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Although very similar, the Fedora 6 Transactions API is not backwards compatible with previous versions

This API is an implementation of the Fedora Atomic Batch Operations Specification

POST Create a new transaction

After retrieving a transaction URI from the "Location" header in the response to the following HTTP request, the client can execute any POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE/GET REST API method within the transaction scope by including the transaction URI in the "Atomic-ID" request header.

Transactions are automatically closed and rolled back after 3 minutes of inactivity. Transactions can be refreshed by POSTing to the transaction URI

Example:

curl -i -X POST "http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx" 

Response:

Status: 201 Created
 
Headers:
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx/ce4bb2bf-8ced-4c7d-b281-f2132e3064bb
Atomic-Expires: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:34:37 GMT

Usage:

When a transaction has been created, it will return a Location header.  Use this location (transaction URI) as the value of the "Atomic-ID" request header for performing REST API operations within the transaction.  When you are done with the transaction, either commit the transaction to the repository by making a PUT request to the transaction URI,  or discard the changes and rollback the transaction by making a DELETE request to the transaction URI.

For further examples of the usage of Transactions, see: Transactions

Status:

201  Created: if the transaction is created successfully


GET  Get the current status of the repository in a transaction

To get the status of a transaction, perform a GET request on the transaction URI that was previously returned as the value of the "Location" header from the transaction creation request. The "Atomic-Expires" header indicates the time at which the transaction will auto-rollback.

Example:

curl -i -X GET "http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx/ce4bb2bf-8ced-4c7d-b281-f2132e3064bb"

Response:

Status: 204 No Content

Headers:
Expires: Thu, 7 May 2020 17:46:17 GMT


Status:

204 No Content: If the request was successful

404 Not Found: Transaction not found

410 Gone: Transaction expired



POST Keep an existing transaction alive

By performing a POST request on an existing transaction URI, the transaction's expiration time is extended by the value of the session timeout duration (default: 3 minutes)

Example:

curl -i -X POST "http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx/ce4bb2bf-8ced-4c7d-b281-f2132e3064bb"

Response:

Status: 204 No Content
 
Headers:
Atomic-Expires: Thu, 7 May 2020 18:00:38 GMT


Status:

204  No Content: if the transaction is renewed successfully

404  Not Found: if the transaction doesn't exist

410  Gone: Transaction expired



PUT Commit an open transaction


Any operations you made within the scope of the transaction will be applied together, meaning if any of them fail, the whole transaction will fail.

Example:

curl -X PUT "http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx/ce4bb2bf-8ced-4c7d-b281-f2132e3064bb"

Response:

Status: 204 No Content

Status:

204 No Content: if the transaction is committed successfully

404 Not Found: if the transaction doesn't exist

409 Conflict: Transaction did not commit successfully

410 Gone: Transaction expired



DELETE Rollback and close an open transaction

Example:

curl -i -X DELETE "http://localhost:8080/rest/fcr:tx/ce4bb2bf-8ced-4c7d-b281-f2132e3064bb"

Response:

Status: 204 No Content

Status:

204 No Content: if the transaction is discarded successfully

410 Gone: if the transaction has already been committed or rolled back

404 Not Found: if the transaction does not exist

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