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About Burti REST API

What is a REST API?

Simply put, an API  is set of rules developed to expose data and functionality across the internet in a consistent format. Representation State Transfer (REST) is a term used to refer to API generally being accessed via HTTP protocol.

Resources often have one or more methods that can be performed on them over HTTP, most popular of them being, GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.

Burti REST API resources provides information or content, which can be accessed at a predefined set of URL and returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

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Advantages of using a REST API?

Flexibility

A RESTful API breaks down a transaction to create a series of small modules. Each module addresses a particular underlying part of the transaction. This modularity provides developers with a lot of flexibility.

Suited for WEB

REST technology is generally preferred to the more robust Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology because REST leverages less bandwidth, making it more suitable for internet usage. 

Prerequisites to using Burti API

Hansa Application Language license

To make use of the Burti REST API a HAL license is required. The license might come included in your product's base package, depending on your country and the product you are using, but typically this will not be the case (e.g. with Standard ERP).

Hansa Application Language knowledge optional

To take advantage of the more advanced aspects of the API, you will benefit greatly from having some HAL programming knowledge or a HAL programmer's assistance. For simpler use cases this might not be necessary.

Burti API license

Burti API is not included in Standard ERP base package. You will need to acquire a license from us and as soon as the formalities are settled, you will be provided with the API module package and an enabler key file. These are files that you will need to place on your server. 

Contents of the package:

Exec_file("halcust/datadefEN.hal");

Setting up

Burti API package and product enabler key

When 

Security

There are several layers of security that can and should be implemented to protect your data and your API transactions from snooping from unwanted parties. As a minimum we recommend configuring and using HTTPS in tandem with an authorisation token. This will ensure that the data you send and receive over the API is virtually impossible to access by unauthorised third parties.

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