Requesting version information
You can request the version of the REST interface for the Web Gateway appliance where you are currently working, as well as the version of the standard user interface.
You can request both versions at once or each version separately.
Requesting the interface versions
Request format: URL/version
To request version information, use the version parameter. When used without further specification, the response to this request is a feed with the version numbers of both interfaces in XML format.
Sample commands: curl -i -b cookies.txt .X GET "$REST/version"
Request parameters: None
Requesting the version of a particular interface
Request formats:
URL/version/mwg-rest
URL/version/mwg-ui
To request version information for a particular interface, the interface name is added to the version parameter. The response to this request is a feed with the respective version number in XML format.
Sample commands: curl -i -b cookies.text .X GET "$REST/version/mwg-rest" curl -i -b cookies.text .X GET "$REST/version/mwg-ui"
Request parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | Name of the interface that version information is requested for Default: None |
Sample script for requesting version information
The following bash script requests version information for both the REST interface and the standard user interface of the appliance where you are currently working.
Before specifying this request, the script sets a URL variable for accessing the REST interface.
#!/bin/bash ## Set URL variable for accessing REST interface REST=http://localhost:4711/Konfigurator/REST ## Log on and authenticate curl -c cookies.txt -H "Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46d2ViZ2F0ZXdheQ==" -X POST "$REST/login" ## Request version information curl -b cookies.txt -X GET "$REST/version" ## Log off again curl -b cookies.txt -X POST "$REST/logout"