After a brief hiatus I’m back and to start things off I wanted to share an example of how to use the new REST API we have created as part of our Purity Operating Environment. The implementation of the REST API provides a simple interface for many of the Purity commands available via the CLI. This may be common knowledge but I wanted to make sure we are all on the same page and understand what REST is before diving into details. REST standards for REpresentational State Transfer (REST) uses HTTP requests to interact with resources within Pure Storage. REST is an architectural style that describes the following constraints:
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