CHANGELOG V3.x to V4.x (for users)

Important changes for the end users due to the migration of geocat.ch from the geonetwork version 3.x to 4.x.

URL Changes

REST API

All request's endpoint with a 0.1 have been replaced by a shorter URL without the 0.1

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/0.1/*	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/*

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CSW endpoints for portal

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/csw-{ORG-Name}	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/{ORG-Name}/{lang}/csw

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Request xml.metadata.get

This request doesn't exist anymore in the version 4. Please, use the REST API.

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/xml.metadata.get?uuid={uuid}	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/{uuid}/formatters/xml

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Request gm03.xml

This request doesn't exist anymore in the version 4. Please, use the REST API.

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/gm03.xml?uuid={uuid}	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/{uuid}/formatters/gm03

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Metadata permalink

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/md.viewer#/full_view/{uuid}	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/catalog.search#/metadata/{uuid}

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Metadata permalink with custom XSL-Formatter (html/pdf)

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/md.format.html?uuid={uuid}&xsl={formatter_id}	https://geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/{uuid}/formatters/{formatter_id}?language={lang}
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/md.format.pdf?uuid={uuid}&xsl={formatter_id}	https://geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/{uuid}/formatters/{formatter_id}?language={lang}&output=pdf

Search Endpoint (formerly Q)

The former Q search endpoint doesn't exist anymore with the version 4. It has been replaced by an ElasticSearch Search API.

V3.10	V4.2
https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/{lang}/q	https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/search/records/_search

• The new ES search API is a POST request.
• ES documentation : https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-search.html
• Test the API : https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/doc/api/index.html#/search/search

CSW GetRecords Parameters

• The parameter resultType cannot take the value results_with_summary anymore. Use results instead.
• In the filter, the parameter PropertyName cannot take the value any anymore. Use AnyText instead.