# REST API

## REST API Overview

This section provides an overview of REST management API.

If web management is enabled (see ) the REST API can be used to monitor and manage the broker instance.

The Qpid broker REST services support traditional REST model which uses the GET method requests to retrieve the information about broker configured objects, DELETE method requests to delete the configured object, PUT to create the configured object and POST to update the configured objects.

The table below lists the available REST services with brief description how they can be used.

Rest services

Rest service URL | Description | GET | PUT | POST | DELETE
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
/rest/broker | Rest service to manage broker instance | Retrieves the details of broker configuration | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/authenticationprovider /rest/authenticationprovider/<authentication provider name> | Rest service to manage authentication providers on the broker | Retrieves the details about authentication providers | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/user /rest/user/<authentication provider name>/<user name> | Rest service to manage user account | Retrieves the details about user account | Creates user account | Updates user password | Deletes user account
/rest/groupprovider /rest/groupprovider/<group provider name> | Rest service to manage group providers | Retrieves the details about group provider(s) | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/group /rest/group/<group provider name>/<group name> | Rest service to manage user group | Retrieves the details about user group | Creates group | Not implemented yet | Deletes group
/rest/groupmember /rest/groupmember/<group provider name >/<group name>/<user name> | Rest service to manage group member(s) | Retrieves the details about group member(s) | Add user to group | Not implemented yet | Deletes user from group
/rest/port /rest/port/<port name> | Rest service to manage broker ports(s) | Retrieves the details about the broker port(s) | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/port /rest/port/<port name> | Rest service to manage broker ports(s) | Retrieves the details about the broker port(s) | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/queue /rest/queue/<virtual host name>/>queue name> | Rest service to manage queue(s) | Retrieves the details about the queue(s) | Creates queue | Not implemented yet | Deletes queue
/rest/exchange /rest/exchange/<virtual host name>/<exchange name> | Rest service to manage exchange(s) | Retrieves the details about the exchange(s) | Creates exchange | Not implemented yet | Deletes exchange
/rest/binding /rest/binding/<virtual host name>/<exchange name>/<queue name>/<binding name> | Rest service to manage binding(s) | Retrieves the details about the binding(s) | Binds a queue to an exchange | Not implemented yet | Deletes binding
/rest/connection /rest/connection/<virtual host name>/<connection name> | Rest service to manage connection(s) | Retrieves the details about the connection(s) | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/session /rest/session/<virtual host name>/<connection name>/<session name> | Rest service to manage session(s) | Retrieves the details about the session(s) | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/message/* | Rest service to manage messages(s) | Retrieves the details about the messages(s) | Not implemented yet | Copies, moves messages | Deletes messages
/rest/message-content/* | Rest service to retrieve message content | Retrieves the message content | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/logrecords | Rest service to retrieve broker logs | Retrieves the broker logs | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/sasl | Sasl authentication | Retrieves user current authentication status and broker supported SASL mechanisms | Authenticates user using supported SASL mechanisms | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet
/rest/logout | Log outs | Log outs user | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet | Not implemented yet

Rest URL are hierarchical. It is permitted to replace rest URL elements with an "asterisks" in GET requests to denote all object of a particular type. Additionally, trailing object type in the URL hierarchy can be omitted. In this case GET request will return all of the object underneath of the current object.

For example, for binding URL http://localhost:8080/rest/binding/<vhost>/<exchange>/<queue>/<binding> replacing of <exchange> with "asterisks" (http://localhost:8080/rest/binding/<vhost>/*/<queue>/<binding>) will result in the GET response containing the list of bindings for all of the exchanges in the virtual host having the given name and given queue. If <binding> and <queue> are omitted in binding REST URL (http://localhost:8080/rest/binding/<vhostname>/<exchangename>) the GET request will result in returning all bindings for all queues for the given exchange in the virtual host.

Examples of queue creation using curl:

    #create a durable queue
    curl -X PUT  -d '{"durable":true}' http://localhost:8080/rest/queue/<vhostname>/<queuename>
    #create a durable priority queue
    curl -X PUT  -d '{"durable":true,"type":"priority"}' http://localhost:8080/rest/queue/<vhostname>/<queuename>

Example of binding a queue to an exchange using curl

    curl  -X PUT  -d '{}' http://localhost:8080/rest/binding/<vhostname>/<exchangename>/<queue-name>/<binding-name>

Qpid broker web management console calls rest interfaces internally to manage the broker.