It doesn't even have to be http(s), just a client-server setup, although these days of course it generally is https.
I'd say it's the details that make it truly RESTful or not, and I think Dylan Beattie's presentation I mentioned makes a good job of explaining those details. Roops On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 07:32 Mike Beer, <m...@beer.at> wrote: > REST is just a series of HTTP or preferably HTTPS calls. > Usually you have to register and you will have some kind of access code. > In the first call this access information is transformed into a session > token that must be used for any further transaction. > > The data returned is very often in JSON, but could also be XML. > > The session token may expire and for longer transactions it must therefore > be renewed. > > REST-calls can be made directly or can be part of a call-back service -then > the URL of the function has to be registered as well. > > Here is a summary of the differences between SOAP and REST: > https://smartbear.com/blog/soap-vs-rest-whats-the-difference/ > > Best regards > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Binyamin Dissen > Sent: Samstag, 21. Dezember 2024 20:53 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: REXX and RESTAPI calls > > I have been looking at REST and do not see how it is different than a set > of > HTTP transactions. > > What am I missing? > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:04:56 +0000 "Shumate, Scott" > <00000752f95efdcf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > :>Truist Data Risk Classification: [-Public-] > > :>Does anyone have any experience with REXX making a REST API call to > service now? If so, could you point me in the right direction? > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
