No functionality should be GUI-only. Make all functionality reachable via the API

[pdurbin]

As explained in our "Dataverse API Strategy (High-Level)" doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxiKGtHjZJmyLaO6j2rPTBwTNxFZazmVb9I-BlF0iMk/edit?usp=sharing there should be no functionality in Dataverse that is GUI-only. All functionality should be reachable via the API.

Please use this description to keep a running list of GUI-only functionality:

• API: allow file restriction through API #3873 Restricting files (added in 3776 public only #3967)
• As a dataverse user, I would like to get info about access restrictions on file level through the API #4645 get info about access restrictions on file level
• API call to deaccession datasets #778 Deaccessioning datasets
• Setting Terms of Use
• Set "Enable Access Request" for Terms of Use: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/dataverse-community/oKdesT9rFGc/qM6wrsnnBAAJ
• Set guestbook_id for a dataset: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/dataverse-community/oKdesT9rFGc/qM6wrsnnBAAJ
• Filling out a guestbook. See also https://groups.google.com/d/msg/dataverse-dev/G9FNGP_bT0w/dgE2Fk4iBQAJ
• Downloading a guestbook
• Submit for Review workflow via API #3144 Submit for Review workflow via API (added in 3943 Submit for Review via new API, Return to Author with reasonForReturn via new API, new notifications API, new "workflowcomment" table #3992)
• Setting a dataverse logo
• Seeing why a file failed ingest
• Notifications (partially added in 3943 Submit for Review via new API, Return to Author with reasonForReturn via new API, new notifications API, new "workflowcomment" table #3992)
• API for creating OAI-PMH sets is "TODO" #4095 Creating OAI-PMH sets (added in API for creating OAI-PMH sets #4096)
• Adding descriptions and tags to files - added in 4.6.1 as part of Allow file uploads for non-zip files through the API #1612: http://guides.dataverse.org/en/4.6.1/api/native-api.html#files
• editing properties of an existing dataverse
• get/set methods for dataset metadata
• setting logo image / url / "tagline" for dataverse during creation
• templates

[djbrooke]

Thanks @pdurbin - this will be useful for tracking items that we should make API-accessible. Once it comes time to work on these, we'll break into smaller chunks.

[pdurbin]

I'm closing this issue because I don't think it'll ever be done. Dataverse 4 is way better than DVN 3 about having APIs for all functionality but it will take constant vigilance to make sure we don't introduce any GUI only features. Anyone reading is encouraged to open "small chunk" issues for particular functionality they'd like via API.