Send Requests

Use these guidelines when sending requests using the Oracle Advanced Authentication REST API.

URL Structure

Here's the URL structure for the requests:

https://<subdomain>.<domain>.com:<port>/<resource-path>

Where:

• <subdomain.domain>.com:<port>: Host and port where Oracle Advanced Authentication is running.

• <resource-path>: Relative path that defines the resource.

Supported Methods

You can perform basic CRUD operations (create, read, update, and delete) on a resource by using standard HTTP method requests, as summarized in the following table.

HTTP Method	Description
GET	Retrieve information about the resource
HEAD	Retrieve header information.
POST	Create resources.
PUT	Update the resource.
DELETE	Delete the Resource.

Media Types

The following media types are supported by the Oracle Advanced Authentication REST API:

• application/json

• application/xml

Supported Headers

The Oracle Advanced Authentication REST API supports the following headers that may be passed in the header section of the HTTP request or response.

Header	Description	Example
Accept-Encoding	List of acceptable encodings to support compression.	Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Encoding	List of acceptable encodings to support compression.	Content-Encoding: deflate
Content-Type	Media type of the body of the request. Required for POST and PUT requests.	Content-Type: application/json