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Request URI: /path/to/some/resource

Methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS, DELETE, MOVE, COPY

Status
title GET
Retrieve the content of the resource

Request Headers:

Status


subtle	true
title	Range

Byte range of content to retrieve, of the form: "Range: bytes=500-999"

Status

subtle	true
title	Accept

RDF sources support content negotiation with these formats: application/ld+json, application/n-triples, application/rdf+xml, application/x-turtle, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml, text/html, text/n3, text/plain, text/rdf+n3, text/turtle

Status

subtle	true
title	Limit

Number of child resources to list. If paired with Accept: (X)HTML, the default if 100. Otherwise, the default is -1 (all children are listed)

Status

subtle	true
title	If-None-Match

Status

subtle	true
title	If-Modified-Since

Status

subtle	true
title	Prefer

return=minimal

return=representation
return=representation; include=" URIs "
return=representation; omit=" URIs "

where minimal indicates that only triples directly related to a resource should be returned, and representation indicates that links to other resources and their properties should also be included. URIs is a space-separate list of LDP defined preferences, and also:

URI	Description
http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#EmbedResources	Embed "child" resources in the returned representation
http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#InboundReferences	Include assertions from other Fedora resources to this node (excluded from representation by default)
http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#ServerManaged	Embed server managed properties in the representation (enabled by default)

Example (1): Turtle

Code Block
curl -H "Accept: text/turtle" "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 200 OK
 
Headers:
ETag: "0ed38fe211c2663ace5322e970e7b7d606196e00"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:44:59 GMT
Preference-Applied: return=representation; include="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferMembership http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferContainment"
Vary: Prefer
Accept-Patch: application/sparql-update
Allow: MOVE,COPY,DELETE,POST,HEAD,GET,PUT,PATCH,OPTIONS
Accept-Post: text/turtle,text/rdf+n3,application/n3,text/n3,application/rdf+xml,application/n-triples,multipart/form-data,application/sparql-update
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource>;rel="type"
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer>;rel="type"
Content-Type: text/turtle
 
Body:

<http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#hasAccessRoles> <http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource/fcr:accessroles> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#exportsAs> <http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource/fcr:export?format=jcr/xml> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#hasParent> <http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to> ;
    a <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container> , <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer> ;
    <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#membershipResource> <http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource> ;
    <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#hasMemberRelation> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#hasChild> ;
    a <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> , <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#primaryType> "nt:folder"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#created> "2014-05-19T19:44:59.647Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#lastModified> "2014-05-19T19:44:59.645Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#mixinTypes> "fedora:resource"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> , "fedora:object"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#lastModifiedBy> "bypassAdmin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#uuid> "2b655d37-e88a-44c5-86c1-3b3935cdea49"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#createdBy> "bypassAdmin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    a <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified>, <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> , <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> .

Example (2): RDF/XML

Code Block
curl -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 200 OK
 
Headers:
ETag: "0ed38fe211c2663ace5322e970e7b7d606196e00"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:44:59 GMT
Preference-Applied: return=representation; include="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferMembership http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferContainment"
Vary: Prefer
Accept-Patch: application/sparql-update
Allow: MOVE,COPY,DELETE,POST,HEAD,GET,PUT,PATCH,OPTIONS
Accept-Post: text/turtle,text/rdf+n3,application/n3,text/n3,application/rdf+xml,application/n-triples,multipart/form-data,application/sparql-update
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource>;rel="type"
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer>;rel="type"
Content-Type: application/rdf+xml 

Body:


<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource">
    <hasAccessRoles xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#" rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource/fcr:accessroles"/>
    <exportsAs xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#" rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource/fcr:export?format=jcr/xml"/>
    <hasParent xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer"/>
    <membershipResource xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#" rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"/>
    <hasMemberRelation xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#" rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#hasChild"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource"/>
    <primaryType xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">nt:folder</primaryType>
    <created xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">2014-05-19T19:44:59.647Z</created>
    <lastModified xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">2014-05-19T19:44:59.645Z</lastModified>
    <mixinTypes xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">fedora:resource</mixinTypes>
    <mixinTypes xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">fedora:object</mixinTypes>
    <lastModifiedBy xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">bypassAdmin</lastModifiedBy>
    <uuid xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">2b655d37-e88a-44c5-86c1-3b3935cdea49</uuid>
    <createdBy xmlns="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#" rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">bypassAdmin</createdBy>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable"/>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource"/>
</rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>

