FAQs
Does the CA4K contain a RESTful API?
YES...
The CA4K Restful API is built as a wrapper WebAPI form using the .NET Windows API. The Restful API returns mostly JSON data.
Below is a brief explanation of a RESTful API:
A Web Service API is for development in web services where emphasis has been moving to simpler representational state transfer (REST) based communications.
Web Service - Computer to Computer using HTTP
Clearly, both are means of communications. The difference is that Web Service almost always involves communication over network and HTTP is the most commonly used protocol.
Web development languages
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php
REST
SOAP
WSDL
Python - Web based programming language - There is no API available for this.