Package com.ebasetech.xi.api

Interface RESTfulService

public interface RESTfulService

  • Method Details

    • getEndpointPath

      java.lang.String getEndpointPath()
      Returns the name of the Enpoint path used to invoke the RESTful web service.
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getMethod

      java.lang.String getMethod()
      Returns the HTTP Method e.g POST, GET etc.. used to invoke the RESTful web service.
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getPathParameter

      java.lang.String getPathParameter​(java.lang.String parameter)
      Returns a path parameter based on the configured endpoint path parameter. The path parameters are configured by wrapping the name in braces e.g {customerId}

      Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       
 var customerId = form.rest.getPathParameter("customerId");
 //get customer details
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestParameter

      java.lang.String getRequestParameter​(java.lang.String parameter)
      Returns a parameter by a specific name. Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       // get the parameter from the endpoint. 
 var username = form.rest.getParameter("username");
 //get user details
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestHeader

      java.lang.String getRequestHeader​(java.lang.String header)
      Returns a request header by a specific name. Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       //get the post parameter
 var username = form.rest.getRequestHeader("username");
 //get user details
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestBody

      java.lang.String getRequestBody()
      Returns the request body. Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       //get the post parameter
 var body = form.rest.getRequestBody();
 if(body)
 {
   var json = JSON.parse(body);
   ...
 }
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestHeaders

      java.util.Map<java.lang.String,​java.lang.Object> getRequestHeaders()
      Returns all of the HTTP request headers as a JavaScript object Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       var headers = form.rest.getHeaders();
 
 var contentType = headers["Content-Type"];
 if(contentType == "application/json")
 {
    //parse json
 }
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getPathParameters

      java.util.Map<java.lang.String,​java.lang.Object> getPathParameters()
      Returns all of the HTTP path parameters configured on the endpoint path as a JavaScript object Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       var pathParms = form.rest.getPathParameters();
 
 var customerId = pathParms.customerId;
 if(customerId)
 {
    //lookup customer
 }
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestParameters

      java.util.Map<java.lang.String,​java.lang.Object> getRequestParameters()
      Returns all of the HTTP parameters as a JavaScript object Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       var params = form.rest.getParameters();
 
 var username = params.username;
 if(username)
 {
    //validate username
 }
 ...
      Since:
      V5.2

    • setResponseHeader

      void setResponseHeader​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
      Sets a response header by name and value. Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       form.rest.setResponseHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
      Since:
      V5.2

    • removeResponseHeader

      void removeResponseHeader​(java.lang.String name)
      Removes a response header by name Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       form.rest.removeResponseHeader("Content-Type");
      Since:
      V5.2

    • setResponseStatus

      void setResponseStatus​(int status)
      Sets the response status e.g 200 for OK
      Parameters:
      status - HTTP status code Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       form.rest.setResponseStatus(200);
      Since:
      V5.2

    • setResponseBody

      void setResponseBody​(java.lang.String responseBody)
      Sets the response body
      Parameters:
      responseBody - the response body Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       var jsonStr = JSON.stringify(myObj);
 form.rest.setResponseBody(jsonStr);
      Since:
      V5.2

    • getRequestContentType

      java.lang.String getRequestContentType()
      Returns the HTTP request content type Further documentation.
      Since:
      V5.2

    • setResponseContentType

      void setResponseContentType​(java.lang.String contentType)
      Sets the HTTP response content type Further documentation.
      Since:
      V5.2

    • readBasicAuthenticationCredentials

      UserCredentials readBasicAuthenticationCredentials()
      Returns the UserCredentials from the HTTP Basic Access Authentication.

      If the header does not exist in the HTTP request then a null object is returned, otherwise the username and password are extract from the header and used to populate the UserCredentials object.

      Further documentation.

      Javascript example: 

       var authenticated = false;
 var cred = form.rest.readBasicAuthenticationCredentials();
 if(cred)
 {
    //authenticate user
    if(cred.getUsername() == "demouser" && cred.getPassword() == "demopwd")
    {
       authenticated = true;
    }
    else
    {
      //send back forbidden status
      form.rest.setStatus(403);
    }
 }
 else
 {
   //send back 401 status and WWW-Authenticate header
   form.rest.setResponseHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"My Realm\"");
   form.rest.setStatus(401);
 }
 
 if(authenticated)
 {
   // do something
 }
      Since:
      V5.2