Mention Swagger UI

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Petr Stefan 8 years ago
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@ -3082,15 +3082,6 @@ The REST API is a PHP application run in an HTTP server. Its purpose is
providing controlled access to the evaluation backend and storing the state of
the application.
@todo: what to mention
- basic - GET, POST, JSON, Header, ...
- endpoint structure, Swager UI
- handling requests, preflight, checking roles with annotation
- Uploading files and file storage - one by one upload endpoint. Explain
different types of the Uploaded files.
- Automatic detection of the runtime environment - users must submit
correctly named files, assuming the RTE from the extensions
### Used Technologies
We chose to use PHP in version 7.0, which was the most recent version at the
@ -3326,6 +3317,20 @@ the `/login` endpoint group.
An advantage of this approach is being able control the authentication process
completely instead of just receiving session data through a global variable.
### Accessing Endpoints
The REST API has a [generated documentation](https://recodex.github.io/api/)
describing detailed format of input values as well as response structures
including samples.
Knowing the exact format of the endpoints allows interacting directly with the
API using any REST client available, for example `curl` or `Postman` Chrome
extension. However, there is a generated [REST
client](https://recodex.github.io/api/ui.html) directly for the ReCodEx API
structure using Swagger UI tool. For each endpoint there is a form with boxes
for all the input parameters including description and data type. The responses
are shown as highlighted JSON. The authorization can be set for whole session at
once using "Authorize" button at the top of the page.
### Permissions
@ -3434,10 +3439,6 @@ validates the file and gives us access to all of the information through
an interface of a class and not only using associative arrays. This is very
similar to how the job configuration files are processed.
## API Endpoints
@todo: Tell the user about the generated API reference and how the
Swagger UI can be used to access the API directly.
## Web Application

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