Is it possible to omit submission form when creating an item?

[Fatih Güneş]

Hi,

I am trying to find a way to bypass the submission form when creating an item with API. When creating items with API, sticking to the form design is problematic. APIs may not have the same structure of data all the times, so it is better to add them in a free manner like adding metadata to a published item. 

Either in the workspace or in the first submission of the workflow, is it possible to omit the submission form?

Best regards.

[DSpace Technical Support]

Hi,

As far as I'm aware, if you want to use the submission approach documented by the REST API, then you need to use the submission forms.  That's because these REST API endpoints were designed specifically for the submission form process of the User Interface.

However, there are other ways to deposit content into DSpace which do *not* require the submission forms.  There are a number of "ingesting content" options listed in our documentation at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Ingesting+Content+and+Metadata

So, you might consider whether it's easier for you to use something like SWORD or a "Simple Archive Format" (SAF) package (which can be imported via the REST API).  Those don't require a submission form, because the metadata for your items is added via an XML document within a Zip package (or similar).

Tim