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Alteration to various end points to take the office id as a query parameter

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Description

While talking @ktarbet through how some of the API works I think I've stumbled upon a better way to handle the office-id for the objects.

currently for, say locations, we have

/locations/Alder Springs?office-id=SPK to retrieve the information for one location.

it seems like it would be better if we had
/location/SPK/Alder Springs to retrieve information for one location

and perhaps

/locations/SPK to retrieve all locations for SPK. Currently we have the catalog but that was really more because I couldn't think of a better away at the time with the existing functionality in the database but since that's going away eventually this would be a good replacement.

All the other parameters would be the same.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing location endpoints described in issue 414, including the catalog behavior and current office-id query parameter. Inventory the other affected endpoints before deciding the scope. Done means the agreed office-id path structure is applied consistently and the existing parameters and retrieval behavior remain covered.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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