Features Templatring Rest API

Introduction

The Features Templating Rest API allows performing CRUD operation over Features Templates and Template Layer Rules.

Template Configuration

/rest/featurestemplates

Finds all templates in the global (features-templating) directory or creates a new template in the global directory.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Supported parameters	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json.	List of all the templates available in the `features-templating` directory.		List of rules in XML or JSON.
POST	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	Add the template in the request body (text or zip file) as a new Template in the `features-templating` directory.	templateName (mandatory when posting a raw template, optional when posting a zip file)	Created `Location` header.

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featurestemplates

Finds all templates in the workspace directory or creates a new template in the workspace directory.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Supported parameters	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json.	List of all the templates available in the `workspace` directory		List of rules in XML or JSON.
POST	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	Add the template in the request body (text or zip file) as a new Template in the `workspace` directory.	templateName (mandatory when posting a raw template, optional when posting a zip file)	Created `Location` header.

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featuretypes/<featureType name>/featurestemplates

Finds all templates in the featuretype directory or creates a new template in the featuretype directory.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Supported parameters	Response
GET		application/json, application/xml.	List of all the templates available in the `featuretype` directory		List of rules in XML or JSON.
POST	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	Add the template in the request body (text or zip file) as a new Template in the `Feature Type` directory.	templateName (mandatory when posting a raw template, optional when posting a zip file)	Created `Location` header.

/rest/featurestemplates/<template name>

If the template with the specified name exists in the global (features-templating) directory, returns the template or replaces the template content with the one in the request body.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json, application/xhtml+xml.	the template with the specified name if present in the `features-templating` directory.	The template.
PUT	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	replace the template, if found in the `features-templating` directory with the template in the request body (text or zip file).
DELETE			delete the template, if found in the `features-templating` directory.

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featurestemplates/<template name>

If the template with the specified name exists in the workspace directory, returns the template or replaces the template content with the one in the request body.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json, application/xhtml+xml.	the template with the specified name if present in the `workspace` directory.	The template.
PUT	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	replace the existing template, if found in the `workspace` directory with the template in the request body (text or zip file).
DELETE			delete the template, if found in the `workspace` directory.

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featuretypes/<featureType name> /featurestemplates/<template name>

If the template with the specified name exists in the featuretype directory, returns the template or replaces the template content with the one in the request body.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json, application/xhtml+xml.	the template with the specified name if present in the `featuretype` directory.	The template.
PUT	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json, application/xhtml+xml, application/zip.	text/plain.	replace the existing template, if found in the `featuretype` directory with the template in the request body (text or zip file).
DELETE			delete the template, if found in the `featuretype` directory.

Template Rule Configuration

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featuretypes/<featureType name>/templaterules

Finds all the configured template rules for the featuretype or creates a new one.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json.	List of all the template rules available for the `featuretype`.	List of rules in XML or JSON.
POST	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json.	text/plain.	Add the template rule in the request body.	Created `Location` header.

/rest/workspaces/<workspace name>/featuretypes/<featureType name> /templaterules/<rule identifier>

Finds, replaces, updates or deletes the template rule with the specified identifier.

Method	Consumes	Produces	Action	Response
GET		application/xml, application/json.	The rule with the specified `rule identifier`.	List of rules in XML or JSON.
PUT	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json.	text/plain.	Replace the rule with the specified id with the one provided in the request body.
PATCH	application/xml, text/xml, application/json, text/json.	text/plain.	Allows partial updates of the rule with the specified id using the fields specified in the rule provided in the request body. It uses a JSON merge patch like strategy
DELETE			Delete the rule with the specified id.

Data Object Transfer

Both XML and JSON are supported for transfer of data objects.

Encoding of a template rule in XML:

    <Rule>
            <ruleId>..</ruleId>
            <priority>..</priority>
            <templateName>..</templateName>
            <outputFormat>..</outputFormat>
            <cqlFilter>..</cqlFilter>
<profileFilter>...</profileFilter>
    </Rule>

Encoding of a rule in JSON:

{"Rule": {"ruleId":..,"priority":..,"templateName":"..","outputFormat":"..","cqlFilter":"..","profileFilter":".."}}

When applying partial updates missing attributes/element in incoming object are left unchanged. Properties can be set to null. E.g. the following example will allow to set the profileFilter to null:

XML:

<Rule>
  <profileFilter xsi:nil="true"/>
</Rule>

JSON:

{"Rule":{"profileFilter":null}}