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Using Business Directory to Run the REST API Methods
To use the Business Directory API methods
1. Select Help > REST API.
A new browser tab opens with a list of REST methods, grouped by what they act on and what they do.
2. Ensure that you have an SSL connection. For example, your URL should be:
https://localhost:9502/directory/api-docs/
 
3. Click the text on the method you want to look at or use.
The method description expands to display its description, the rights required, examples of its use, and a Try it out! button.
4. To use a method, type values for required parameters and click Try it out!.
Note: Although the button says Try it out, the method executes “live” on the instance to which it points.
Commands the require a file input or output cannot be run from the Try it out! button.
5. Review the information.