Working with REST

In this recipe, we will use the REST plugin. We will use it to connect to the Orchestrator Control Center REST API.

Getting ready

We need a REST-capable host you can contact. As every REST host handles things a little differently, we will use the REST interface Orchestrator and the Orchestrator Control Center, to showcase the functionality.

I have also collected some other Orchestrator-REST integration examples in the See also section of this recipe.

If you are new to REST, I would like to point you to the Accessing Orchestrator REST API recipe in Chapter 7, Interacting with Orchestrator.

How to do it...

This recipe is divided into connecting, gathering information, sending information, as well as creating workflows.

Connecting to a ...

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