[db-wg] API Documentation (semi solved)

Hi Andreas

You can create almost any objects you wish in the TEST Database. Keep in 
mind that the TEST Database is reset every day so if you want to test 
over a period of days keep a copy of all the base objects you need so 
you can easily re-create them each day.

It is not a good idea to use TEST-NCC-HM-MNT. That object exists with a 
public password so you can authorise against it to create copies of 
resource objects. In the live database the resource objects would be 
created by the RIPE NCC and maintained by RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT.

You can create your own starting pair of PERSON/MNTNER objects in the 
TEST Database using this:
https://apps-test.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/#/webupdates/create/person/self

Once you have a PERSON and MNTNER object you can create other objects in 
the TEST Database using the api.

cheers
denis
co-chair DB-WGH

On 2017-02-17 15:24, Andreas Schulze wrote:
> Am 17.02.2017 um 15:18 schrieb Andreas Schulze:
>> 1. Is there any documentation about the database definition, which 
>> fields an object must or may have?
> https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation
> 
>> 2. How are updates authenticated?
>>    I'm aware, each object has a "mntner" but how and where is the 
>> Maintainer identity part of request to the API?
>> 3. the Test-DB did not contain any objects related to our company - 
>> that's OK.
>>    But could I add them? And how? I guess I may use 
>> 'https://apps-test.db.ripe.net/search/lookup.html?source=test&key=TEST-NCC-HM-MNT&type=mntner'
>>    Right?
> still unclear...
> 
> examples welcome :-)