Hi Oleg,

Two things need to be considered to make your code work:

* Please have a closer look at the syntax of the ADD command. The "TO" keyword is required to indicate that you are also specifying a database path. This is how it should be: add to /kgw <book id="1" />

* If you enclose a command string with XML snippets, it needs to be encoded (otherwise, XML will really be interpreted as XML, even before the command will be interpreteed in a second step):

OLD: <text><![CDATA[ add to /kgw <book id=\"1\" /> ]]></text>

Correct (1st variant): <text> add to /kgw &lt;book id="1" /&gt; </text>

Correct (2nd variant): <text><![CDATA[ add to /kgw <book id=\"1\" /> ]]></text>

If you want to add XML via REST, it is probably easier, and faster, to use the PUT method [1,2]. It allows you to both create new databases and add/update its resources (and there will be no need to encode your XML stream).

Hope this helps, Christian

[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/REST#PUT_Method [2] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/master/basex-examples/src/main/java/or...

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Oleg Duvanayev duvanaev@gmx.net wrote:

dear lady and gentlemen,

i have to add in a test database the simple document. I use the database, which is running as web-application in tomcat and access to database i do with REST. I tried to use this approatch, but it doesn't work for me. I take always the message "Bad request":

In the attachment you find the method i use to take a resonse from database.

I am really sorry, i can find solution. Could you please assist me to solve this issue ?

The second missunderstanding is the description of commands.

how can i use in my case for example "XML Syntax" ?

very many thanks for any help best regards Oleg Duvanayev