http://localhost/ticket/1442 <p> If you try to GET a dataset, purge it then POST it again, it fails checking authz for the group: </p> <pre class="wiki">Module ckan.controllers.api:278 in create &lt;&lt; (register, subregister)) try: response_data = action(context, data_dict) location = None if "id" in data_dict: &gt;&gt; response_data = action(context, data_dict) Module ckan.logic.action.create:240 in package_create_rest &lt;&lt; api = context.get('api_version') or '1' check_access('package_create_rest', context, data_dict) dictized_package = package_api_to_dict(data_dict, context) &gt;&gt; check_access('package_create_rest', context, data_dict) Module ckan.logic:129 in check_access &lt;&lt; # log.debug('Valid API key needed to make changes') # raise NotAuthorized logic_authorization = new_authz.is_authorized(action, context, data_dict) if not logic_authorization['success']: msg = logic_authorization.get('msg','') &gt;&gt; logic_authorization = new_authz.is_authorized(action, context, data_dict) Module ckan.new_authz:16 in is_authorized &lt;&lt; auth_function = _get_auth_function(action) if auth_function: return auth_function(context, data_dict) else: raise ValueError(_('Authorization function not found: %s' % action)) &gt;&gt; return auth_function(context, data_dict) Module ckan.logic.auth.create:115 in package_create_rest &lt;&lt; return {'success': False, 'msg': _('Valid API key needed to create a package')} return package_create(context, data_dict) def group_create_rest(context, data_dict): &gt;&gt; return package_create(context, data_dict) Module ckan.logic.auth.create:15 in package_create &lt;&lt; else: check2 = check_group_auth(context,data_dict) if not check2: return {'success': False, 'msg': _('User %s not authorized to edit these groups') % str(user)} &gt;&gt; check2 = check_group_auth(context,data_dict) Module ckan.logic.auth.create:90 in check_group_auth &lt;&lt; groups = set() for group_dict in group_dicts: id = group_dict.get('id') if not id: continue &gt;&gt; id = group_dict.get('id') AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'get' </pre><p> (using RESTful Model API) </p> <p> The reason is the POST is expecting the group to be expressed as a dict, not the list of names that GET returns. </p> en-us http://assets.okfn.org/p/ckan/img/ckan_logo_shortname.png http://localhost/ticket/1442 Trac 0.12.3 dread Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:13:43 GMT http://localhost/ticket/1442#comment:1 http://localhost/ticket/1442#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> changed from <em>new</em> to <em>closed</em> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> set to <em>fixed</em> </li> </ul> <p> Fixed in cset:819a74bd1c03 for release 1.5. Note release 1.5 doesn't have <a class="closed ticket" href="http://localhost/ticket/1381" title="enhancement: Managing groups via package entity API (closed: fixed)">#1381</a> feature, so you're not supposed to create with groups anyway, but this will be useful if people try it. </p> Ticket