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M Visser posted 07-28-2023 06:17

The REST AND JSON API enhancements page mentions the following:

> For more information about the new REST APIs, see the Maximo REST API guide on IBM® Developer.

However, as with many links from the IBM documentation, that link is broken. Does anyone know what it pointed towards and whether that information is still reachable from another path? Is it the same document as this guide perhaps?

I'm currently building a tool for end-users (so no Automation scripts) to automatically download, sort and export their Service Requests / Work Orders / Assets from. It mostly works, but I need all the information on the API I can get. Getting MBO data without using Automation scripts is apparently very complicated.

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Clyde Waters

I have encountered this issue many times with links going bad in IBM documentation.  I would suggest reaching out to IBM support to verify for sure what this link is meant to direct to. However, I beleive it was going to this document;  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/Maximo_NextGen_REST_API_-_nextgen.pdf

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Steven Shull

The PDF link Clyde mentioned is our documentation for the REST API right now. The developer site presented it differently but all the information is in there.

We're in the process of making a wiki for the REST API similar to our Automation Script documentation https://ibm-maximo-dev.github.io/maximo-autoscript-documentation/. We're hoping to make the new REST API wiki public around the 8.11 release timeline in September. The goal is to encompass what's in the PDF, add in newer functionality that may not have been documented in the PDF, and for the first time starting to document some of the business logic examples. Our REST API documentation has always focused on the technical capability (how do I search, how do I handle pagination, etc.) but when it comes to business logic questions (how do I move an asset from location A to location B, how do I create a follow up WO, etc.), it's been up to the customer to know how to do it. We'll obviously only be able to cover a subset of what's possible but as questions come up with "how do I do X", we think it'd be helpful to publicize for everyone to benefit from.