Supported Operations

When working with the Oracle ILOM REST API, you specify HTTP verbs to perform operations on resources. The following table describes the type of operations supported by the Oracle ILOM REST API.

Table 2-1 Supported REST API HTTP Verb Operations

Operation	Description
DELETE Resource DELETE <resource>	Removes the resource specified in the DELETE request. For further details, see Remove Resources Using DELETE Requests.
GET Resource GET <resource>	Returns resource data corresponding to the requested resource. For further details, see these topics: Retrieve Resources Using GET Requests Retrieve Log-Style Resources Using GET Requests
PATCH Resource PATCH <resource>	Modifies the resource specified in the PATCH request. For further details, see Modify Resources Using PATCH Requests,
POST Resource POST <resource>	Creates a resource that is added to the collection represented by the resource specified in the POST request. For further details, see Create Resources Using POST Requests.
POST Action POST <resource>	Performs actions on the resource that are outside the scope of the CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) actions supported by HTTP verbs. For further details, see Perform Actions on Resources Using POST Requests.

Operation

Description

DELETE Resource

DELETE <resource>

Removes the resource specified in the DELETE request.

For further details, see Remove Resources Using DELETE Requests.

GET Resource

GET <resource>

Returns resource data corresponding to the requested resource.

For further details, see these topics:

PATCH Resource

PATCH <resource>

Modifies the resource specified in the PATCH request.

For further details, see Modify Resources Using PATCH Requests,

POST Resource

POST <resource>

Creates a resource that is added to the collection represented by the resource specified in the POST request.

For further details, see Create Resources Using POST Requests.

POST Action

POST <resource>

Performs actions on the resource that are outside the scope of the CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) actions supported by HTTP verbs.

For further details, see Perform Actions on Resources Using POST Requests.