Integrating third-party applications with BMC Helix ITSM by using the simplified REST API

The simplified API is an enhanced, redesigned API that offers more capabilities and better consumption of the API. The simplified API offers advantages such as:

  • First-class objects
  • User friendly and industry standard naming conventions for endpoints and attributes
  • Industry standard searching, filtering, and sorting of results
  • Better error handling and status codes

Best practice
You can still use the BMC Helix ITSM platform REST API and webs services to integrate custom applications. However, we recommend that you use the simplified REST API for all supported use cases. If you need to perform operations on a custom form, use the BMC Helix ITSM platform REST API.

The following topics include helpful examples of using the BMC Helix ITSM simplified REST APIs:

Getting started with the simplified REST API

Using the simplified REST API


Examples of using the simplified REST API


 

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