WebSphere® Business Monitor V6.2 includes the functionality for accessing model metadata and monitored business data through a set of Representational State Transfer (REST) Service APIs. Therefore, WebSphere Business Monitor dashboards, custom dashboards, and other client programs can retrieve WebSphere Business Monitor data programmatically using REST APIs.
REST APIs are public APIs that you can use to extract monitor data or to create custom dashboards and reports based on monitor data. The REST implementation allows for easy to use HTTP services that are language- and platform-independent, stateless, scalable, and easily parsed. REST uses a simplified architecture and standard HTTP methods, enabling better scalability than other types of APIs, and .
REST APIs are based on HTTP style requests where JavaScript™ Object Notation (JSON) is used for data exchange. Thus, users can write a simple program, create their own dashboard or integrate a third-party product by invoking REST APIs. For more information, refer to the Business Monitor REST API reference.
The samples provided in the download and described in this document are intended to illustrate exactly how to write a program that obtains WebSphere Business Monitor data through the REST APIs.