docs: explain missing preference header

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Taimoor Zaeem
2025-04-02 12:59:18 -05:00
committed by Steve Chavez
parent 20f1fdd35c
commit ddd7d98652
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@@ -539,45 +539,6 @@ To bulk insert JSON post an array of objects having all-matching keys
]
EOF
.. _bulk_insert_default:
Bulk Insert with Default Values
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any missing columns in the payload will be inserted as ``null`` values. To use the ``DEFAULT`` column value instead, use the ``Prefer: missing=default`` header.
Having:
.. code-block:: postgres
create table foo (
id bigint generated by default as identity primary key
, bar text
, baz int default 100
);
A request:
.. code-block:: bash
curl "http://localhost:3000/foo?columns=id,bar,baz" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Prefer: missing=default, return=representation" \
-d @- << EOF
[
{ "bar": "val1" },
{ "bar": "val2", "baz": 15 }
]
EOF
Will result in:
.. code-block:: json
[
{ "id": 1, "bar": "val1", "baz": 100 },
{ "id": 2, "bar": "val2", "baz": 15 }
]
.. _specify_columns:
@@ -651,7 +612,7 @@ You can make an upsert with :code:`POST` and the :code:`Prefer: resolution=merge
By default, upsert operates based on the primary key columns, so you must specify all of them.
You can also choose to ignore the duplicates with :code:`Prefer: resolution=ignore-duplicates`.
Upsert works best when the primary key is natural (e.g. ``sku``).
However, it can work with surrogate primary keys (e.g. ``id serial primary key``), if you also do a :ref:`bulk_insert_default`:
However, it can work with surrogate primary keys (e.g. ``id serial primary key``), if you also do a :ref:`bulk_insert` with :ref:`prefer_missing`:
.. code-block:: bash