[xquery-talk] [Exist-open] Getting more out of Freebase with XQuery

[Ihe Onwuka]

The wiki has been updated. The sample code now closes the HTTP
connection following a PUT (thanks to Joe Wiz for pointing this out)
but it does not stop the crashes - this may be an issue specific to
eXist.

Thanks to Dan M for organising the layout of the update. He had final
editorial say so so if there are any mistakes please blame him.

http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=XQuery/Freebase&stable=0#Using_Cursors_to_Get_Additional_Data

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:14 AM, W.S. Hager <wshager at gmail.com> wrote:
> The purpose of PUT is to update a resource. You may not expect GET to have
> side effects, if it does it's irrelevant to the client. If the server state
> varies, use POST.
>
> Like how you say REST purists... :-)
>
> Op 1 apr. 2014 08:46 schreef "Ihe Onwuka" <ihe.onwuka at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Joe Wicentowski <joewiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Ihe,
>> >
>> >>     http:send-request(<http:request href="{$href}" method="get"/>)
>> > ...
>> >> One last thing. I experienced repeated eXist crashes when running
>> >> this.
>> >
>> > Check to make sure you're closing your HTTP connection.  See
>> > http://markmail.org/message/3opzcgyzv6auevkt for the solution; the
>> > whole thread is edifying though.
>> >
>>
>> Will investigate - thanks.
>>
>> A couple of dilemmas both related.
>>
>> The return type of the function freebaseCall is string..... would it
>> be helpful to specify that given that it has a side-effect (HTTP Put)
>>
>> One for the RESTFUL purists that might object to a GET that has
>> side-effects. What HTTP method should be used to invoke this XQuery?
>>
>> On reflection the function could probably use a better name.
>>
>>
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