1. REST API for Unified Inventory ManagementREST API for Unified Inventory Management
  2. Authentication and Authorization

Authentication and Authorization

The Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM) REST API uses HTTP Basic authentication, which requires a base64-encoded value of a UIM user's ID and password to authenticate requests.

To set up your requests for Basic authentication:

  1. Generate a base64-encoded value of a UIM user's ID and password joined by a single colon (ID:password). For information about creating a UIM user, see "Task 2: Create a User".

    For example, if the ID is Aladdin and the password is OpenSesame, the base64-encoding of Aladdin:OpenSesame would be QWxhZGRpbjpPcGVuU2VzYW1l.

  2. Pass the base64-encoded value in the header of every REST request sent to UIM REST API services.

    For example, to run a GET request for a logical device: 

    curl -X GET http://hostname:port/InventoryRSOpenAPI/resourceInventoryManagement/version/logicalDevice/1-11111 -H Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpPcGVuU2VzYW1l

    where:

    • hostname is the URL for the UIM server.

    • port is the port for the Oracle Communications UIM server.

    • version is the version of the API you're using, such as v1. See Versioning.