Send Requests

Use these guidelines when sending requests using the Session Border Controller (SBC) REST API.

URL Structure

Here's the URL structure for the requests:

https://<subdomain>.<domain>.com:<port>/<resource-path>

Where:

<subdomain.domain>.com:<port>: Host and port where the SBC is running.
<resource-path>: Relative path that defines the resource.

Supported Methods

You can perform basic CRUD operations (create, read, update, and delete) on a resource by using standard HTTP method requests, as summarized in the following table.

HTTP Method	Description
`GET`	Retrieve information about the SBC.
`POST`	Configure the SBC.
`PUT`	Update the SBC.
`DELETE`	Delete an SBC configuration element.

Media Types

The following media types are supported by the SBC REST API:

application/xml

Supported Headers

The SBC REST API supports the following headers that may be passed in the header section of the HTTP request or response.

Header Description Example

Content-Type Media type of the body of the request. Required for POST and PUT requests. Content-Type: application/xml

Authorization

When requesting the access token, this header's value is the word "Basic" followed by the base64 encoding of the credentials.

When sending the access token, this header's value is the word "Bearer" followed by the previously returned access token.

See Authenticate for details.

Requesting a token:

Authorization: Basic
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Sending a token:

Authorization: Bearer
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