cURL Access

The examples within this document use cURL to demonstrate how to access the REST API to manage Oracle Integration Classic instances.

To use cURL to access the Oracle Integration Classic REST API:

  • 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 '{"name":"value"}' -d, --data @file.json Identifies the request document, in JSON format, on the local machine.
    -F, --form @file.json Identifies form data, in JSON format, on the local machine.
    -H, --header Defines the content type of the request data.
    -i Displays response header information.
    -o path Identifies the response output on the local machine. Use this option for export operations and to save a response to a file.
    -u, --user username:password Specifies the user name and password for the Oracle Integration Classic account.
    -X, --request Indicates the type of request (for example, GET, POST, and so on).