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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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+
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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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...
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.
Example:
http://bimplus-dev.mantro.net/v2/authorize
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{
"user_id":
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"test@bimplus.net",
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"password":
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"test"
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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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The
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token
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is
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received
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in
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the
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request.
3. Request the desired resource
Tools
Plugins for doing REST based calls (REST Client)
Chrome --> Advanced REST client, Postman - REST client, Simple REST client
Firefox --> RESTClient
For validating or formatting JSON --> http://jsonlint.com/
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