Working With Maestro Web Services

All API’s are delivered primarily with the Atom syndication format and accessed through RESTful URL’s in either XML or JSON format. Authentication is handled through simple HTTP auth to a standard Maestro user. These URL’s can be accessed quite easily with any HTTP client including web browsers. Most modern programming languages have built in tools or open source libraries for consuming these services. Some of the major libraries for Atom consumption include:

Argotic Syndication Framework for the Microsoft.Net platform.
Apache Abdera for Java

Authentication
Secured Maestro API’s authenticate through simple HTTP authentication that is tied into Maestro’s session management. This requires the username and password of a valid user. Any normal permissions that may be required to access information through the Maestro graphical UI also applies to API calls.

Available Services

• catalog
• catalog detail