Create deposit#

POST /1/(str:collection-name)/#

Create deposit in a collection which name is collection-name.

The client sends a deposit request to a specific collection with:

  • an archive holding the software source code (binary upload)

  • an envelop with metadata describing information regarding a deposit (atom entry deposit)

    Also known as: COL-IRI

Example query:

curl -i -u hal:<pass> \
     -F "file=@deposit.json;type=application/zip;filename=payload" \
     -F "atom=@atom-entry.xml;type=application/atom+xml;charset=UTF-8" \
     -H 'In-Progress: false' \
     -XPOST https://deposit.softwareheritage.org/1/hal/

POST /1/hal/ HTTP/1.1
Host: deposit.softwareheritage.org
Authorization: Basic xxxxxxxxxxxx=
In-Progress: false
Content-Length: 123456
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----------------------123456798

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:32:35 GMT
Server: WSGIServer/0.2 CPython/3.5.3
Vary: Accept, Cookie
Allow: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Location: /1/hal/10/metadata/
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Content-Type: application/xml

<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
       xmlns:sword="http://purl.org/net/sword/"
       xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
       xmlns:swhdeposit="https://www.softwareheritage.org/schema/2018/deposit"
       >
    <swhdeposit:deposit_id>10</swhdeposit:deposit_id>
    <swhdeposit:deposit_date>Sept. 26, 2017, 10:32 a.m.</swhdeposit:deposit_date>
    <swhdeposit:deposit_archive>None</swhdeposit:deposit_archive>
    <swhdeposit:deposit_status>deposited</swhdeposit:deposit_status>

    <!-- Edit-IRI -->
    <link rel="edit" href="/1/hal/10/metadata/" />
    <!-- EM-IRI -->
    <link rel="edit-media" href="/1/hal/10/media/"/>
    <!-- SE-IRI -->
    <link rel="http://purl.org/net/sword/terms/add" href="/1/hal/10/metadata/" />
    <!-- State-IRI -->
    <link rel="alternate" href="/1/hal/10/status/"/>

    <sword:packaging>http://purl.org/net/sword/package/SimpleZip</sword:packaging>
</entry>

Note: older versions of the deposit used the http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom namespace instead of https://www.softwareheritage.org/schema/2018/deposit. Tags in the Atom namespace are still provided for backward compatibility, but are deprecated.

Request Headers:

  • Authorization – Basic authentication token

  • Content-Type – accepted mimetype

  • Content-Length – tarball size

  • Content-MD5 – md5 checksum hex encoded of the tarball

  • Content-Disposition – attachment; filename=[filename]; the filename parameter must be text (ascii); for the metadata file set name parameter to ‘atom’.

  • In-progress – true if not final; false when final request.

Status Codes: