InventoryWebservice

Restful webservice to get and adjust a shops inventory.

Operations

• Whole inventory (e.g. http://<user>:<pass>@127.0.0.1/inventory)

  • HEAD returns header without data (e.g. to check for service availability)
  • GET returns list of ids and names for every item formated as JSON
  • POST name="Blättermagen" lieferant="Lunderland" ... creates a new item

• Single Item (e.g. http://<user>:<pass>@127.0.0.1/inventory/67)

  • GET returns database values for the item formated as JSON
  • PUT quantity=5 adjusts quantity to 5

Testing with curl

• HEAD: curl -u <user>:<pass> -i -X 'HEAD' http://127.0.0.1/inventory/
• GET: curl -u <user>:<pass> http://127.0.0.1/inventory/67
• PUT: curl -u <user>:<pass> -X PUT -d quantity=3 http://127.0.0.1/inventory/67
• POST: curl -u <user>:<pass> --request 'POST' -d 'name=Lamm' http://127.0.0.1/inventory/

Enabling URL rewriting for Apache

1. a2enmod rewrite
2. In apache2.conf set AllowOverride to All for the /var/www/ directory
3. service apache2 restart