POST /{BASE}/import/external

Fetch content from an external resource and import it into the LMF system. The importer is selected based on the Content-Type header of the HTTP request. Calling the service spawns a separate asynchronous thread. Its status can be queried by calling the /status webservice.

HTTP Example: POST /{BASE}/import/external?url=…&context=… Content-Type: …

API Example: ImportWebService.externalData({'url': /* url an optional URL of a remote resource to import */,   'context': /* Fetch content from an external resource and import it into the LMF system. */,   'Content-Type': /* type the content type of the uploaded content */});

Output:

Response - OK if the import was successfully started

Query parameters:

url - an optional URL of a remote resource to import

context

Header parameters:

Content-Type - the content type of the uploaded content

HTTP return codes:

200 - if the import was successfully started

400 - if the URL argument is not valid

412 - if the content-type header is not present or contains unsupported mime types

502 - if a connection to the URL of the external source cannot be established