Hi Csaba,

The variable types of the REST API are limited to atomic values. With BaseX 11, however, it will be possible to bind multiple values [1]:

http://localhost:8080/rest?run=query&n=3&n=4&n=5

(: XQuery file:  query.xq :)
declare variable $n as xs:integer* external;
array { $n }

You can try the latest stable snapshot [2].

Best,

Christian

[1] https://docs.basex.org/wiki/REST#GET_Method_2 

[2] https://files.basex.org/releases/latest/

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 8:30 AM Csaba Fekete <feketecsaba@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

I'm wondering if this is at all possible...

I defined an array variable in my XQUERY:

declare variable $ca as array(xs:integer) external := [];

How can I assign a value (e.g [1,2]) to this variable through the URL? I have already tried:

http://host:port/rest/dbname?run=query.xq&$ca[]=1&$ca[]=2

That didn't work. Neither did this:

http://host:port/rest/dbname?run=query.xq&$ca=1,2

Any hints are much appreciated.

Thanks

Csaba