Key Elements for Unified CVP APIs

This section identifies the key elements and patterns within a Unified CVP API.

Sample URL for a Unified CVP API:

https://<host>:<port>/cvp-config/<sampleservice>/<samplemethod>

Sample URL for a Unified CVP API

Element

Description

https://

HTTPS is the secure protocol used by Unified CVP API.

<host>:<port>

Replace <host> with the hostname and <port> with the port number. These two elements are part of the context root for each API.

cvp-config

This is the web service that provides the REST APIs according to the REST standards.

sampleservice

This is the name of the service being addressed by this Unified CVP API. In this element, sampleService is the interface and sample is the implementation.

samplemethod

This is the API name. Each API name begins with a verb to indicate the action being performed.