[Engine-devel] REST API calls from the GUI

[Keith Robertson]

Good to know, thanks!

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Morrissey" <Christopher.Morrissey at netapp.com>
> To: "Keith Robertson" <kroberts at redhat.com>, "Libor Spevak" <lspevak at redhat.com>
> Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:53:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [Engine-devel] REST API calls from the GUI
> 
> The UI plugin framework already makes a session ID available for REST
> API calls. Oved's blog gives a good description with some example
> code.
> 
> http://ovedou.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/ovirt-foreman-ui-plugin.html
> 
> -Chris
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: engine-devel-bounces at ovirt.org [mailto:engine-devel-
> > bounces at ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Keith Robertson
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:30 AM
> > To: Libor Spevak
> > Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org
> > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] REST API calls from the GUI
> > 
> > Not sure if this is possible now but, I would like the front-end to
> > expose an
> > authenticated hook to the API so that plug-ins can call RESTful
> > methods.  It
> > would enable plug-in writers to do all sorts of interesting things
> > in their plug-
> > ins with the RESTful API.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Keith
> > 
> > On 02/12/2013 11:13 AM, Libor Spevak wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to ask, if there have been discussions about an
> > > option to
> > > call REST API services directly from the Frontend (GWT layer)?
> > > GWT
> > > compiles Java frontend-side to Javascript, calls to backend
> > > services
> > > are performed "transparently" by the framework using AJAX
> > > support.
> > > But, there is still a need to have a special set of data objects
> > > and
> > > the server-side logic can duplicate.
> > >
> > > Java REST API SDK enables to build "thick" client. The calls are
> > > realized using e.g. Apache HttClient and supported libraries. I
> > > think
> > > the requirements of GWT can be a little bit different, but
> > > something
> > > overlaps.
> > >
> > > I found several links about REST API support from GWT, so there
> > > is
> > > something for inspiration...
> > >
> > > - http://www.spiffyui.org/
> > > - http://www.zackgrossbart.com/hackito/gwt-rest/
> > > - http://code.google.com/p/gwt-rest/
> > > - http://restygwt.fusesource.org/
> > >
> > > But, do you think it would be useful and what drawbacks can occur
> > > (authentication, authorization, response times, need to support
> > > larger
> > > set of services, painful refactoring, ...)?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Libor
> > >
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