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RESTful response types

When you make a RESTful request, you can specify the response type.

Setting response types using HTTP:

  • When you use a browser, the response type is always XML.

  • When you submit RESTful requests by building your own HTTPRequests from your own client, you can use the Accept field to set the response type to any of the following:

    If you want this format:

    Set Accept field to:

    XML

    text/xml This is the default.

    JSON

    application/json

The following example sets response type to XML:


URL url = new URL("https://localhost:9843/type/PropertySetClasses/
SystemObject/Server?username=testuser&password=password&role=myrole");
       // Parse the response...
HttpsURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpsURLConnection)url.openConnection();
HttpsURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpsURLConnection)url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "text/xml");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "text/xml");

Setting response types through the BLCLI

Use the -rr option to set the response type to one of the following values:

  • XML - This is the default.
  • JSON - Java Script Object Notation
     Example:
    blcli -rr JSON

 

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