Design of the application programming interface for a Pilot RESTful grid service

Authors

  • A.P. Demichev
  • V.A. Ilyin
  • A.P. Kryukov
  • L.V. Shamardin

Keywords:

web services
grid services
grid
REST
API

Abstract

The design principles of the application programming interface for the RESTful grid services are described. The basic elements of the application programming interface for the Pilot multistage workflow jobs execution service are discussed. Some general approaches to the interface design of such services are analyzed. Several methods for the indempotent invocation of complex operations are proposed. Different approaches to the authentication of RESTful grid services are considered.

New computational technologies

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Published

2010-06-22

Issue

Vol. 11 (2010): Issue 3.

Section

Section 2. Programming

Author Biographies

A.P. Demichev

Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU)
• Senior Researcher

V.A. Ilyin

Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU)
• Head of Laboratory

A.P. Kryukov

Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU)
• Leading Researcher

L.V. Shamardin

Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU)
• Junior Researcher

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