About REST Resources

Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) REST APIs enable you to create, retrieve, update, and manage resources that support various Cloud EPM administrative tasks. REST APIs provide an alternative to performing these tasks through the web-based user interface.

You can access the REST APIs by using web browsers, cURL, or REST client applications developed in programming languages such as:

• Java

• JavaScript

• Groovy

• Ruby

• Perl

REST describes any simple interface that transmits data over a standardized interface (such as HTTP) without an additional messaging layer, such as SOAP. REST provides a set of design rules for creating stateless services that are viewed as resources, or sources of specific information, and can be identified by their unique URIs.

RESTful web services are services that are built according to REST principles and, as such, are designed to work well on the web. Typically, RESTful web services are built on the HTTP protocol and implement operations that map to the common HTTP methods, such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to retrieve, create, update, and delete resources, respectively. For more information about these methods, see REST API Methods.