Structural Metadata Import Web Service

Overview

Fusion Registry provides a web service for the import of structural metadata. This can be in any supported structure format, with the information supplied as a file, zip file, in the HTTP body.

The Fusion Registry import actions can be used to tell the service how to treat the incoming information (Appned, Repace, Delete, Full Replace, Merge).

Entry Point	/ws/secure/sdmxapi/rest/
Access	Secure Agency and Admin only
Autnentication	HTTP Basic Authentication, Certificate Autentication
Http Method	POST
Accepts	XLSX, SDMX-ML, SDMX-EDI (any format for which there is a Structure Reader)
Compression	Zip files supported, if loading from URL gzip responses supported
Content-Type	1. multipart/form-data (if attaching file) – the attached file must be in field name of uploadFile 2. application/text or application/xml (if submitting data in the body of the POST)
Response Format	SDMX-ML Submit Structure Response Message (XML)
Response Statuses	200 - Submission Success 400 - Submission could not be performed (either an unreadable dataset, or unresolvable reference to a required structure) 401 - Unauthorized (if access has been restricted) 500 - Server Error

HTTP Headers

HTTP Header	Purpose	Allowed Values
ACTION/b>	If not present in the structure message, the action is used to inform the server how to process the structurs.	APPEND REPLACE MERGE FULLREPLACE DELETE