[Koha-devel] RFC: /svc/ API

[Tomas Cohen Arazi]

We should do as we usually do: set a new context for URIs (/rest/ ?) and
implement a RESTfull API there, following all the standards, and versioned
from the beggining.

We could use CGI::Application::Dispatch, merge koha-restfull and work on
top of that (it should be discussed whether we agree on the current API or
not), or even do it with a framework, like Dancer [1].

And then have a clear deprecation path for the old API.

Would be happy to work on that if more people were interested.

[1] http://irc.koha-community.org/koha/2014-07-18#i_1538096



On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:21 PM, David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
wrote:

> Ah, right you are, Galen. It does use a socket. Yeah, that should be
> trivial to update connexion_import_daemon.pl.
>
> None of our folks use OCLC, but that's good to know.
>
> Going back to my earlier email, MarcEdit would probably benefit from a
> richer Koha API as well.
>
> David Cook
> Systems Librarian
> Prosentient Systems
> 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galen Charlton [mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2014 1:22 AM
> To: David Cook
> Cc: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org
> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] RFC: /svc/ API
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 5:11 PM, David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
> wrote:
> > +1 to a versioned API. I don't think that I use it for anything at the
> > moment, but I'm not 100% sure about all our apps. I think we might
> > have a third-party one that uses it.
>
> Also +1 to a versioned API.
>
> > This script should probably also use PUT, but I have no idea if OCLC
> > Connexion supports that.
>
> I don't believe it matters as far as Connexion is concerned, as it only
> talks to connexion_import_daemon.pl via a raw socket.
>
> > Since there are an indeterminate number of third-party software
> > systems using the existing API, I'd recommend versioning and using v2
> > to handle things more RESTfully.
>
> MarcEdit is one program I know that uses the current API to inject records
> into a Koha database.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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