The UI plugin framework already makes a session ID available for REST API calls. Oved's blog gives a good description with some example code.
http://ovedou.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/ovirt-foreman-ui-plugin.html -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:engine-devel- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Robertson > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:30 AM > To: Libor Spevak > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] REST API calls from the GUI > > Not sure if this is possible now but, I would like the front-end to expose an > authenticated hook to the API so that plug-ins can call RESTful methods. It > would enable plug-in writers to do all sorts of interesting things in their > plug- > ins with the RESTful API. > > Cheers, > Keith > > On 02/12/2013 11:13 AM, Libor Spevak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to ask, if there have been discussions about an option to > > call REST API services directly from the Frontend (GWT layer)? GWT > > compiles Java frontend-side to Javascript, calls to backend services > > are performed "transparently" by the framework using AJAX support. > > But, there is still a need to have a special set of data objects and > > the server-side logic can duplicate. > > > > Java REST API SDK enables to build "thick" client. The calls are > > realized using e.g. Apache HttClient and supported libraries. I think > > the requirements of GWT can be a little bit different, but something > > overlaps. > > > > I found several links about REST API support from GWT, so there is > > something for inspiration... > > > > - http://www.spiffyui.org/ > > - http://www.zackgrossbart.com/hackito/gwt-rest/ > > - http://code.google.com/p/gwt-rest/ > > - http://restygwt.fusesource.org/ > > > > But, do you think it would be useful and what drawbacks can occur > > (authentication, authorization, response times, need to support larger > > set of services, painful refactoring, ...)? > > > > Regards, > > Libor > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Engine-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel
