[ckan-discuss] Basic CKAN API question

Tue Apr 23 11:19:30 BST 2013

Hi,

On CKAN 2.0 we have removed the need to provide this silly parameter om GET
requests.

Adrià

On 22 April 2013 23:44, Ross Jones <ross at servercode.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> It's expecting a POST with a JSON body, you could probably try the
> following in a GET request instead.
>
> http://datahub.io/api/3/action/group_list?json={}
>
> The parameters don't seem to matter for this type of call.
>
> Regards
>
> Ross
>
>
> On 22 Apr 2013, at 23:23, therzog1 at worldbank.org wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Quick CKAN API question: how do I get a list of all groups on a CKAN site?
>  Specifically, I'm trying to fetch the list of groups from datahub.io so
> I don't have to page through the list manually (it's not in alphabetical
> order, at least not by group name). But when I follow the docs and go to *
> http://datahub.io/api/3/action/group_list*<http://datahub.io/api/3/action/group_list>
>  I get the message below.
>
> "Bad request - JSON Error: No request body data"
>
> I see something in the API docs about "posting an JSON dictionary in an
> HTTP POST request to one of CKAN’s API URLs" but I'm not sure what that
> means in this instance (can't I just send an HTTP GET?) . An example
> would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>
>  <21759961.jpg> *Timothy (Tim) Herzog*
> Open Data Specialist, Development Data Group
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