Web Service API

[User Guide](User Guide)

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#About the Web Service API
Our web service API provides users with fast and reliable access to Argus data. You can use the Argus Web Service API to retrieve and manage Argus content.

###Requests
Based on simple REST principles, our web service API endpoints return metadata in JSON format.

List of available endpoints: http://<base_url>/help

Detailed endpoint help: http://<base_url>/<endpoint>/help

Verb	Description
GET	Used for retrieving resources
POST	Used for creating resources
PUT	Used for changing and replacing resources
DELETE	Used for deleting resources

###Responses
All data is received as a JSON object. The Web API [Data Model](Data Model) provides a description of all retrievable objects.

##Web Service API Reference

Resource	Description	Supported HTTPS Method	Endpoint
[Alerts](Alerts Resource)	Provide methods to manipulate alerts	PUT, POST, GET, DELETE	/alerts
[Audit](Audit resource)	Provides methods to examine audit history information for data objects	GET	/audit/
[Authentication](Authentication resource)	Provides methods to authenticate users	POST, GET	/auth
[Annotation](Annotation Resource)	Provides methods to query annotations	GET	/annotations
[Collection](Collection Resource)	Provides methods to collect annotation events and metric data	PUT, POST, GET, DELETE	/collection
[Dashboards](Dashboard Resource)	Provides methods to manipulate dashboards	PUT, POST, GET, DELETE	/dashboards
[Discover](Discover Resource)	Provides methods to discovery resources	GET	/discover
[History](History Resource)	Provides methods to examine object history details	GET	/history
[Management](Management Resource)	Provides methods to manage the services	PUT, GET	/management
[Metrics](Metrics Resource)	Provides methods to query and transform metrics	GET	/metrics
[Namespaces](Namespace Resource)	Provides methods to manipulate namespaces	PUT, POST, GET	/namespaces
[Users](Users Resource)	Provides methods to manipulate users	PUT, POST, GET	/users