Example (3): Prefer headers

Code Block

curl -H "Prefer: return=representation; include=\"http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#InboundReferences\"; omit=\"http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferMembership http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#PreferContainment\"" http://localhost:8080/rest/parent

Response:

Code Block

Status: 200 OK
 
Headers:
ETag: "25fb5cb1d24983d57b10cb0b4656de113d5b8257"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:24:40 GMT
Preference-Applied: return=representation; include="http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#InboundReferences"
Vary: Prefer
Accept-Patch: application/sparql-update
Allow: MOVE,COPY,DELETE,POST,HEAD,GET,PUT,PATCH,OPTIONS
Accept-Post: text/turtle,text/rdf+n3,application/n3,text/n3,application/rdf+xml,application/n-triples,multipart/form-data,application/sparql-update
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource>;rel="type"
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer>;rel="type"
Content-Type: text/turtle
 
Body:

<http://localhost:8080/rest/parent> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#hasAccessRoles> <http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/fcr:accessroles> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#exportsAs> <http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/fcr:export?format=jcr/xml> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#hasParent> <http://localhost:8080/rest/> ;
    a <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container> , <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#DirectContainer> ;
    <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#membershipResource> <http://localhost:8080/rest/parent> ;
    <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#hasMemberRelation> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#hasChild> ;
    a <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified>, <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> , <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> .

<http://localhost:8080/rest/collection> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rels-ext#hasCollectionMember> <http://localhost:8080/rest/parent> .

<http://localhost:8080/rest/parent> <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#primaryType> "nt:folder"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#created> "2014-05-19T19:21:37.182Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#lastModified> "2014-05-19T19:24:40.662Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#mixinTypes> "fedora:resource"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> , "fedora:object"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#lastModifiedBy> "bypassAdmin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#uuid> "c21706cd-cc1a-4d77-b637-d940e0dc7888"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#createdBy> "bypassAdmin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
    a <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#object> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#relations> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified>, <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> , <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/describable> , <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/rest-api#resource> .

Example (4): Non-RDF Source

Code Block
curl "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/binary/resource"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 200 OK
 
Headers:
ETag: "0ed38fe211c2663ace5322e970e7b7d606196e00"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:44:59 GMT
Vary: Prefer
Link: <http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/binary/resource/fcr:metadata">;rel="describedby"
Content-Type: image/jpg
 
Body:

{binary content}

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	200

OK

Status

subtle	true
colour	Yellow
title	304

Not Modified

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	404

Not Found

Status


subtle	true
colour	Red
title	406

Not Acceptable (the 'Accept' request-header media type is either invalid or unsupported)

Status
colour Blue
title POST
Create new resources within a LDP container

Query Parameters:

Status


subtle	true
title	checksum

(Optional - DEPRECATED) A deprecated way of providing a SHA-1 checksum which will be checked against the uploaded content to ensure error-free transfer. This parameter will be removed in a future version of Fedora.

Request Headers:

Status

subtle	true
title	Content-Disposition

(Optional) The filename provided in the content disposition header will be stored in a ebucore:filename property. (See 'Example (6): Uploaded file with filename')

Status


subtle	true
title	Content-Type

(Optional) MIME type of the uploaded binary or RDF content, including: message/external-body (See 'Example (2): Create a new child binary resource with empty content')

Note

If the MIME type corresponds to a supported RDF format or SPARQL-Update, the uploaded content will be parsed as RDF and used to populate the child node properties. RDF will be interpreted using the current resource as the base URI (e.g. <> will be expanded to the current URI). Namespaces must be declared in full.

For other MIME types, the uploaded content will be used to create a binary resource.

Status


subtle	true
title	SLUG

(Optional) A suggested name for the new child resource, which the repository may ignore.

Note
The slug you provide does not guarantee the location of the created resource. Clients must check the Location header for the path to the created resource.

Status

subtle	true
title	Digest

(Optional) A way of providing a SHA-1 checksum which will be checked against the uploaded content to ensure error-free transfer. The header is interpreted according to RFC-3230 (See 'Example (4): Uploaded file with checksum' and 'Example (5): Uploaded file with checksum mismatch') If the provided checksum does not match the calculated value for the uploaded file a 409 Conflict will be returned.

