Here’s a sample HTTP GET request that retrieves the account_info annotation for an object named Q1_2012.ppt in the quarterly_rpts directory.
Request with curl command line
curl -k -H "Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d"
"https://finance.europe.hcp.example.com/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt
?type=custom-metadata&annotation=account_info" >
Q1_2012.ppt.custom-metadata.xml
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
filehandle = open("Q1_2012.ppt.custom-metadata.xml", 'wb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: HCP
bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://finance.europe.hcp.example.com \
/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt?type=custom-metadata \
&annotation=account_info")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, filehandle.write)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
filehandle.close()
Request headers
GET /rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt?type=custom-metadata&annotation=
account_info HTTP/1.1
Host: finance.europe.hcp.example.com
Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-HCP-ServicedBySystem: hcp.example.com
X-HCP-Time: 1336490468
X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 7.0.0.16
ETag: "9c604138ffb0f308a8552a3752e5a1be"
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length: 287
X-HCP-Type: annotation
X-HCP-Size: 119459
X-HCP-ChangeTimeMilliseconds: 1335347627362.00
X-HCP-ChangeTimeString: 2012-04-25T05:53:47-0400
X-HCP-Hash: SHA-256 42C605FBFFCD7CEAC36BE62F294374F94503D1DC1793736...
Response body
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<quarterly_rpt>
<preparation>
<prepared_by>Lee Green</prepared_by>
<department>Accounting</department>
<title>Budget Director</title>
</preparation>
<presentation_date>04-18-2012</presentation_date>
<slide_count>23</slide_count>
</quarterly_rpt>
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