This section describes advanced information on connection requirements, and mapping a REST data source, and then filtering what will return to the Corticon rules engine.

The open style of REST data sources can present daunting and cryptic information. The authors of a well-formed REST API provide guidance to their users that:
  • Describe its authentication and, if needed, where to get credentials.
  • Documentation in HTML that describe usage, access, and constraints
  • A schema of the data types, columns with unique data appropriate as keys, and relations between columns

A good example of a well-formed and presented REST API, see Open Weather Map

Note: For more information, see topics in the online help at Progress DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector for JDBC.