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Bug #8017

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*_ids attributes have to be wrapped in an extra hash

Added by Dominic Cleal over 9 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Duplicate
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
API
Target version:
-
Difficulty:
Triaged:
Fixed in Releases:
Found in Releases:

Description

Cloned from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151220
Description of problem:
Clients must submit a nested hash of attributes to certain API URLs.

For example, POSTing this data to the `/architectures` URL will succeed:

{'name': 'foo'}

However, these operating system IDs will be silently ignored:

{'name': 'foo', 'operatingsystem_ids': [1, 2, 3]}

A client can hack around this oddity by wrapping submitted data inside an extra hash:

{'architecture': {'name': 'foo', 'operatingsystem_ids': [1, 2, 3]}}

This extra hash should not be necessary. It makes the API harder to use, and the extra hash is only required for some API calls.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
This was tested against a system running Satellite 6.0.4, running the following software:

  • candlepin-0.9.23-1.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-common-1.0.1-1.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-guice-3.0-2_redhat_1.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-scl-1-5.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-scl-quartz-2.1.5-6.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-scl-rhino-1.7R3-3.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-scl-runtime-1-5.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-selinux-0.9.23-1.el7.noarch
  • candlepin-tomcat-0.9.23-1.el7.noarch
  • elasticsearch-0.90.10-6.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-compute-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-gce-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-libvirt-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-ovirt-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-postgresql-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-proxy-1.6.0.30-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-selinux-1.6.0.14-1.el7sat.noarch
  • foreman-vmware-1.6.0.46-1.el7sat.noarch
  • katello-1.5.0-30.el7sat.noarch
  • katello-certs-tools-1.5.6-1.el7sat.noarch
  • katello-default-ca-1.0-1.noarch
  • katello-installer-0.0.64-1.el7sat.noarch
  • katello-server-ca-1.0-1.noarch
  • openldap-2.4.39-3.el7.x86_64
  • pulp-katello-0.3-4.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-nodes-common-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-nodes-parent-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-puppet-plugins-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-puppet-tools-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-rpm-plugins-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-selinux-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • pulp-server-2.4.1-0.7.beta.el7sat.noarch
  • python-ldap-2.4.6-6.el7.x86_64
  • ruby193-rubygem-net-ldap-0.3.1-3.el7sat.noarch
  • ruby193-rubygem-runcible-1.1.0-2.el7sat.noarch

How reproducible:
100%, but only for some URLs. The following URLs are currently known to require this workaround:

  • architectures
  • media
  • operatingsystems

Steps to Reproduce:
See "description of problem" at top of bug report.

Actual results:
An extra hash is required.

Expected results:
No extra hash is required.

Additional info:
The following is taken from the log file. It shows what the server receives when processing a POST call to `/api/v2/architectures`.

Processing by Api::V2::ArchitecturesController#create as JSON
Parameters: {"name"=>"<U+FA685>\u{BCF6F}

Related issues 1 (1 open0 closed)

Is duplicate of Foreman - Bug #6991: API v2 - support unwrapped POST/PUT parameters even though it's not documentedNew08/07/2014Actions
Actions #1

Updated by Dominic Cleal over 9 years ago

  • Subject changed from Some API URLs require messages be wrapped in an extra hash. to *_ids attributes have to be wrapped in an extra hash
  • Category set to API
  • Assignee deleted (Bryan Kearney)

The second example should work as well as the third, our controllers are meant to wrap this automatically.

Actions #2

Updated by Joseph Magen over 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Assigned
  • Assignee set to Joseph Magen

This PR should solve it https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/1668 - fixes #6991 - API v2 - support unwrapped POST/PUT parameters even though it's not documented

Actions #3

Updated by Dominic Cleal over 9 years ago

  • Is duplicate of Bug #6991: API v2 - support unwrapped POST/PUT parameters even though it's not documented added
Actions #4

Updated by Dominic Cleal over 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Duplicate

Ah thanks Joseph.

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