Here’s a sample HTTP POST request that makes these changes to the metadata for the Q1_2012.ppt file:
•Increases retention by one year from the current value
•Turns on shredding on delete
•Turns off indexing
Request with curl command line
curl -k -i -H "Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d"
-d "retention=R+1y" -d "shred=true" -d "index=false"
"https://finance.europe.hcp.example.com/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
curl = pycurl.Curl()
theHeader = ["Transfer-Encoding: chunked"]
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: HCP
bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d", theHeader])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://finance.europe.hcp.example.com \
/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.POST, 1)
theFields = "retention=R+1y&shred=true&index=false"
theHeader = ["Transfer-Encoding: chunked"]
curl.setopt(pycurl.POSTFIELDS, theFields)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
Request headers
POST /rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt HTTP/1.1
Host: finance.europe.hcp.example.com
Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d
Content-Length: 37
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-HCP-ServicedBySystem: hcp.example.com
Content-Length: 0
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