Bulk changes

[garethsb]

Do we need a bulk API?

Making changes for many resources of one type could be done by supporting PATCH (or POST) on the collection endpoints /devices, /sources, etc. with an array of objects - each object would need id property in addition to the current resource_core_patch.json properties.

Obvs, could also come up with a single request endpoint to do resources of several types.

These approaches would still need an object per resource. If we want a way to have one change applied to multiple resources, that needs a different kind of API.

[cristian-recoseanu]

Discussion during the meeting: the group feels this will complicate the API and put more burden on the nodes/devices which can instead be better placed in the provisioning tool / controller.

[peterbrightwell]

Decision 2023-05-04: no bulk API support this iteration. Closing.