RSE API

IBM® Remote System Explorer API (RSE API) is a collection of REST APIs that allow a client to work with various components on the z/OS host system, including MVS data sets, z/OS UNIX files and commands, JES jobs, and more.

Use cases

  • Use RSE API by itself to interact with z/OS resources via REST API. For more information, see API Docs.
  • Use RSE API in combination with IBM RSE API Plug-in for Zowe CLI (on its own or as a part of Z Open Editor) to interact with z/OS resources from Zowe CLI or the Zowe Explorer VS Code extension. For more information, see the IBM RSE API Plug-in for Zowe CLI tutorial.

Prerequisites

RSE API has a dependency on z/OS® Explorer. Therefore, before you install and configure the RSE API host component, you must install and configure the z/OS Explorer host component by following the documents below: