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The Astra Control REST API uses HTTP and related parameters to act on the resource instances and collections. Details of the HTTP implementation are presented below.

API transactions and the CRUD model

The Astra Control REST API implements a transactional model with well-defined operations and state transitions.

Request and response API transaction

Every REST API call is performed as an HTTP request to the Astra service. Each request generates an associated response back to the client. This request-response pair can be considered an API transaction.

Support for CRUD operational model

Each of the resource instances and collections available through the Astra Control REST API is accessed based on the CRUD model. There are four operations, each of which maps to a single HTTP method. The operations include:

  • Create

  • Read

  • Update

  • Delete

For some of the Astra resources, only a subset of these operations is supported. You should review the API reference for more information about a specific API call.

HTTP methods

The HTTP methods or verbs supported by the API are presented in the table below.

Method CRUD Description

GET

Read

Retrieves object properties for a resource instance or collection. This is considered a list operation when used with a collection.

POST

Create

Creates a new resource instance based on the input parameters. The long-term URL is returned in a Location response header.

PUT

Update

Updates an entire resource instance with the supplied JSON request body. Key values that are not user modifiable are preserved.

DELETE

Delete

Deletes an existing resource instance.

Request and response headers

The following table summaries the HTTP headers used with the Astra Control REST API.

Note See RFC 7232 and RFC 7233 for more information.
Header Type Usage notes

Accept

Request

If the value is "/" or is not provided, application/json is returned in Content-Type response header. If the value is set to the Astra resource Media Type, the same Media Type is returned in the Content-Type header.

Authorization

Request

Bearer token with the API key for the user.

Content-Type

Response

Returned based on the Accept request header.

Etag

Response

Included with a successful as defined with RFC 7232. The value is a hexadecimal representation of the MD5 value for the entire JSON resource.

If-Match

Request

A precondition request header implemented as described in section 3.1 RFC 7232 and support for PUT requests.

If-Modified-Since

Request

A precondition request header implemented as described in section 3.4 RFC 7232 and support for PUT requests.

If-Unmodified-Since

Request

A precondition request header implemented as described in section 3.4 RFC 7232 and support for PUT requests.

Location

Response

Contains the full URL of the newly created resource.

Query parameters

The following query parameters are available for use with resource collections. See Working with collections for more information.

Query parameter Description

include

Contains the fields that should be returned when reading a collection.

filter

Indicates the fields that must match for a resource to be returned when reading a collection.

orderBy

Determines the sort order of resources returned when reading a collection.

limit

Limits the maximum number of resources returned when reading a collection.

skip

Sets the number of resources to pass over and skip when reading a collection.

count

Indicates if the total number of resources should be returned in the metadata object.

HTTP status codes

The HTTP status codes used by the Astra Control REST API are described below.

Note The Astra Control REST API also uses the Problem Details for HTTP APIs standard. See Diagnostics and support for more information.
Code Meaning Description

200

OK

Indicates success for calls that do not create a new resource instance.

201

Created

An object is successfully created and the location response header includes the unique identifier for the object.

204

No content

The request was successful although no content was returned.

400

Bad request

The request input is not recognized or is inappropriate.

401

Unauthorized

The user is not authorized and must authentiate.

403

Forbidden

Access is denied due to an authorization error.

404

Not found

The resource referred to in the request does not exist.

409

Conflict

An attempt to create an object failed because the object already exists.

500

Internal error

A general internal error occurred at the server.

503

Service unavailable

The service is not ready to handle the request for some reason.