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MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation
GET /manage/v2?view=describe

Summary

This resource address returns a description of the methods available on this endpoint.

URL Parameters
format The format of the returned data. Allowed values: html, json, or xml (default). This value overrides the Accept header if both are present.
Request Headers
Accept The expected MIME type of the response. If the format parameter is present, it takes precedence over the Accept header.
Response Headers
Content-type The MIME type of the data in the response body. Depending upon the value of the format parameter or Accept header, one of application/xml, application/json, or text/html.

Response

Upon success, MarkLogic Server returns status code 200 (OK). The response body contains the requested data.

Required Privileges

This operation requires the manage-user role, or the following privilege:

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/manage

Usage Notes

The JSON output for this request minimally matches the OPENAPI specification. For details, see http://swagger.io.specification.

Example


curl --anyauth --user username:password -i -H "Accept: application/xml" \
  http://localhost:8002/manage/v2?view=describe

==>  MarkLogic responds with output similar to the following. (The output has 
     been truncated in this example.)

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: -1
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 571873
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

<describe xmlns="http://marklogic.com/manage/describe">
  <info>
    <title>REST Management API</title>
    <description>OpenAPI definition of the REST Management API.</description>
    <version>v2</version>
  </info>
  <host>localhost:8002</host>
  <schemes>
    <scheme>http</scheme>
  </schemes>
  <basePath>/manage/v2</basePath>
  <paths>
    <path uri="">
      <method type="get">
        <type>get</type>
        <tags>
          <tag>datetime</tag>
        </tags>
        <summary>GET Method</summary>
        <description/>
        <consumes/>
        <produces/>
        <parameters>
          <parameter>
            <name>fullrefs</name>
            <in>query</in>
            <description/>
            <required>false</required>
            <type>boolean</type>
          </parameter>
          ...
        </parameters>
        <responses>
          <response status="200">
            <description>retrieve resource</description>
            <schema ref="#/definitions/Resource"/>
          </response>
          <response status="default">
            <description>error</description>
            <schema ref="#/definitions/Error"/>
          </response>
        </responses>
      </method>
    </path>
    ...

Example


curl --anyauth --user username:password -i -H "Accept: application/json" \
  http://localhost:8002/manage/v2?view=describe

==>  MarkLogic responds with output similar to the following. (The output has 
     been truncated in this example.)

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: -1
Server: MarkLogic
Content-Length: 307980
Connection: Keep-Alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

{"swagger":"2.0",
  "info":{
    "title":"REST Management API",
    "description":"OpenAPI definition of the REST Management API.",
    "version":"v2"
  },
  "host":"localhost:8002",
  "schemes":["http"],
  "basePath":"/manage/v2",
  "paths":{
    "":{
      "get":{
        "tags":["unsupported-versions"],
        "summary":"GET Method",
        "description":"",
        "consumes":[],
        "produces":[
          "application/xml",
          "application/json",
          "text/html"
        ],
        "parameters":[
          { "name":"fullrefs",
            "in":"query",
            "description":"",
            "required":false,
            "type":"boolean"
          },
          { "name":"view",
            "in":"query",
            "description":"",
            "required":false,
            "type":"string",
            "enum":["default"]
          },
          { "name":"format",
            "in":"query",
            "description":"",
            "required":false,
            "type":"string",
            "enum":["xml", "json", "html"]
          }
        ],
        "responses":{
          "200":{
            "description":"retrieve resource",
            "schema":{"$ref":"#/definitions/Resource"}},
            "default":{
              "description":"error",
              "schema":{"$ref":"#/definitions/Error"}
            }
          }
        },
      "options":{ ... },
      "head":{ ... },
    },
    ...
  }
  "definitions":{},
  "externalDocs":{
    "description":"MarkLogic documentation",
    "url":"http://docs.marklogic.com/REST/management"
  }
}

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