New REST APIs overview

The new REST APIs for IBM® Maximo® Asset Management provide enhanced support for querying Maximo Asset Management data.

The new REST APIs for Maximo Asset Management are a rewrite of the existing REST APIs that were released after Maximo Asset Management version 7.1, and are integrated in Maximo Asset Management releases starting with version 7.6.0.2.

The new REST API resources evolved from the OSLC REST API and provides similar capabilities but removes the requirement to use OSLC namespaces. The new REST API is sometimes referred to as the REST/JSON API because of the end-to-end support of the JSON data format.

The following enhanced support and capabilities are included in the new REST APIs:
  • Related object queries, multi-attribute text search, and custom queries
  • Bookmarking, notifications, and image association
  • Metadata support that uses the JSON schema
  • Dynamic query views
  • GROUP BY queries
  • Custom JSON elements that are appended to the object structure JSON
  • Integration with the Maximo Asset Management cache framework

The new REST APIs can be used when a Maximo Asset Management package that is not customized is installed and set up with users and groups.

For more information about the new REST APIs, see https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Maximo%20Asset%20Management/page/Maximo%20JSON%20API on IBM developer works.