Reference

Reference topics are especially useful if you're new to REST APIs. You can start by reviewing commonly used REST API terms and the different types of REST resources, such as singular and collection resources. Explore the following topics:

Topic	Description
About Shapefiles	Shapefiles explained
Error Message Data Model	Data Model of the JSON-encoded error
Resource Types	Parameters and properties of the two types of resources: singular and collection
SOAP APIs to REST APIs Mapping	SOAP API methods and their corresponding REST API methods
Status Codes	Standard HTTP response codes
Supported Data Types	JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) resource attribute types
Supported Events	Events that the client can specify in the request for creating a subscription
Supported HTTP Header Fields	HTTP header fields supported in request and response messages
Supported HTTP Methods	HTTP methods supported on resources
Supported Language Codes	Accepted five-character language codes
Supported Media Types	Data formats for HTTP payloads
Supported Tasks	Tasks that can be defined in a REST API resource
Supported Time Zones	Accepted time zones
Terminology	commonly used terms