The Mainframe replication API help lists the APIs Precisely offers and provides detailed information about what the API endpoints do, how to implement them, their request and response format and parameters, and credentialing.
You can use cURL or Postman for the API calls next to each method. If you are using cURL, insert the specific parameters and test the calls from the command line. With Postman, you can create and execute automated tests for APIs. Postman supports both manual and automated testing, making it easy to check the functionality of your APIs.
HTTP Methods
There are HTTP Methods for the mainframe replication APIs.
| HTTP Methods | Operation | Description |
| GET | Read | Read or retrieve data from a web server. |
| POST | Create | Send data (file, form data, etc.) to the server. |
| DELETE | Delete | Delete the data on the server at a specified location. |
| PUT | Update | Modify the data on the server. It replaces the entire content at a particular location with data that is passed in the body payload. |