Batch Requests

Batch Requests

For a Batch request ( e.g. to save several objects in one request) there are only 3 parameters expected - username, password & xml. Other parameters are ignored.

xml should contain odata formatted collection on same content type objects.

Below Is Example for Batch Event Creation:

POST "vineyard/rest/v1.1/VY_EVENT/?username=${username}&password=${password}&xml=${}xml"

where xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"

xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"

xml:base="http://localhost:8080/vineyard/rest/v1.1/">

<m:count>2</m:count>

<entry>

   <content type="application/xml">

     <m:properties>

     <d:NAME>Test From Rest 1</d:NAME>

      <d:STARTDATE m:type="Edm.DateTime">2012-01-11T00:00:00</d:STARTDATE>

      <d:ENDDATE m:type="Edm.DateTime">2012-01-11T00:00:00</d:ENDDATE>

     <d:EVENTPHASE m:type="Edm.Decimal">2</d:EVENTPHASE>

     <d:EVENTTYPE m:type="Edm.Decimal">-12</d:EVENTTYPE>

     <d:DESCRIPTION>Vladimir Test From Rest 1</d:DESCRIPTION>

     </m:properties>

   </content>

</entry>

<entry>

   <content type="application/xml">

    <m:properties>

     <d:NAME>Test From Rest 2</d:NAME>

     <d:STARTDATE m:type="Edm.DateTime">2012-01-11T00:00:00</d:STARTDATE>

     <d:ENDDATE m:type="Edm.DateTime">2012-01-11T00:00:00</d:ENDDATE>

     <d:EVENTPHASE m:type="Edm.Decimal">2</d:EVENTPHASE>

     <d:EVENTTYPE m:type="Edm.Decimal">-12</d:EVENTTYPE>

      <d:DESCRIPTION>Test From Rest 2</d:DESCRIPTION>

    </m:properties>

   </content>

</entry>

</feed>

this will create 2 events in 1 request.

for put operation (batch update) each "m:properties" element should contain property - <d:ID m:type="Edm.Decimal">${id}</d:ID>

As in regular rest, no need to pass all parameters for object update, you can provide only parameters being updated.