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The Rotronic Monitoring System offers two API functions, both using HTTP-POST requests:

1.Extract Data From RMS.

2.Integrate Data Into RMS.

 

Some vocabulary:

 

API: An Application Program Interface (API) is a computing interface to a system that defines how other systems can use it.

 

HTTP-POST request: In web services POST requests are used to send data to the API server to create or update a resource. The data sent to the server is stored in the request body of the HTTP request.

 

HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the underlying format that is used to structure request and responses for effective communication between a client and a server.

 

HTTP request: Is an action to be performed on a resource identified by a given Request-URL.

 

The data is formatted in JSON. JavaScript Object Notation is an open standard file format.