REST POST Formating

[Anonymous]

Can anyone provide a code example of the following POST description from the API Reference pdf?

POST
/{sourceObjectPath}?destinationObjectPath={destinationObjectPath}&pasteAction={pasteAction}&repl
aceExisting={replaceExisting}

with actual paths, quotes and line ending as it would appear in code? Thank you.

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Dear Bryan,

Thank you for your query.

All I have off-hand is this old blog post with the happy conclusion 'works like a charm':

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/01/rest-post-request-to-revit-server-2014.html

It is not much more explicit than your query, though.

As far as I know, you do not have to include any quotes or line endings in the request.

Replace the path separator character by the vertical bar sign '|'.

Avoid all spaces in file names.

That's about it, I think.

Any further quotes and stuff depend on your programming system.

The 'Revit Server REST API Reference.pdf' documentation includes an example:

Example:

The following example moves 00Folder\01CentralModel.rvt to 10Folder.

Request:

  POST /10Folder|01CentralModel.rvt?destinationObjectPath=00Folder|01CentralModel.rvt&pasteAction=Move&replaceExisting=false

  User-Name: Tester 31
  User-Machine-Name: TestMachine
  Operation-GUID: 45FB8158-8BE3-43E5-9DFA-318BDBCB4C93

Response:

  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Length: 0
  Location: http://host/RevitServerAdminRESTService2017/10Folder|01CentralModel.rvt

Another solution would be to make use of the high-level Revit Server API library:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2017/02/revitserverapilib-truss-members-and-layers.html#2

Then you presumably don't have to deal with those nitty-gritty details yourself at all.

Alternatively, look into that library's source code to see how the POST request is formatted.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy