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Workspace IBM Rational Business Developer
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 7, 2010

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Consume REST services with non EGL applications in RBD

We have been trying to understand how to consume REST services with non EGL applications in RBD.

To this end we raised a support case (PMR#81172,500,624) to establish how to achieve this and were informed that EGL REST services are only consumable with EGL applications and the alternative is to use EGL SOAP services.

An explanation from RBD development was also provided ie:
EGL REST Services use standard HTTP methods for communication with the client, and standard JSON notation to encode the message between the
client and the server. Due to the fact that EGL Services support multiple entry points (i.e. functions), it is necessary for the client
to communicate with the service using a proprietary message format that we have defined. EGL clients that communicate with an EGL REST service
are generated to send and receive messages in this format. In RBD 8.0.1 we have re-named EGL REST services to EGL REST-RPC services to further
indicate that these are REST services using a proprietary message to communicate between the client and the server. This information will
also be included in the 8.0.1 documentation.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 28, 2022
    Delivered in RBD 9.7 with REST API annotations for EGL services. Documentation includes information on EGL REST RPC and REST API.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 11, 2021

    IBM Business Developer is a continuous delivery offering, and aims to satisfy the needs of a rapidly evolving market segment. Product strategy evolves and requirements are continuously evaluated against that strategy. This RFE has recently been reappraised against the wider product strategy and does not fall into IBMs delivery plans for the next 12 month. Whilst this RFE might be valid and we might look to deliver longer term, this RFE is being rejected at this time.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 10, 2021

    This RFE is more than a decade old. It might not be relevant now. Please create a new RFE if this requirement still exists.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Business Developer

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Business Developer

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 28, 2011

    Is the documentation already available somewhere? I urgently need this and I cannot find any informations.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 28, 2011

    Is the documentation already available somewhere? I urgently need this and I cannot find any informations.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 19, 2011

    We believe that you have a common use case. Therefore we plan to provide documentation of our EGL REST service interface, to make it a public API. When this documentation has been completed, we will add it to the online InfoCenter for V8, and we'll put it on the EGL Cafe for V7.5.x users.

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