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This page shall give you an overview of old and new REST API. These changes will only affect REST URLs, content models have not been changed.

Main focus on redesign REST interface was:

# applying [RESTful Best

 Practices|http://www.slideshare.net/calamitas/restful-best-practices]
#* use HTTP operations instead of URL encoded operation names
#* GET does not modify any object (read-only safety operation)

#* PUT and DELETE are idempotent operations

# use URL parameters for search and filter restrictions

In the near feature I would also like to replace the current search NodeCond with [FIQL searchqueries

|http://cxf.apache.org/docs/jax-rs-advanced-features.html#JAX-RSAdvancedFeatures-FIQLsearchqueries].

h2. Role Interface

CRUD operations:
|| Old URL || New URL || Comment ||
| POST /role/create | POST /roles/ | Creates a new role. Returns URL to new role definition |
| GET /role/list | GET /roles | Returns a list of all known roles |
| GET /role/read/\{roleId\} | GET /roles/\{roleId\} | Returns a single role definition matching the provided roleID |
| GET /role/selfRead/\{roleId\} | GET /roles/\{roleId\} | Authorization mechanisms will be independent of URL |
| GET /role/parent/\{roleId\} | GET /roles/\{roleId\}/parent | Returns a single parent role definition (if available) |
| GET /role/children/\{roleId\} | GET /roles/\{roleId\}/children | Returns a list of children role definitions |
| POST /role/update | POST /roles/\{roleId\} | Updates role. (POST is used here instead of PUT, because RoleMod only contains changes for a role and not a complete representation thereof.) |
| GET /role/delete/\{roleId\} | DELETE /roles/\{roleId\} | Deletes role. |


h2. User Interface

CRUD operations:
|| Old URL || New URL || Comment ||
| POST /user/create | POST /user/ | Creates a new user. _(Returns URL to new user definition)_ |
| GET /user/list | GET /user | Returns a list of all known users |
| GET /user/list/\{page\}/\{size\} | GET /user?page=\{page\}&size=\{size\} | Returns a list of known users matching page/size conditions |
| GET /user/read/\{userId\} | GET /user/\{userId\} | Returns a single user matching the provided userId |
| GET /user/readByUsername/\{username\} | GET /user;uname=\{username\} | Returns a single user matching the provided username |
| POST /user/search | POST /user/search | Returns a list of user matching the provided search conditions. |
| POST /user/search/\{page\}/\{size\} | POST /user/search?page=\{page\}&size=\{size\} | Returns a list of user matching the provided page/size and search conditions. |
| GET /user/count | GET /user/count | Returns a number of existing users. |
| POST /user/search/count | POST /user/count | Returns a number of user matching the provided search conditions. |
| GET /user/verifyPassword/\{username\}?password=\{password\} | GET /user;uname=\{username\};pwd=\{password\} | Returns user if username and password match with an existing account. |
| POST /user/update | POST /user/\{userId\} | Updates user. (POST is used here instead of PUT, because UserMod only contains changes for a user and not a complete representation thereof.) |
| GET /user/delete/\{userId\} | DELETE /user/\{userId\} | Deletes user. |
| GET /deleteByUsername/\{username\} | <<removed>> | Please use 'GET /user;uname=\{username\}' to discover userId and then use 'DELETE /user/\{userId\}' to delete user. |

Account status:
|| Old URL || New URL || Comment ||
| GET /user/activate/\{userId\} | POST /user/{userId}/status | Post a new StatusMod element with status ACTIVATE. |
| GET /user/activateByUsername/\{username\} | <<removed>> | Please use 'GET /user;uname=\{username\}' to discover userId and then use 'POST /user/{userId}/status' to enable user account. |
| GET /user/reactivate/\{userId\} | POST /user/{userId}/status | Post a new StatusMod element with status REACTIVATE. |
| GET /user/reactivateByUsername/\{username\} | <<removed>> | Please use 'GET /user;uname=\{username\}' to discover userId and then use 'POST /user/{userId}/status' to reactivate user account. |
| GET /user/suspend/\{userId\} | POST /user/{userId}/status | Post a new StatusMod element with status SUSPEND. |
| GET /user/suspendByUsername/\{username\} | <<removed>> | Please use 'GET /user;uname=\{username\}' to discover userId and then use 'POST /user/{userId}/status' to suspend user account. |

Workflow actions: {color:red}{_}TODO: Is this a good design decision? Should these activities be moved to WorkflowController?_{color}
|| Old URL || New URL || Comment ||
| GET /user/workflow/form/list | GET /user/workflow/form | Returns a list of user workflow forms. |
| GET /user/workflow/form/\{userId\} | GET /user/\{userId\}/workflow/form | Returns a (single) workflow form assigned to user. |
| POST /user/workflow/form/submit | POST /user/workflow/form | Submittes a form to a user workflow. |
| POST /user/execute/workflow/\{taskId\} | POST /user/workflow/task/\{taskId\}/execute | Executes workflow task on user. |
| GET /workflow/form/claim/\{taskId\} | POST /user/workflow/task/\{taskId\}/claim | Claims workflow task for authenticated (session) user. |