What Is Web Service(REST) component?

Web Service(REST) component is a component for accessing Web service based on REST. The following features are available:

Support GET method
Support URLs with parameters such as "http://www.example.com/yyy/zzz?aaa=bbb&ccc=ddd"
* The PUT, POST, and DELETE methods are not supported.

What Is REST?
An acronym for Representational State Transfer, REST is a Web architecture that uses URIs for specifying resources and HTTP protocols to access and perform actions on those resources.

How to Use Web Service(REST) component

To use Web Service(REST) component:

Click "Templates" in the document launcher area on the left side of the window.
A list of document templates is displayed in tree format.
Double-click^*1 Data Access - Web Service(REST) in the list of document templates.
A document template for Web Service(REST) component opens, and the menu for Web Service(REST) component appears in the menu bar.
*1 Press and hold the Shift + Enter keys, or right-click and select Open in New Window from the popup menu that is displayed to open the template in a new window.
Create a request message, and execute the REST Web service call.
See Creating Request Messages and Calling REST Web Services
Change View of the execution results of the REST Web service if necessary.
See Switching the Execution Results Display

You can also insert Web Service(REST) component into different document like XHTML. For details, refer to the operation manual^*1 of the parent component.
*1 When using XHTML, see the "XHTML Component for xfy Operation Manual".
If you save document, information of request settings, and results of calling REST Web services, and view style settings are saved to the document. It is convenient to save the document and reuse it if you access the REST Web service of the same URL repeatedly.
* If Web Service - Re-execute When Loading File is enabled, the results of calling a REST Web service are not saved.