REST Infofield Setter

A simplistic plugin that allows external programs to update asset information fields without the overhead of having to use SOAP.

Properties

To be configured in {home}/appserver/conf/custom.properties.

restInfofieldSetter.license

type: String, required: yes, default: -

license key (delivered by brix IT Solutions)

restInfofieldSetter.userId

type: userId, required: no, default: API User

the user that should be used to execute the update operations. Uses the default API User when nothing is configured.

restInfofieldSetter.staticToken

type: String, required: no, default: -

Only accept updates when this exact token is provided via the token parameter.

Parameters

The plugin is available under {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter

asset

type: assetId, required: yes, occurrence: once

The ID of the asset you with to update

info-{id}[-{locale}]

type: String, required: no, occurrence: multiple

The updated values, per information field ID {id} (and an optional {locale} if needed). Note that the types are inferred automatically, and that providing an empty value will clear the information field.

Examples:

• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=123&info-105=2018-01-01&info-106-en=My description - sets the date field 105 to the 01.01.2018 and the English description 106 to "My description"
• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=456&info-107=&info-108=Pony - clears the information field 107 and adds the keyword "Pony" to the node-referencing field 108

noderef-{id}[-remove]

type: String, required: no, occurrence: multiple

Specifically for Node Referencing fields, allows you to add (or remove) individual nodes without touching the rest.

Examples:

• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=123&noderef-108=1337 - adds the node 1337 to the noderef field 108
• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=123&noderef-108-remove=1337 - removes the node 1337 from the noderef field 108

token

type: String, required: if restInfofieldSetter.staticToken is set, default: -

The static token configured in restInfofieldSetter.staticToken, must be present and match when configured

You can also pass the token as an Authorization header, e.g. Authorization: Bearer <your-token>. In fact this should be your preferred method, so no one can sniff the token from your GET parameters.

publicurl

type: URL or delete, required: no, occurrence: once, since: 1.3

Adds a "PublicURL" to this asset, with the provided URL. Or pass delete to delete the same PublicURL again.

• description (String) - the description of this PublicURL, required (think of this as a key)
• provider (String) - the provider of this PublicURL, optional, defaults to "REST" (best practice: name of the system that provided this URL)
• instance (String) - the instance of this PublicURL, optional, no default (additional characteristic of the URL or its usage)

Warning: to be able to retrieve the asset with CORA (REST API) an instance has to be set.

Examples:

• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=123&description=lowres&publicurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.server%2Flowres%2F123.jpg - adds the URL https://cdn.server/lowres/123.jpg with the description of lowres
• {your.celum.server}/infofield/setter?asset=123&description=lowres&publicurl=delete - removes the previously described URL again.

Compatibility Matrix

Release Notes

1.0

2018-11-12

• Initial Version

1.1

2018-11-16

• Added support for noderefs
• Added support for token

1.2

2018-11-19

• Added support fur multiple locales in one request

1.3

2021-09-16

• Added support for PublicURLs