Changes in Release 24.4 Oracle REST Data Services Developer's Guide
Changes in Oracle REST Data Services 24.4
This section lists the changes in Oracle REST Data Services for 24.4 release.
New Features
The following new features are included in this release:
- Pre-Authenticated Requests: Pre-authenticated requests enables you to access the protected ORDS RESTful services without the user credentials. See Oracle REST Data Services Pre-Authenticated Requests and Oracle REST Data Services Pre-Authenticated Requests.
- :body_json Implicit Parameter: The
:body_jsonimplicit parameter can be used with thePOSTresource handlers to receive the contents of the request body as a JSON object. See Support for Automatic Binding and About the :body_json Parameter. - ORDS_SECURITY and ORDS_SECURITY_ADMIN PL/SQL packages: Two new packages are introduced. See ORDS_SECURITY PL/SQL Package Reference and ORDS_SECURITY_ADMIN PL/SQL Package Reference. (formerly in OAUTH and OAUTH_ADMIN PL/SQL packages).
Deprecated Features
This section lists the deprecated features in this release.
Deprecation of OAUTH and OAUTH_ADMIN PL/SQL packages: Starting from Oracle REST Data Services release (ORDS) 24.3, the OAUTH and OAUTH_ADMIN PL/SQL packages are deprecated in favor of the ORDS_SECURITY and ORDS_SECURITY_ADMIN PL/SQL packages. Oracle will maintain backward compatibility with the earlier packages through ORDS release 25.2, after which the packages will be desupported starting from ORDS release 25.3 (October 2025).
See OAUTH PL/SQL Package Reference and OAUTH_ADMIN PL/SQL Package ReferenceOther Changes
Updated the section Third-Party License Information.