PUT_items_id_metadata
/items/:id:/metadata
Updates all of an item's existing metadata.
WARNING: The endpoint will delete all the item's metadata before updating the item with the new metadata values.
Endpoint URL: http://path/to/rest/items/:id:/metadata.format
Response Formats: xml, json
HTTP Methods: PUT
Parameters: None
Example:
PUT http://path/to/rest/items/16/metadata.xml
<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <request> <metadata> <field> <name>dc.title</name> <value>JSpace Installation Notes</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.contributor.author</name> <value>Hayden Young</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.contributor.author</name> <value>Ann-Teresa Young</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.date.issued</name> <value>2011-12-15</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.description.provenance</name> <value>Submitted by Contributor User (contributor@example.com) on 2011-12-15T07:49:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 browse-result (1).csv: 12694 bytes, checksum: 516c5d93a3d4fba138aecbf7f243f6cd (MD5)</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.description.provenance</name> <value>Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-15T07:49:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 browse-result (1).csv: 12694 bytes, checksum: 516c5d93a3d4fba138aecbf7f243f6cd (MD5)</value> </field> <field> <name>dc.identifier.uri</name> <value>http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/45</value> </field> </metadata> </request>
POST http://path/to/rest/communities.json
{ "metadata":[{ "name":"dc.title", "value":"JSpace Installation Notes" },{ "name":"dc.contributor.author", "value":[ "Hayden Young", "Ann-Teresa Young" ] },{ "name":"dc.date.issued", "value":"2011-12-15" },{ "name":"dc.description.provenance", "value":[ "Submitted by Contributor User (contributor@example.com) on 2011-12-15T07:49:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 browse-result (1).csv: 12694 bytes, checksum: 516c5d93a3d4fba138aecbf7f243f6cd (MD5)", "Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-15T07:49:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 browse-result (1).csv: 12694 bytes, checksum: 516c5d93a3d4fba138aecbf7f243f6cd (MD5)" ] },{ "name":"dc.identifier.uri", "value":"http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/45" }] }