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AxelPAL
AxelPAL

Reputation: 1027

IBM Domino REST API and system fields

We've got a problem with IBM Domino REST API and document's fields starting with dollar sign ($).

IBM Domino has fields starting with $ and these fields are system's fields. When we send GET or POST request with these fields, they don't fill up as expected.

Other fields fill up just fine.

We think REST API is blocking these fields. Is it true or our misunderstanding?

How can we fill these fields without writing the code in Lotus?

For example, we send:

 'Prefix' => '03-1/35',
 'Author_resolution' => '[pcho_P_admin]',
 '$OSN_Eventcode' => 'ctrl_rezolucia_00_00',
 '\$OSN_Eventcode' => 'ctrl_rezolucia_00_00'

And after request the object has next fields:

 'Prefix' => '03-1/35',
 'Author_resolution' => '[pcho_P_admin]',
 '$OSN_Eventcode' => '',
 '\$OSN_Eventcode' => 'ctrl_rezolucia_00_00'

The field $OSN_Eventcode is unfillable.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 440

Answers (1)

Dave Delay
Dave Delay

Reputation: 1320

As Frantisek Kossuth said in a comment, your application shouldn't prefix item names with '$'. By convention '$' is reserved for the names of system items updated only by Notes and Domino. This includes $Ref, $UpdatedBy, $MessageID, $TUA and many other item names. For simplicity, the Domino REST data service doesn't let you directly update any item whose name begins with '$'.

Upvotes: 2

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