InterMapper HTTP API Overview

InterMapper provides an HTTP API for retrieving data from, and sending data to the InterMapper server ("exporting" and "importing", respectively). The API allows an external program to use standard HTTP commands (GET, POST) and a straightforward URL syntax to make these requests.

There are the major features of the HTTP API:

• File Import/Export gives access to files of the InterMapper Settings folder.
• Table Import/Export gives access to the tables in the same formats that are currently available through the RemoteAccess Import and Export commands.
• Acknowledgements - send Basic Acknowledgements to an InterMapper server using HTTP. This allows you to acknowledge down devices from phones, browsers, or scripts.

Through these API interfaces you can accomplish a number of scripting tasks. Two scripts are provided, allowing you to "clone" the InterMapper Settings directory through a script.

The features of the HTTP API are described in these topics:

Importing & Exporting Files - How to access the InterMapper Settings directory's file system.

Importing & Exporting Tables - How to import or export map data directly.

Acknowledging Devices - How to acknowledge down devices or interfaces using the HTTP API.

Scripting Examples - Examples of the "clone" scripts and much more.