Tag: API

Generating a Test Plan via API Discovery

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date April 22, 2022
Categories In ELM

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 […]

Getting a resource shape

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date March 3, 2022
Categories In ELM

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 […]

API Authentication Method in ELM – OIDC

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date February 28, 2022
Categories In ELM

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 […]

API Authentication Method in ELM – Oauth 1.0a

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date February 25, 2022
Categories In ELM

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 […]

Beginning API Discovery (or understanding the RootServices document)

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date February 24, 2022
Categories In ELM
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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” […]

API types and the API Landing Page

Post author By Michael Rowe
Post date February 23, 2022
Categories In ELM

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 […]