POST endpoint contract

[rishighan]

Hello, I am at a point in my UI development, where I have the following model backing the form for editing metadata which:

1. can be written to Metron, if the user authenticated with it
2. can we written to ThreeTwo's local datastore

Note that in the model json below, the value and label keys are both from Metron.
Here's the model, roughly based on the same fields seen in the Edit Issue page in Metron:

{
  "issue_name": "X-O Manowar 032 (2015) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire)",
  "issue_number": "32",
  "issue_year": "2015-02-19T08:00:00.000Z",
  "page_count": "32",
  "description": "X-O Manowar goes to war with people that like war and dislike losing.",
  "distributor_sku": "12132123",
  "upc_code": "123123",
  "publisher": {
    "label": "AfterShock Comics",
    "value": 10
  },
  "story_arc": {
    "label": "A Court of Owls",
    "value": 177
  },
  "series": {
    "label": "1st Issue Special (1975)",
    "value": 859
  },
  "credits": [
    {
      "creator": {
        "label": "A. J. Lieberman",
        "value": 2916
      },
      "role": {
        "label": "Interviewer",
        "value": 27
      }
    },
    {
      "creator": {
        "label": "A.J. Fierro",
        "value": 4392
      },
      "role": {
        "label": "Penciller",
        "value": 3
      }
    }
  ]
}

Couple of questions:

1. What are the field names in Metron? I want to match them in my model, so there is minimal transformation required both on Metron and ThreeTwo's side
2. Am I missing fields?

Paging @btxgit for his inputs

[rishighan]

[bpepple]

1. What are the `field` names in Metron? I want to match them in my model, so there is minimal transformation required both on Metron and ThreeTwo's side

Don't have much time for a detailed response to this discussion right now since I've got some work stuff to do, but you can find the models that Metron uses here: https://github.com/bpepple/metron/tree/master/comicsdb/models

[rishighan]

Thank you! I'll take a look

[rishighan]

Hello @bpepple I am bumping this thread to resurrect this conversation again.
TLDR; the ability for authenticated users of Metron to be able to contribute to Metron from within ThreeTwo.

Are you at a place where this discussion can continue? Even if you have alternative approaches I am willing to discuss.

[bpepple]

I've written a command-line tool, that has addressed most of the issues I had identified with granting POST/PATCH permissions:

• Sanitization of data for consumption by Metron
• Correct linking of resources (character, creator, etc)
• Adding alternative ID's (GCD, CV)
• Adding reprint information
• Upload Covers & Variants

Currently, there are 4 editors and me that have POST/PATCH permissions, and I'll probably look at identifying a few more as time goes on, but I really don't expect there to be more than 10 users with these permissions. Given that, I'm not sure it make much sense for you to invest dev time for such a small potential pool of users.

[rishighan]

Thanks @bpepple always a treat to see solid tooling around Metron.