Q: What is a Rest API ? (in general)
A RESTful API -- also referred to as a RESTful web service -- is based on representational state transfer (REST) technology, an architectural style and approach to communications often used in web services development.
Q: What is the iQSonar Rest API ?
The REST API allows users to query the iQSonar results directly using the web client protocol. The results are (with one or two exceptions) returned in JSON format.
The sample HowTo articles demonstrate use of the RestAPI using multiple scripting languages and the use of the API to perform a number of different types of queries.
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