Overview
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Identifiers can be specified in REST API calls and generated either automatically using the internal PID minter or via an external REST service. |
Specifying Identifiers in REST API Calls
If an identifier has already been generated by an application, you can specify it when creating resources using the PUT method:
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PUT /rest/abc123 |
Response:
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Status: 201 Created
Headers:
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/abc123 |
Internal PID Minter
To have identifiers automatically generated using the internal PID minter, an application can use the POST method:
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POST /rest |
Response:
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Status: 201 Created
Headers:
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/5b6ff353-b4fc-4b9a-8e36-89f74645327b |
External PID Minter
Fedora 4 can also be configured to retrieve identifiers from an external HTTP minter service. When a new object or datastream is created using the POST method, an identifier will be created using the external PID minter. See Configuring an External PID Minter.
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