Upload API

How to upload new and update existing datasets

Authorization

Authoritation is done in the header via an user-based token. The token can be generated via the Admin Interface

Authorization : Token yourtoken

Create new dataset

POST /api/v1/datasets/

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
file	string
profile	string

200

Update existing dataset

POST /api/v1/datasets/:id/upload/

Parameters

Name	Description	required
file	the file you want to update	True
update	not just update the dataset but also update the corresponding Indicator Data	False
overwrite	remove the previous data (including the Indicator Data) and replace with new data from dataset	False

Example Response

{
    "id": 78,
    "created": "2021-04-28T09:57:01+0000",
    "updated": "2021-04-28T09:57:10+0000",
    "name": "Cases",
    "groups": [
        "date"
    ],
    "permission_type": "private",
    "profile": 1,
    "geography_hierarchy": 1,
    "upload_task_id": "44ceb2d8acd04343bbcb7ca8f0468b6c",
}

Example

curl --location --request POST 'http://api.wazimap.com/api/v1/datasets/84/upload/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'Authorization: Token yourtoken' \
--form 'file=@/covid_next.csv' \
--form 'update=True' \
--form 'overwrite=True'