[Engine-devel] REST API - where did bookmarks go?

[Gilad Chaplik]

Hi Einav,

I agree with every word. also thought about it, that's why I wrote a possible solution.
Not sure we need to design the RESTful API according to UI's needs (add features in this case).



Thanks, 
Gilad.


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Einav Cohen" <ecohen at redhat.com>
> To: "Gilad Chaplik" <gchaplik at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>, "Juan Hernandez" <jhernand at redhat.com>, "engine-devel"
> <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:38:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] REST API - where did bookmarks go?
> 
> Hi Gilad, "client-side Bookmarks" is a great suggestion, however it
> is a (non-related) RFE, which may be implemented instead of, or in
> addition to, the already-existing server-side Bookmarks.
> 
> [keep in mind that server-side bookmarks allow you to add bookmarks
> that may be used by other users; it is also a feature that exists
> for a long time in oVirt, so need to think a little bit before
> removing it]
> 
> As long as we have server-side Bookmarks (i.e. as long as Bookmark
> is an engine-managed business entity), they need to be exposed via
> the REST API.
> 
> ----
> Thanks,
> Einav
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gilad Chaplik" <gchaplik at redhat.com>
> > To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> > Cc: "Juan Hernandez" <jhernand at redhat.com>, "engine-devel"
> > <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:28:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] REST API - where did bookmarks go?
> > 
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > Why we need bookmarks in API? a single liner that points out to another
> > single liner?
> > I know that we need it for 'UI over REST' migration, but...
> > IMHO bookmarks should be saved in client side, maybe inject the search
> > string
> > in the url, and get 'real' bookmarks/favorites... I don't know :-)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gilad.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> > > To: "Juan Hernandez" <jhernand at redhat.com>
> > > Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:27:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] REST API - where did bookmarks go?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Juan Hernandez" <jhernand at redhat.com>
> > > > To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>, "engine-devel"
> > > > <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> > > > Cc: "Einav Cohen" <ecohen at redhat.com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:22:35 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: REST API - where did bookmarks go?
> > > > 
> > > > On 03/11/2014 07:15 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> > > > > Hi guys,
> > > > > 
> > > > > as part of prototyping new JavaScript binding for oVirt REST API,
> > > > > we chose a couple of business entities (resources) to experiment
> > > > > with.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I just realized that requesting /ovirt-engine/api doesn't return
> > > > > any information about bookmarks. Where did bookmarks go? Is it
> > > > > possible to manage bookmarks through REST API?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Note: WebAdmin currently gets bookmarks through GWT RPC by calling
> > > > > GetAllBookmarksQuery. Bookmark seems like proper backend business
> > > > > entity (with DAO and everything) so it should be exposed also via
> > > > > REST API.. or am I missing something?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Vojtech
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The didn't go anywhere, just never existed in the API. Please open a
> > > > RFE
> > > > to add them.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, Juan. The RFE is here:
> > > 
> > >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1075556
> > > 
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