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Standard

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Procedure

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Generally,

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the

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Bim

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REST

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API

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calls

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consist

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of

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three

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steps

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for

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accessing

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the

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resources.

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1.

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Send

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a

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request

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for

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the

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authentication

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token.

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2.

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Receive

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the

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authentication

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token.

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3.

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Use

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the

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token

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for

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making

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the

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API

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request

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for

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any

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resource.

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1.

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Authentication

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token

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request

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The

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authentication

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request

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for

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accessing

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the

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BimPlus

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resource

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should

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be

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sent

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in

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the

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JSON

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format

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using

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the

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Authentication

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Service

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Example:

http://bimplus-dev.mantro.net/v2/authorize

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2. Receive the authentication token The token is received in the request

3. Request the desired resource

Tools

Plugins for doing REST based calls (REST Client)

Chrome --> Advanced REST clientPostman - REST clientSimple REST client

Firefox --> RESTClient

For validating or formatting JSON --> http://jsonlint.com/

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