GOCDB/PI/Technical Documentation
GOCDB Programmatic Interface
Important information about using the GOCDBPI
Releases, changes and announcements
All client tool using GOCDB should register someone to the GOCDB discussion mailing list: gocdb-discuss_at_mailtalk.ac.uk. Releases, new features, changes in methods and general announcements related to this interface are made on this list.
If your application is using the GOCDB Programmatic interface please request to join this mailing list by sending us a mail to gocdb-admins@mailtalk.ac.uk.
Interface description
Interface type
GOCDB Programmatic Interface is a REST (Representational State Transfer) based interface over https. The use of https guarantees URLs are properly secured when transiting. Some of the methods are nonetheless public and don't require client side authentication (see #Data protection and access).
Entry point
Enter GOCDB here https://goc.gridops.org/ or directly at https://goc.gridops.org/portal/ to browse the global EGI information or at https://gocdb4.esc.rl.ac.uk/portal to update information.
Entry point for every single method is given on method definition pages listed below.
Outputs
Output format is XML. Calling any implemented method will return you a valid DOM document that can be parsed by any tool on client side.