- From: Andrei Sambra <andrei@fcns.eu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:15:49 +0200
- To: public-webid <public-webid@w3.org>, Read-Write-Web <public-rww@w3.org>
Greetings, Today marks the first release of MyProfile REST API [1], which is supposed to be an interface between standard social web applications (i.e. MyProfile included), and linked data storage, especially SPARQL endpoints (i.e. Virtuoso). The API offers WebID authentication as well as WebID delegated authorization[2]. It will offer access control at the triple level very soon (a few weeks maximum). For now I'm just testing that I'm doing it right. A very important feature of the API is that it serves data based on the desired Content-Type. This means if you specify in your request that you Accept: text/rdf+n3, then you will get the data back in that format. The API currently supports viewing of user profiles (i.e. GET methods), as well as removing cached profiles (i.e. DELETE methods). Once I switch the Wall posts and Messages to full RDF storage (probably based on SIOC), I will also enable those resources. Anyway, here is a quick example for viewing a user's profile: The request: HTTP/1.1 GET https://auth.my-profile.eu/profile/?webid=<urlencoded WebID> With these extra header options: Accept: text/rdf+n3 On-Behalf-Of: https://my-profile.eu/people/deiu/card#me Returns*: <https://my-profile.eu/people/deiu/card#me> a foaf:Person ; foaf:name "Andrei Vlad Sambra" ; foaf:givenName "Andrei Vlad" ; . . . *the returned profile matches the access control policies specific to the user on whose behalf the request is being made, and optionally the agent doing the request. Another example for deleting the cached copy of a profile: The request: HTTP/1.1 DELETE https://auth.my-profile.eu/profile/cache/?webid=<urlencoded WebID> Returns*: Successfully deleted profile https://my-profile.eu/people/deiu/card#me. *for now, the operation will be performed only if the request is made by profile owner, or on his/her behalf (!) Andrei [1] https://auth.my-profile.eu/ [2] http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebID/Authorization_Delegation
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