REST JSON API enhancements

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The REST APIs provide enhanced support for querying Maximo Manage data. The REST APIs are also referred to as the JSON APIs.

The new REST API resources evolved from the legacy REST API and provide similar capabilities but remove the requirement to use OSLC namespaces. The new REST API is sometimes referred to as the REST/JSON API because of the end-to-end support of the JSON data format. Legacy APIs were used before version 7.1 of Maximo Manage.

You use API keys to enable an inbound machine-to-machine integration for an external client. API keys can be used by the REST and OSLC APIs and also can be used as part of the Manage integration framework.

The following enhanced support and capabilities are available with the new REST APIs:
  • Related object queries, multi-attribute text search, and custom queries
  • Bookmarking, notifications, and image association
  • Metadata support that uses the JSON schema
  • Dynamic query views
  • GROUP BY queries
  • Custom JSON elements that are appended to the object structure JSON
  • Access to Swagger documentation for APIs
  • Integration with the Manage cache framework
  • API keys for native authentication in inbound machine-to-machine integrations
  • Support for importing and exporting data as XML, JSON and CSV files.

The new REST APIs can be used when a Manage package that is not customized is installed and set up with users and groups.

You can see complete content about REST APIs in the Maximo® REST API community.