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/
Request Body
Update existing dataset
POST /api/v1/datasets/:id/upload/
Parameters
the file you want to update
not just update the dataset but also update the corresponding Indicator Data
remove the previous data (including the Indicator Data) and replace with new data from dataset
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://production.wazimap-ng.openup.org.za/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'