Adding record items on the sandbox using Postman or Curl

[Trevor Ohlinger]

Hello,

I've been working with the ORCID API and Postman. I'm trying to test writing to ORCID records on the sandbox before updating them in production.

I've followed the pseudo-code instructions outlined here: https://info.orcid.org/documentation/integration-and-api-faq/#easy-faq-2691 

I've been getting errors such as 400, and 403 Forbidden. So far nothing seems to be getting through to ORCID. 

Here's an example of what I get when I try to write to an employment record in the sandbox: 

https://api.sandbox.orcid.org/v3.0/

0000-0003-4604-4108/employment?Content-type=application/vnd.orcid+json&Authorization Bearer=&access_token=532c1bc4-cdc9-4287-961a-d37e288ed3f8&Data=@C:\temp\bulkdata.json&URL=https://api.sandbox.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-4604-4108/works

I've tried some variations that include my client secret, but the pseudo-code guide doesn't seem to require it. 

It seems the preferred method to work with the ORCID API is by using Curl. Is there a program that is utilized with Curl or is it just using the command line?

I'm at a loss for how to use Postman or Curl to update ORCID records.

Here are my results in Curl: 

C:\Users\trevorohlinger>curl -i -H 'Content-type: application/vnd.orcid+json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer 532c1bc4-cdc9-4287-961a-d37e288ed3f8' -d '@C:\temp\bulkdata.json' -X POST 'https://api.sandbox.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-4604-4108/employment'

curl: (6) Could not resolve host: application
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: Bearer
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 532c1bc4-cdc9-4287-961a-d37e288ed3f8'
curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL

Perhaps I should be using XML over JSON? Any guidance on how to update users' information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Trevor

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[d.pa...@orcid.org]

Hi Trevor!

It looks like you are trying to run the curl command on a Windows Terminal and that's why you are having that issue.
A solution could be to use Git Bash or Ubuntu Terminal instead.
Or if you want to continue using the Windows Terminal your curl command should look like this:

curl -i -H "Content-type: application/vnd.orcid+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer 532c1bc4-cdc9-4287-961a-d37e288ed3f8" -d "@C:\temp\bulkdata.json" -X POST "https://api.sandbox.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-4604-4108/employment"

I replaced the single quotes with double quotes.

And also it looks like you are using bulk-work-3.0.json file and the correct endpoint is `{{ORCID}}/works` instead of `{{ORCID}}/employment`.

We also have Postman documentation that you can check with some examples.

Best Regards.