Like many in tech I’ve been looking at various Large Language Models lately. One of the most fascinating use cases is using Chat-GPT to write code that can be a productivity enhancer for developers. As part of my day job, I work with OSLC compliant applications. If you are not familiar with OSLC, check out […]
It’s been a few months since my last post. Since then I was able to give a talk a the IBM ELM Users Conference, pretty much taking people through the prior series of blog posts. It was exciting to hear the reception of theses blog posts. The prior post showed how “easy” it can be […]
I’m really excited to announce I will presenting at the upcoming IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management User Group Virtual Conference. During the session will be taking customers and partners thru the OSLC based API discovery process, including creating the ETM Test Plan. I will be taking questions and showing demos, so sign up! See you then!
In my prior posts I took you through the discovery flow to identify the resource shape of creating a new Project Area. The only problem was, there is no public API for creating a Project Area, either via OSLC or published ELM APIs. To that end, you may have been a bit frustrated that all […]
I’ve been taking some much needed time off, having not been able to take some of my corporate vacation last year. During this time, I am watching the Beatle’s Get Back documentary directed by Peter Jackson. I’ve always liked their music, and have enjoyed watching the back room machinations of their time in 1969. I […]
Now that we have a basic understanding of the RootServices document, and how to access protected APIs. Let’s go thru the process of discovery, in order to identify what is needed for OSLC APIs. I’ll be covering the basics behind the OSLC Resource Shape. Understanding resource shapes is key for identifying what properties are required […]
In my last post I took you thru the OAuth 1.0a API flow. While there are three APIs defined in the RootServices document which enable you to execute the flow, it is still a lot of work to ultimately get your OAuth 1.0a Token for usage. This token is only valid for a short period […]
The goal of the next two posts is to provide you with methods for authentication of your APIs. I will not be going thru all the methods that a ELM server support authentication, but at a high level your server can either be setup to use application level authentication or to delegate that authentication to […]
Now that we’ve covered some of the basics on what we mean when we say APIs (link to prior post), it’s time to get into the power of ELM thru its API discovery process. Many of the APIs on a server are exposed thru API calls. The foundation of this discovery mechanism is the “RootServices” […]
When someone mentions APIs what do you think of? Let’s look at the acronym and the discuss how I will be using it over the course or this blog series. API stands for “Application Programming Interface”. This term is pretty broad as it is a connection between computers, programs and software services. APIs can be […]
