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[netconf] Question on restconf empty list reply

Olof Hagsand <olof@hagsand.se> Sun, 23 February 2020 11:13 UTC

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Subject: [netconf] Question on restconf empty list reply
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Hello,
In a restconf GET request of an empty YANG list using JSON encoding,
what is the expected reply? I.e. using a yang list "x" in module "m"
(pseudo http):
  GET /restconf/data/m:x
  Accept: application/yang-data+json

Is the reply (1):
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  {
    "m:x": []
  }

or should it be (2)
  "404 Not Found" status-line and error-tag value "invalid-value"?

Apologizes that this is a basic question, and I am sure this is resolved
properly, but we have some discussions with users on how to properly
interpret the description of GET in RFC 8040 Section 4.3 and RFC 7951.

Regards,
Olof Hagsand,
Clixon maintainer

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