Resource Types can be accessed through this API using GET. This service retrieves information about resource types.
Base URL for Resource Types REST API
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes
Each function returns a JSON resource type object. The resource type object has these attributes:
| Attributes | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| description | String | The description of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeId | Long | The unique Id of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeName | String | The unique name of the resource type. |
| isActive | Boolean | The boolean representing whether the resource type is active. If isActive is updated to null it will default to true. |
GET
GET by ID
This GET service will find a resource type with the given Id and return the JSON representation of the object.
API URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes/{Id}
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Id | URL | Yes | This is a URL parameter for the Id which is used to find and return a resource type |
Example
If we had a resource type in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
When we run a GET request at the following URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes/10000
The GET request would return the following JSON rseource type object
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
GET (Using Query Parameters)
This GET service will return a list of resource types in the form of JSON objects based on a query parameter for the display name. Resource Types are only returned if they contain the specified parameter. If no query parameters are given this request will return the entire list of resource types.
API URLs
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes?
Append the following character sequences to the above URL to specify Query parameters.
resourceTypeName={resourceTypeName}
Examples:
To return all of the resource types:
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes
To search by name only:
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes?resourceTypeName={resourceTypeName}
The query parameters are not case sensitive. Searching by name=EXAMPLE is the same as searching by name=example.
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| resourceTypeName | URL | No | This is a URL query parameter for the name which is used to search the resource types. |
Example
If we had a resource types in our database with the following attributes
[
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 24400,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
},
{
"resourceTypeName": "EBS Forms Service",
"resourceTypeId": 19182,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
]
When we run a GET request at the following URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes?resourceTypeName=forms
The GET request would return the following JSON resource type object
[
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 24400,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
},
{
"resourceTypeName": "EBS Forms Service",
"resourceTypeId": 19182,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
]
POST
This POST service will create a new resource type with the same attributes as the given JSON object.
API URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/resourcetypes
Parameters
| Attributes | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| description | String | No | The description of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeId | Long | No | The unique Id of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeName | String | Yes | The unique name of the resource type. |
| isActive | Boolean | No | The boolean representing whether the resource type is active. If isActive is set to null it will default to true. |
Example
If the POST request receives the following JSON resource type object,
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
The following resource type object will then be created as a new row in the database.
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 24400,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
PUT
This PUT service will update all attributes of a resource type with the given Id based on the attributes of a JSON object parameters.
Parameters
| Attributes | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| description | String | No | The description of the resource type. |
| resourceTyped | Long | No | The unique Id of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeName | String | Yes | The unique name of the resource type. |
| isActive | Boolean | No | The boolean representing whether the resource type is active. If isActive is updated to null it will default to true. |
Example
If we had a resource type in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
When we run a PUT request at the following URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/resourcetypes/10000
And the PUT request receives the following JSON resource type object,
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server Updated",
"resourceTypeId": 10001,
"isActive": false,
"description": "Updated Resource type"
}
The PUT request would then update the resource type with Id 10000 and return the following JSON resource type object
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server Updated",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": false,
"description": "Updated Resource type"
}
PATCH
This PATCH service will update an existing resource type with the information passed through a JSON object. If an attribute of the JSON is null it will not be updated in the resource type.
API URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/resourcetypes/{Id}
Parameters
| Attributes | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| description | String | No | The description of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeId | Long | No | The unique Id of the resource type. |
| resourceTypeName | String | No | The unique name of the resource type. |
| isActive | Boolean | No | The boolean representing whether the resource type is active. |
Example
If we had a resource type in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}
When we run a PATCH request at the following URL
http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/resourcetypes/10000
And the PATCH request receives the following JSON resource type object,
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server Patched"
}
The PATCH request would then update the resource type with Id 10000 and return the following JSON resource type object
{
"resourceTypeName": "Oracle Forms and Reports Server Patched",
"resourceTypeId": 10000,
"isActive": true,
"description": null
}