Example (1): Create a new child node

Code Block
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/rest/"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 201 Created
 
Headers:
ETag: "3ac31b09de1536a332d9c6ee8453669947721840"
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/some/path/to/a/new/resource
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/some/path/to/a/new/resource

Anchor

	post-example2
	post-example2

Example (2): Create a new child binary resource with empty content

Code Block
curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type:text/plain" "http://localhost:8080/rest"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 201 Created
ETag: "487f188240d2be3ae32d49958c0eeea18224be0a"
Last-Modified: Thu, 29 May 2014 15:46:13 GMT
Link: <http://localhost:8080/rest/b8/fc/32/be/b8fc32be-34be-428e-bf7c-81be97e5f2e3/fcr:metadata>; rel="describedby"; anchor="http://localhost:8080/rest/b8/fc/32/be/b8fc32be-34be-428e-bf7c-81be97e5f2e3"
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/b8/fc/32/be/b8fc32be-34be-428e-bf7c-81be97e5f2e3
Content-Type: text/plain
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/b8/fc/32/be/b8fc32be-34be-428e-bf7c-81be97e5f2e3

Anchor

	post-example3
	post-example3

Example (3): Create a new container with RDF properties

Code Block
curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: text/turtle" --data-binary "@body.rdf" "http://localhost:8080/rest/" Request Body: PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> <> dc:title "some-resource-title"

Response:

Code Block
Status: 201 Created Headers: ETag: "a66937ca13bc29c63f7b1a55d447a76cd8f1d573" Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/node/uri Body: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/node/uri

Anchor

	post-example4
	post-example4

Example (4): Uploaded file with checksum

Code Block
curl -i -X POST --data-binary "@picture.jpg" -H"digest: sha1=cb1a576f22e8e3e110611b616e3e2f5ce9bdb941" "http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/container"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 201 Created
 
Headers:
ETag: "fe4e2bf389fe05dab6390564e40012d8d36eca19"
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/object/auto/generated/ds/id
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/object/auto/generated/ds/id

Anchor

	post-example5
	post-example5

Example (5): Uploaded file with checksum mismatch

Code Block
curl -X POST --data-binary "@picture.jpg" -H"digest: sha1=checksumdoesntmatch" "http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/object"

Response:

Code Block
Status: 409 Conflict Body: Checksum Mismatch of cb1a576f22e8e3e110611b616e3e2f5ce9bdb941 and urn:sha1:checksumdoesntmatch

Anchor

	post-example6
	post-example6

Example (6): Uploaded file with filename

Code Block
curl -i -X POST --data-binary "@picture.jpg" -H "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"picture.jpg\"" "http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/container"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 201 Created
 
Headers:
ETag: "fe4e2bf389fe05dab6390564e40012d8d36eca19"
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/object/auto/generated/ds/id
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/parent/object/auto/generated/ds/id

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	201

Created

Status


subtle	true
colour	Red
title	404

Not Found (resource does not exist – use PUT to specify a new resource name)

Status


subtle	true
colour	Red
title	409

Conflict (checksum mismatch)

Status
colour Yellow
title PUT
Create a resource with a specified path, or replace the triples associated with a resource with the triples provided in the request body.

Note
Some resource properties are repository managed and cannot be removed or modified. Any attempt to do so may result in a 4xx error.

Note
RDF will be interpreted using the current resource as the base URI (e.g. <> will be expanded to the current URI)

Request Headers:

Status

subtle	true
title	Content-Type

text/turtle, text/rdf+n3, application/n3, text/n3, application/rdf+xml, application/n-triples, text/html, text/plain, application/ld+json, message/external-body

Status

subtle	true
title	IF-Match

Status

subtle	true
title	If-UNModified-Since

Status

subtle	true
title	Digest

(Optional) A way of providing a SHA-1 checksum which will be checked against the uploaded content to ensure error-free transfer. The header is interpreted according to RFC-3230 (See 'Example (3): Creating new binary resource at a specified path') If the provided checksum does not match the calculated value for the uploaded file a 409 Conflict will be returned.

Status

subtle	true
title	Prefer

With the value handling=lenient; received="minimal" allows replacing the properties of a container without having to provide all of the server-managed triples.

Query Parameters:

Status

subtle	true
title	checksum

(Optional - DEPRECATED) A deprecated way of providing a SHA-1 checksum which will be checked against the uploaded content to ensure error-free transfer. This parameter will be removed in a future version of Fedora.

