This section explains the following REST operations regarding the associations / association of the resource which has have been secured with OAuth 2.0.
- Get all the associations on a resource.
- Get an association of specific type on a given resource.
- Add the associations to a resource.
- Delete an association on a given resource
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The following terms explains explain the meaning of the query parameters passed with the below following REST URIs.
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The { start page } and { number of records } parameters can take any value greater than or equal to 0. The { start page } and { number of records } begins with 1. If both of them are 0, then all the associations will be are retrieved. |
Get all
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the Associations on a
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Resource
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HTTP Method | GET |
| Request URI | /associations?path={ resource path }&start={ start page }&size={ number of records } |
| HTTP Request Header | Authorization: Bearer { OAuth access token } |
| Response | It retrieves all the associations posted on the specific resource. |
| Response | HTTP 200 OK |
| Response TypeJSON | application/json |
Get
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Associations of
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Specific Type on a
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Given Resource
| Attributes | Values |
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HTTP Method | GET |
| Request URI | /associations?path={ resource path }&type={ association type } |
| HTTP Request Header | Authorization: Bearer {OAuth access token} |
ResponseDescription | It retrieves all the associations for the specific type on of the given resource |
| Response | HTTP 200 OK |
| Response Type | JSON |
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Add Associations to a
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Resource
| Attributes | Values |
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HTTP Method | POST |
| Request URI | /associationassociations?path={resource path}&type={association type} |
| HTTP Request Header | Authorization: Bearer {OAuth access token} Content-Type: application/json |
| Payload | [{ "targettype":"<target resource path><type of the association>","typetarget":"<association type><valid resource path>"}] |
Description | It retrieves all adds the associations including the added onesarray of associations passed as the payload for the source resource |
| Response | HTTP 204 No Content. |
| Response Type | JSON |
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Add Association to a Resource
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HTTP Method | DELETEPOST | ||
| Request URI | /associationassociations?path={resource path}&typetargetPath={association typetarget resource}&targettype={target resource pathassocation type} | ||
| HTTP Request Header | Authorization: Bearer {OAuth access token} | Description | It retrieves the rest of the associations for the given resource after deletion Content-Type: application/json |
| Response | HTTP 204 No Content. | ||
| Response Type | JSON |
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Delete Associations on a Given Resource
| Attributes | Values |
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HTTP Method | DELETE |
| Request URI | /association?path={resource path}&targetPath={target path}&type={association type} |
Description | It deletes the association between the source and target resources for the given association type. |
| Response | HTTP 204 No Content. |
| Response Type | application/json |