OMNITRACKER REST Web Services for external web services

Real-time data exchange via REST interface

Representational State Transfer (REST) is a modern architecture style for web services, used by many cloud services. With OMNITRACKER REST Web Services, you can easily create REST requests for external web services. Thus, you can get real-time information from external systems and make data available to third-party systems.

Advantages of REST interfaces

Advantages at a glance:

Real-time transmission
State-of-the-art communication
Connect mobile applications
Use online services

With the help of OMNITRACKER REST Web Services, the OMNITRACKER Interface Bus allows you to individually connect web services in various formats. The REST API is an interface for all purposes and it is used for data exchange and synchronization with distributed systems in real-time. It fulfills all defined conditions of a standardized interface. The REST programming interface enables continuous machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and creates a flexible architectural style that better meets the requirements of the modern internet.

Reliable live interface

Web services that are using REST architecture style do not need to record the state of a communication between server and client. In this way, you save time as well as memory and capacities, which significantly improves the performance (capability) during data transfer. As requests can be made regardless of the communication language, fast communication is possible. In this way, changes that are made in an external system are transmitted to OMNITRACKER almost in real-time.

REST as a common communication method

REST design was introduced to take advantage of existing protocols more effectively.

It is characterized by its enormous flexibility and is not bound to fixed methods or resources (objects). Accordingly, it is possible to handle multiple types of requests and return different data formats. REST can be used for the most common protocols, e.g. HTTPS. You do not need to install any additional libraries or software tools.

The faster alternative in IoT

In web-based scenarios, REST is the faster alternative to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or Web Service Description Language (WSDL). It consists of defined guidelines for flexible implementation. REST API is resource-efficient and therefore suitable for modern applications, such as mobile applications, serverless computing, or the Internet of Things (IoT).

Language-independent use of REST-compliant online services

With OMNITRACKER Rest Web Services, you can access XML, JSON, YAML, HTTP/S formats and other alternatives. For example, any programming language as well as any machine can read JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Moreover, JSON is easy to use when programming.

Data exchange from and with external systems using OMNITRACKER REST Web Services.

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Functionality of OMNITRACKER REST Web Services

OMNITRACKER REST Web Services contain both the OMNITRACKER REST Web Service Consumer and the OMNITRACKER REST Web Service Provider. This allows you to retrieve information from external systems (Consumer) and process it in OMNITRACKER, but also to provide information to third-party systems (Provider). REST API offers a standardized interface for the integration of third-party systems and is based on resources. For instance, an OMNITRACKER resource is an object that represents a customer, a company or an incident.

OMNITRACKER REST Web Service Consumer for data integration from external systems

The script-based approach allows requests from external web services via OMNITRACKER Automation Interface. With this interface, you can completely control third-party systems, whereby downstream events are also triggered automatically. For this purpose, you can use web server-, client- or server-side scripts as well as the OMNITRACKER BPMN Engine. Of course, authentication takes place at the endpoint that is to be consumed. Here, you can choose between a manual and an automatic login. Generically registered user data are stored encrypted in OMNITRACKER, whereas manual entries are transmitted encrypted.

OMNITRACKER REST Web Service Provider to make data available for other systems

OMNITRACKER REST Web Service Provider provides your OMNITRACKER data to external systems. Endpoint mappings are used to define a server-side connection between the URL and a script. The called script can—for example—be a read-only script with read permissions or a script with more extensive write permissions.

OMNITRACKER REST API is a consistent application interface that ensures the following conditions:

Addressability: Each web service must be uniquely identifiable via Unique Resource Identifiers (URI) and thus be addressable, which is provided by URLs.
Various representations of resources: A web service should have different forms of representation. You can design your OMNITRACKER individually and store several languages.
Self-description: All resources should be self-describing, e.g. in the sense of using standards.
Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State (HATEOAS): The basic principle of REST architecture style states that the communication of a client via the API interface always takes place via the URLs that are provided by the server.

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Features of OMNITRACKER REST Web Services

Integrated

Complete product integration into your own infrastructure

Flexible

High product flexibility: easily customizable and extensible

Consistent

Usable for all OMNITRACKER applications

Automatic

Login with the help of the stored access data

Cost

Reduced administration efforts

Quickly

Data exchange with external web services in real time

Predictive Maintenance in digital production

This process uses measurement and production data from machines and plants for maintenance at the time actually needed. Industry 4.0 machines have their own digital sensors with OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) and can thus establish a direct connection with IoT Edge from Microsoft^® Azure. These sensors constantly collect data—e.g. about the oil level and oil condition of a machine—and pass this information on to IoT Edge.

With OMNITRACKER REST Web Services, you can automatically query this data and import it into OMNITRACKER. Consequently, you receive all maintenance information and can maintain the machines and systems proactively and in line with requirements. Thus, downtimes and the risk of critical machine damages are minimized. With OMNITRACKER, you have a central system in which you can monitor your entire plant park regardless of location. You can also order the new oil and other consumables via the OMNITRACKER web shop and issue the corresponding maintenance order to your technician. Furthermore, you create clear diagrams about each individual machine with OMNILYTICS.