral": "",
    "dc:type.skos:prefLabel": "",
    "dc:created": "2016-07-29",
    "dc:modified": "",
    "xmlns:dc": "http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/01/14/dcmi-terms/",
    "xmlns:foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/",
    "xmlns:anzsrc": "http://purl.org/anzsrc/",
    "metaList": [
        "dc:title",
        "dc:type.rdf:PlainLiteral",
        "dc:type.skos:prefLabel",
        "dc:created",
        "dc:modified",
        "dc:language.dc:identifier",
        "dc:language.skos:prefLabel",
        "redbox:formVersion",
        "redbox:newForm",
        "dc:coverage.vivo:DateTimeInterval.vivo:start",
        "dc:coverage.vivo:DateTimeInterval.vivo:end",
        "dc:coverage.redbox:timePeriod",
        "dc:coverage.vivo:GeographicLocation.1.dc:type",
        "dc:coverage.vivo:GeographicLocation.1.redbox:wktRaw",
        "dc:coverage.vivo:GeographicLocation.1.rdf:PlainLiteral"
    ]
}' "http://localhost:9000/redbox/api/v1/object/dataset"

Response

{
  "code": "200",
  "oid": "4a7eb6df1b6aeca80dcc5257b1c56cda"
}