Feature Request: Range header for (partial) dataset download
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Description
Overview of the Feature Request
The Data Access API supports a range header to request specific parts of a file to download, which is useful for many applications. Having this type of feature for both downloading entire and custom bundles of a dataset would be a great. According to @pdurbin this is currently not available (see Zulip chat).
What kind of user is the feature intended for?
API User
What inspired the request?
Development of a resume function for data file downloads in rust-dataverse.
Any brand new behavior do you want to add to Dataverse?
Expand range header support for entire and partial dataset downloads.
Are you thinking about creating a pull request for this feature?
I could try, but I am novice when it comes to Java yet open to learn more about the DV source 🙌
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Data Access API documentation linked in the issue and inspect the existing range-header handling for file downloads. Trace the endpoints for entire and custom-bundle dataset downloads, then determine how support should extend to both; done means API users can request partial dataset downloads for both forms, including the resume-download use case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100