POST api/{entitytype}

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
entitytype		string	Required

Body Parameters

Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]

Request Formats

application/json

Sample:

{Summary: 'New ticket via api',PriorityName: '4 - low'}

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

{"sample string 1":{},"sample string 3":{}}

Response Information

HttpResponseMessage

Name	Type	Additional information
Version	Version	None.
Content	HttpContent	None.
StatusCode	HttpStatusCode	None.
ReasonPhrase	string	None.
Headers	Collection of Object	None.
RequestMessage	HttpRequestMessage	None.
IsSuccessStatusCode	boolean	None.

Example Code in C#

 
        //REQUEST  
        string type = "changemanagementticket";
        string uri = string.Format("http://localhost/restapi/api/{0}",type);
        HttpWebRequest webRequest = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(uri);
        //Assumption: CGRestAPI is configured to use WIA. Otherwise, sessionid needs to be sent in the headers
        webRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
        webRequest.Method = "POST";
        webRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
        var ticketData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
                                                    {
                                                        Summary: 'Test new change ticket creation',
  	                                                    PriorityName: '4 - low'
                                                    }, Formatting.Indented);

        using (Stream dataStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream())
        {
            using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(dataStream))
            {
                using (var writer = new JsonTextWriter(streamWriter))
                {
                    writer.WriteRaw(ticketData);
                }
            }
        }
        HttpWebResponse httpWebResponse = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();
            
        //RESPONSE    
        HttpWebResponse httpWebResponse = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();
        Stream responseStream = httpWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
        using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
        {
            IDictionary responseData = new Hashtable();
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(streamReader.ReadToEnd());
            if (result != null)
            {
                //do something here
            }
        }