Working With Favorites

The rest_v2/favorites service provides methods that allow you to add the resources to Favorites for quick access, remove the resources from Favorites and see the starred resources in your list of Favorites.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Adding Resources to Favorites

Use the following method to add the resources to Favorites.

The following is an example of sample payload.

Sample Request Payload:

{
    "favorites":[
     {
        "uri":"/public/audit/datasources/AuditDataSource_1"
     },
     {
        "uri":"/public/audit/datasources/AuditVirtualDataSource_1"
     }
   ]
}

Sample Response Payload:

{
    "favorites":[
     {
        "uri":"/public/audit/datasources/AuditDataSource_1"
     },
     {
        "uri":"/public/audit/datasources/AuditVirtualDataSource_1"
     }
   ]
}

If a user adds a resource to the Favorites and later an admin removes user's access to resources, the entry stays in the jifavoriteresource table, but user will not be able to view or remove the resources from the Favorites.

Removing Resources from Favorites

The following method is used to remove the starred resources from the Favorites.

Accessing Resources in Favorites

Use the following method to get the list of favorites. By default, favorites is false. For more information, see Searching the Repository.