Retrieving a resource
You can use a GET request on the specific API Client element's URI to retrieve the content of the element.
Example: After having retrieved the API's URI for hosts, the following request:
GET 7.2.1/elements/host
returns the following:
{
"result":
[
{
"href": "http://localhost:8082/7.2.1/elements/host/86",
"name": "Your-Freedom Servers",
"type": "host"
},
{
"href": "http://localhost:8082/7.2.1/elements/host/39",
"name": "DHCP Broadcast Destination",
"type": "host"
},
…
]
}
The HTTP request lists all defined hosts with their API's URIs. If a specific host is needed, search for the host by name to get a similar result but only including the particular host.
For example, the following request:
GET 7.2.1/elements/host/39
returns a 200 HTTP response status code and the specified XML/JSON description.
Tip: The Accept HTTP request header determines the output format (XML or
JSON).