Example (1): Updating properties with RDF content

1.1 Perform a GET to the current container's RDF content

Code Block

curl -X GET -H "Content-TypeAccept: text/turtle" "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/update" 
 
Body:
PREFIX@prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
...
PREFIX@prefix ldp: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#>
<http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/update> a ldp:RDFSource , ldp:Container , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , fedora:Container , fedora:Resource , fedora:Resource , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> ;
	fedora:primaryType "nt:folder"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
	fedora:created "2014-11-20T16:23:31.684Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> ;
	fedora:lastModified "2014-11-20T16:23:31.684Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> ;
	fedora:mixinTypes "fedora:Container"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> , "fedora:Resource"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
	...
<http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#jcr/xml> rdfs:label "jcr/xml"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> .
<http://54.173.23.104:8080/fcrepo4/rest/test1/fcr:export?format=jcr/xml> dc:format <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#jcr/xml> .

1.2 Add your updates (e.g. <> dc:title "some-resource-title" .) under the full result of the GET response in 1.1

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curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: text/turtle" --data-binary "@new-triples.rdf" "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/update"
 
Request Body:
 
PREFIX@prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
...
PREFIX@prefix ldp: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#>
<http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/update> a ldp:RDFSource , ldp:Container , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0folder> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0hierarchyNode> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0base> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , fcrepo:Container , fcrepo:Resource , fcrepo:Resource , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0created> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0lastModified> , <http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0referenceable> ;
	fcrepo:primaryType "nt:folder"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
	fcrepo:created "2014-11-20T16:23:31.684Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> ;
	fcrepo:lastModified "2014-11-20T16:23:31.684Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> ;
	fcrepo:mixinTypes "fedora:Container"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> , "fedora:Resource"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> ;
	...
<http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#jcr/xml> rdfs:label "jcr/xml"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> .
<http://54.173.23.104:8080/fcrepo4/rest/test1/fcr:export?format=jcr/xml> dc:format <http://fedora.info/definitions/v4/repository#jcr/xml> .
<> dc:title "some-resource-title" .

Response:

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Status: 204 No Content

Note that to prevent conflicts, the value of the fedora:lastModified triple in the request must match its current counterpart in the repository. The way to ensure this is to base the changes in a PUT request on the RDF content obtained in an immediately prior GET request, and never try to PUT consecutively, as this will result in a 400 error.

Example (2): Creating a new resource at a specified path

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curl -i -X PUT "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create"

Response:

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Status: 201 Created

Response Headers:
ETag: "ef214795c3b9109389ffa542a6c081976e1e9587"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:52:57 GMT
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create

Anchor

	put-example3
	put-example3

Example (3): Creating new binary resource at a specified path

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curl -X PUT --upload-file image.jpg -H"Content-Type: image/jpeg" -H"digest: sha1=cb1a576f22e8e3e110611b616e3e2f5ce9bdb941" "http://localhost:8080/rest/new/image"

Response:

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Status: 201 Created

Headers:
ETag: "urn:sha1:ea3d29b28522724a82de042a7b7a4e79a1653435"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:55:31 GMT
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/image
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/new/image

Note that once a resource is created as an RDF or non-RDF source, it must remain an RDF or non-RDF source. In order to change the type of resource, you must DELETE and then re-create the resource.

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	204

No Content

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	412

Precondition Failed

Anchor

	external-content
	external-content

Example (4): Creating a new binary resource at a specified path redirecting to external content

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curl -X PUT -H"Content-Type: message/external-body; access-type=URL; URL=\"http://www.example.com/file\"" "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create"

Response:

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Status: 201 Created

Headers:
ETag: "ef214795c3b9109389ffa542a6c081976e1e9587"
Last-Modified: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:52:57 GMT
Link: <http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create/fcr:metadata>; rel="describedby"
Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create
 
Body:
http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/create

Anchor

	patch
	patch

Status
colour Green
title PATCH
Modify the triples associated with a resource with SPARQL-Update

Request Headers:

Status

subtle	true
title	IF-Match

Status

subtle	true
title	If-UNModified-Since

Status

subtle	true
title	Content-Type

Example (1):

Code Block

curl -X PATCH -H "Content-Type: application/sparql-update" --data-binary "@body.rdf" "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/update"
 
Request Body:
 
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
INSERT {   
  <> dc:title "some-resource-title" .
}
WHERE { }

Response:

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Status: 204 No Content

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	204

No Content

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	412

Precondition Failed

Status
colour Red
title DELETE
Delete a resource

Example:

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curl -X DELETE "http://localhost:8080/rest/resource/to/delete"

Response:

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Status: 204 No Content

Delete requests create "tombstone" resources which need to be removed before you can reuse a URI.

