cURL Access

The examples in this document use cURL to demonstrate how to access the Oracle WebCenter Portal REST API.

To use cURL to access the Oracle WebCenter Portal REST API:

  • Install cURL, as described in Quick Start.

  • In a command window, set the cURL environment variable, CURL_CA_BUNDLE, to the location of your local CA certificate bundle. For information about CA certificate verification using cURL, see: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html.

  • Invoke cURL and specify one or more of the command-line options defined in the following table, as required, to direct its execution

    This table summarizes the cURL options used in the command examples.

    cURL Option

    Description

    -d, --data @file.json Identifies the request document, in JSON format, on the local machine.
    -F, --form @file.json Identifies form data, in JSON format, on the local machine.
    -H Defines one or both of the following:
    • Content type of the request document

    • Custom header, X-ID-TENANT-NAME, to identify the identity domain

    -i Displays response header information.
    -u, --user username:password Specifies the user name and password for the Oracle WebCenter Portal account.
    -X Indicates the type of request (for example, GET, POST, and so on).

For example:

curl -i -X GET -u <username>:<password> -H <request-header>:<value> https://<subdomain>.<domain>.com/<path>/<resource-path>