Copy and move with REST API

This section explains the REST operations for copying and moving resources that have been secured with Basic Auth.

Query parameters

The following terms explain the meaning of the query parameters passed with the following REST URIs:

Parameter	Explanation
path	Path of the resource
destination	Target location
start	Start page number (optional)
size	Number of comments to be fetched (optional)

The {start page} and {number of records} can be any value greater than or equal to 0. The {start page} and {number of records} begin with 1. If both of them are 0, then all the records are retrieved. Note that start and size are optional parameters and will default to 0 by default.

For details on security (the authorization header) and the URI syntax (port, context, etc.), see Registry REST API.

Copy resource

Attributes	Values
HTTP Method	POST
Request URI	/copy?path={ resource path }&destination={ target path}
HTTP Request Header	Authorization: Basic { base64encoded(username:password) }
Description	Copy resouce to target path
Response Type	application/json
Response	HTTP 204 No Content.

Sample request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=" -H "Cache-Control: no-cache" "https://localhost:9443/resource/1.0.0/copy?path=/_system/governance/trunk/soapservices/com/amazon/soap/1.0.0/AmazonSearchService&destination=/_system/governance/trunk/newdestination" -i -k

Move resource

Attributes	Values
HTTP Method	POST
Request URI	/move?path={ resource path }&destination={ target path}
HTTP Request Header	Authorization: Basic { base64encoded(username:password) }
Description	Move resouce to target path
Response Type	application/json
Response	HTTP 204 No Content.

Sample request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=" -H "Cache-Control: no-cache" "https://localhost:9443/resource/1.0.0/move?path=/_system/governance/trunk/soapservices/com/amazon/soap/1.0.0/AmazonSearchService&destination=/_system/governance/trunk/newlocation" -i -k