Example:

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curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/rest/some/deleted/resource"

Code Block

Status: 410 Gone
Link: <http://localhost:8080/rest/some/deleted/resource/fcr:tombstone>; rel="hasTombstone"
 
Body:
Discovered tombstone resource at /some/deleted/resource {jcr:primaryType=fedora:Tombstone, jcr:created=2014-11-20T16:04:21.131Z, jcr:createdBy=bypassAdmin}

Code Block
curl -X DELETE "http://localhost:8080/rest/some/deleted/resource/fcr:tombstone"

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Status: 204 No Content

Create a new node and reuse the deleted URL

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curl -X PUT "http://localhost:8080/rest/some/deleted/resource"

Code Block
Status: 201 Created

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	204

No Content

Status


subtle	true
colour	Red
title	404

Not Found

Status
subtle true
colour Green
title HEAD
Retrieve the resource headers

Example:

Code Block
curl -i -X HEAD "http://localhost:8080/rest/resource/to/head"

Response:

Code Block

Status: 200 OK
ETag: "bbdd92e395800153a686773f773bcad80a51f47b"
Last-Modified: Wed, 28 May 2014 18:31:36 GMT
Last-Modified: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:44:32 GMT
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Resource>;rel="type"
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#Container>;rel="type"
Link: <http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#BasicContainer>;rel="type"
Accept-Patch: application/sparql-update
Accept-Post: text/turtle,text/rdf+n3,text/n3,application/rdf+xml,application/n-triples,multipart/form-data,application/sparql-update
Allow: MOVE,COPY,DELETE,POST,HEAD,GET,PUT,PATCH,OPTIONS

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	200

OK

Status


subtle	true
colour	Red
title	404

Not Found

Status
subtle true
colour Yellow
title OPTIONS
Outputs information about the supported HTTP methods, etc.

Example:

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curl -i -X OPTIONS "http://localhost:8080/rest/node/to/options"

Response:

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Status: 200 OK
Accept-Patch: application/sparql-update
Allow: MOVE,COPY,DELETE,POST,HEAD,GET,PUT,PATCH,OPTIONS
Accept-Post: text/turtle,text/rdf+n3,application/n3,text/n3,application/rdf+xml,application/n-triples,multipart/form-data,application/sparql-update

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	200

OK

Status
subtle true
colour Red
title MOVE
Move a resource (and its subtree) to a new location

Note: A federated resource can be moved within the federation, but not from the federation to the internal repository (or vice versa)

Example (1):

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curl -X MOVE -H "Destination: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/path/to/resource" "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"

Response:

Code Block
Status: 201 Created Headers: Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/path/to/resource

Example (2):

Code Block
curl -X MOVE "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"

Response:

Code Block
Status: 502 Bad Gateway

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	201

Created

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	409

Source path doesn't exist

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	412

Destination path already exists

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	502

Destination URI isn't a valid resource path

Status
subtle true
colour Blue
title COPY
Copy a resource (and its subtree) to a new location

Example:

Code Block
curl -X COPY -H "Destination: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/path/to/resource" "http://localhost:8080/rest/path/to/resource"

Response:

Code Block
Status: 201 Created Headers: Location: http://localhost:8080/rest/new/path/to/resource

Status:

Status

subtle	true
colour	Green
title	201

Created

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	409

Source path doesn't exists

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	412

Destination path already exists

Status

subtle	true
colour	Red
title	502

Destination URI isn't a valid resource path

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Modify the triples associated with a resource with SPARQL-Update

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Retrieve the content of the resource

Status
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title POST
Create new resources within a LDP container

Status
colour Yellow
title PUT
Create a resource with a specified path, or replace the triples associated with a resource with the triples provided in the request body.

Status
colour Green
title PATCH
Modify the triples associated with a resource with SPARQL-Update

Status
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title DELETE
Delete a resource

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title HEAD
Retrieve the resource headers

Status
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Outputs information about the supported HTTP methods, etc.

Status
subtle true
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title MOVE
Move a resource (and its subtree) to a new location

Status
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Copy a resource (and its subtree) to a new location