Chapter 12. The REST API

Using the REST API with Ruby

require 'net/http'

http = Net::HTTP.new('localhost', 8080)

#An example of how to create a new entry

http.post('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'DATA_HERE', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of using a GET operation to retrieve the key

puts http.get('/rest/MyData/MyKey').body

#An Example of using a PUT operation to overwrite the key

http.put('/rest/MyData/MyKey', 'MORE DATA', {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"})

#An example of Removing the remote copy of the key

http.delete('/rest/MyData/MyKey')

#An example of creating binary data

http.put('/rest/MyImages/Image.png', File.read('/Users/michaelneale/logo.png'), {"Content-Type" => "image/png"})

Prerequisites

To use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) with ruby to interact with Red Hat JBoss Data Grid’s REST Interface, install the JSON Ruby library (see your platform’s package manager or the Ruby documentation) and declare the requirement using the following code:

Using JSON with Ruby

The following code is an example of how to use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) in conjunction with Ruby to send specific data, in this case the name and age of an individual, using the PUT function.

Using the REST API with Python

import httplib

#How to insert data

conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("localhost:8080")
data = "SOME DATA HERE \!" #could be string, or a file...
conn.request("POST", "/rest/default/0", data, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"})
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status

#How to retrieve data

import httplib
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("localhost:8080")
conn.request("GET", "/rest/default/0")
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status
print response.read()

Defining Imports

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

Adding a String Value to a Cache

// Using the imports in the previous example
public class RestExample {

   /**
    * Method that puts a String value in cache.
    * @param urlServerAddress
    * @param value
    * @throws IOException
    */

   public void putMethod(String urlServerAddress, String value) throws IOException {
      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
      System.out.println("Executing PUT");
      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
      URL address = new URL(urlServerAddress);
      System.out.println("executing request " + urlServerAddress);
      HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) address.openConnection();
      System.out.println("Executing put method of value: " + value);
      connection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
      connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
      connection.setDoOutput(true);

      OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
      outputStreamWriter.write(value);

      connection.connect();
      outputStreamWriter.flush();

      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
      System.out.println(connection.getResponseCode() + " " + connection.getResponseMessage());
      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");

      connection.disconnect();
   }

Get a String Value from a Cache

    // Continuation of RestExample defined in previous example
		/**
    * Method that gets an value by a key in url as param value.
    * @param urlServerAddress
    * @return String value
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public String getMethod(String urlServerAddress) throws IOException {
      String line = new String();
      StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
      System.out.println("Executing GET");
      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");

      URL address = new URL(urlServerAddress);
      System.out.println("executing request " + urlServerAddress);

      HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) address.openConnection();
      connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
      connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
      connection.setDoOutput(true);

      BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));

      connection.connect();

      while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
         stringBuilder.append(line + '\n');
      }

      System.out.println("Executing get method of value: " + stringBuilder.toString());

      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
      System.out.println(connection.getResponseCode() + " " + connection.getResponseMessage());
      System.out.println("----------------------------------------");

      connection.disconnect();

      return stringBuilder.toString();
   }

Using a Java Main Method

    // Continuation of RestExample defined in previous example
		/**
    * Main method example.
    * @param args
    * @throws IOException
    */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        //Note that the cache name is "cacheX"
        RestExample restExample = new RestExample();
        restExample.putMethod("http://localhost:8080/rest/cacheX/1", "Infinispan REST Test");
        restExample.getMethod("http://localhost:8080/rest/cacheX/1");
    }
}