REST interface reference

The REST interface syntax for initial requests is

http://webservername:portnumber/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp/rds
/resource_type/source_type/source_id?option1=val1&option2=val2...

Some Mashup Service tasks require several interactive steps to complete. Examples are retrieving report output one page at a time, collecting report prompts, and drilling up or down in a report. In these cases, the initial request has the syntax that is displayed above. Secondary requests have the syntax shown here.

http://webservername:portnumber/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp/rds
/sessionOutput/conversationID/conv_ID/secondary_request?option1=val1
&option2=val2...

The resource types, source types, options, and secondary requests are described in the following topics.

Most of the XML structures that are inputs to, or responses from, the REST commands are part of the Authentication Schema Reference, Layout Data Schema Reference, or the RDS Schema Reference. However, there are some XML structures that are unique to the URL interface and are not part of these three schemas. These are documented in XML elements reference.