1. <ProductName> REST APIREST API for the Developer Portal in Oracle API Platform Cloud Service
  2. Use cURL

Use cURL

The examples within this document use cURL to demonstrate how to access the REST API for the Developer Portal in Oracle API Platform Cloud Service.

To use cURL to access the REST API for the Developer Portal in Oracle API Platform Cloud Service:

  • Install cURL, as described in Quick Start.

  • In a command window, set the cURL environment variable, CURL_CA_BUNDLE, to the location of your local CA certificate bundle. For information about CA certificate verification using cURL, see: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html.

  • Invoke cURL and specify one or more of the command-line options defined in the following table, as required, to direct its execution

    cURL Option Description
    -d, --data @file.json

    Identifies the request document, in JSON format, on the local machine.
    -H

    Defines one or both of the following:

    • Content type of the request document

    • Custom headers
    -i

    Displays response header information.
    -u, --user username:password

    Specifies the user name and password for the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service account.
    -X

    Indicates the type of request (for example, GET, POST, and so on).

For example:

curl -i -X GET 
-u apicsadmin:password
https://example.com/apiplatform/developers/v1/apis