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RESTful Web Services and CA Process Automation

REST is a design method that is based on HTTP. REST lets Web services identify and manipulate resources.

The implementation of RESTful services adheres to the following design principles:

• Use HTTP methods explicitly
• Be stateless
• Access resources such as URIs
• Support XML and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

The RESTful architectural style has achieved widespread adoption on the Web. CA Process Automation exposes RESTful services through Catalyst Process Automation Services, which RESTful client technology can consume. Designers can use any REST client to access CA Process Automation in headless mode, which allows configuration and control CA Process Automation without using the UI.

This chapter describes RESTful requests that a designer can send to Catalyst Process Automation Services to interact with CA Process Automation.

For more information, see the following documentation:

• The Catalyst Process Automation Services topics for information about how to run RESTful Web Services with the CA Process Automation operators.
• The Content Administrator Guide for information about how to deploy Catalyst Process Automation Services.
• The Content Designer Reference for more information about the Catalyst operators.