Integrating AR System forms with a third-party application by using the REST API

The REST API is a simple stateless architecture that runs over HTTP. AR System uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format to transmit data between a server and a web application. The advantage of REST is having a limited number of operations for the interactions between clients and services.

The API is a web service that conforms to the architectural principles of Representational State Transfer (REST). Each API is called by issuing a standard HTTP request method.

The client issues the following standard HTTP request method to call an API:

• POST - Request to create new resources
• GET - Request to retrieve details of individual resources
• PUT - Request to modify a resource object
• DELETE - Request to remove the resources that are not needed

These HTTP request methods are more commonly known as the CRUD operations: Create, Read, Update, and Delete.

The AR System uses Jetty as a web server to service the REST API requests. You should use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates with the Jetty server to service the REST API requests.