API Guide

Overview

RESTful API support in OpenManage Enterprise,

OpenManage Enterprise and OME–Modular

OME–Modular supports RESTful API. Support for APIs has also been improved for OpenManage Enterprise. Improved support for APIs on

these products enhances the systems management capabilities. The RESTful interface is provided over HTTPS in JSON format based on

ODATA v4 usable by clients, scripts, and browser-based GUIs. The APIs enable you to build console management tools based on common

programming and scripting languages such as Python, Java, and C.

For more information about REST, see publically-available resources.

Topics:

• RESTful application programming interface

• OData

• JSON data

• HTTPS communication

• OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition

• OpenManage Enterprise

RESTful application programming interface

Representational State Transfer or REST is a software architectural style used within the World Wide Web. REST architectures are

commonly used for many IT solutions, including the definition of web-based APIs. Systems that adhere to REST practices are often

referred to as RESTful interfaces. RESTful interfaces use the HTTP methods—GET, POST, DELETE, and so on—that web browsers use

to access web pages.

OData

OData is an open protocol standard for the definition and exchange of information using RESTful APIs. When implementing a common

interface across multiple vendors, it is important to standardize the data formats. Standardizing the data formats ensure that the data

structures remain interchangeable between different manufacturers.

JSON data

Console API represents data using JSON. JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format that is readable and can also be easily parsed by

machines. JSON is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language. JSON uses a text format that is language independent

but uses conventions familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, PERL, and Python.

These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language.

HTTPS communication

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP

forms the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. Secure HTTP (HTTPS) is a secure version of HTTP where it

operates within a network connection encrypted by TLS or SSL. By enforcing HTTPS, the security of console management is significantly

enhanced.

Overview 19