How do you add a collection via tha API in Java?

[Doug G.]

All,

I am new to OAuth and I can't figure out how to post data.  The documentation on the zotero site says:

Creating a Collection

POST /users/1/collections
Content-Type: application/json
X-Zotero-Write-Token: 19a4f01ad623aa7214f82347e3711f56

{
  "name" : "My Collection",
  "parent" : "QRST9876"
}

Now what?  Here is what I have:

String str_json = "{\"name\" : \"" + folder_name + "\", \"parent\" : false}";

String apiUrl = "https://api.zotero.org/users/" + userId + "/collections?key="+secret;
URL url = new URL(apiUrl);
HttpURLConnection request = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
request.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/json");
request.setRequestProperty("collection",str_json);
consumer.sign(request);
request.connect();

return_value = convertStreamToString(request.getInputStream());

System.out.println(return_value);

The "return_value" is just the folders that all ready exist.  How and what data do I post?  Any help would be appreciated.

Note:
I also tried encoding the JSON string and attaching it to the URL.  That didn't change the result.

Thanks,
Doug.

[Rönkkö Mikko]

Hi

You need to create an API key with oAuth. If you want an easy solution, you can also generate a key at 

https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys/new

If you are working on an enduser application, then oAuth provides a way to create keys automatically.

Mikko

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[Doug G.]

I all ready have a key.  I can use the "read" API fine.  My challenge is posting data.  If you look at the create collection under the Write API it tells you to post certain data.  I'm not sure how to post data using OAuth and I'm not sure what I need to post for the JSON.  Do I set the parameter to collection={MY JSON}?

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[Rönkkö Mikko]

OAuth is used to create the key. You do not need it after that.

So is your question is how to post? You need to post the json string in the body of the post request, not in the headers like you are attempting. I am not a Java programmer, so cannot say how this is done with Java, but you can probably find plenty of examples with google.

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