Oracle Fusion Middleware REST API Reference for Oracle WebLogic Portal
10g Release 3 (10.3.4)
E14258-03

Create Book and Add to Book

Create a new Book and add it to an existing Book. The destination Book is identified via its definition label, included as the last part of the URI path.

Namespace

/bea/wlp/api

HTTP Method

POST

URI

/bea/wlp/api/book/add/new/book/{book definition label}

Parameters

Parameter
Type
Description
Allowed Values
Default Value
webapp (required)
String
The webapp that contains both the destination Book and the Book to add.
format
String
The format of the results.
xml
json
xml
book
String
The optional definition label for the new Book. If no label is specified, a unique label will be generated.
position
Integer
The position within the destination Book's menu to add the new Book.
0
title (required)
String
The title of the new Book.
description
String
A description of the new Book.
locale
String
The locale to use for the title and description of the new Book. Must be of the format: lang-country-variant ie. [nn], [nn-nn], or [nn-nn-nnnn].
Preferred locale from request.
menu
String
The markup name of the Menu to use for the newly created Book. If no Menu is specified, the Book will have not have a Menu.
theme
String
The optional markup name of the Theme to use for the newly created Book.
scope
String
The scope at which to perform the create add operation. Library scope adds the new Book to the library definition of a Book, admin adds it to the admin instance and visitor adds the new book to a user's Book instance.
library
admin
visitor
library
portal
String
For 'admin' or 'visitor' scope, the Portal that contains both Books.
desktop
String
For 'admin' or 'visitor' scope, the Desktop that contains both Books.
username
String
For 'visitor' scope only. If username is specified, any operation will be done as an administrator (and will require admin privileges), affecting the specified username's customized Book instance. If username is omitted, any operation will be done as the logged-in user, affecting their own Book instance.
is_public
Boolean
Whether or not the new Book should be public.
false
hidden
Boolean
Whether or not the new Book should be hidden.
false
proliferation
String
For 'library' or 'admin' scope, whether or not the move operation should be cascaded to derived Book instances.
sync
async
off
async

Input Example

/bea/wlp/api/book/add/new/book/book_1?webapp=myWebApp&book=newBook_1&title=My%20New%20Title&desktop=d1&portal=myPortal&menu=myMenu_1&theme=alert&is_public=true&hidden=false

Return Example

<rsp>
    <definition_label>newBook_1</definition_label>
</rsp>
Oracle Fusion Middleware REST API Reference for Oracle WebLogic Portal
10g Release 3 (10.3.4)
E14258-03

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