Hi Chris,

It depends on the version installed. Regardless of version, the first requirement is that the server has to be licensed before it loads. The 30 day trial is not sufficient.

For GroupShare 2014:

- The REST API documentation is only accessible from the server machine itself

- The URL is http://localhost:41234/help/management/Documentation

For GroupShare 2014 SP1:

- The REST API documentation is accessible from remotely and locally

- The URL is http://servername/documentation/api

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Luis

Hi Luis,

Thanks, the license is active already and it's running on SP1. The link  http://<servername>/documentation/api still doesn't work. Using cmd, "netstat -a" shows that nothing is listening on port 41234. Any thoughts?

Kind regards,

Chris Tanaka

Hi Chris,

If you check the SDL.Application.log in C:\ProgramData\SDL\Service\Logs and search for RestApi, you should see things like the below. Is that the case? If not, can you restart the SDL Application service and see if it runs the REST API?

2014-01-29 15:50:56.268#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Authorization.AuthorizationServer.RestApi, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.270#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.RestApi.SelfHostedRestApiManager#Configuring: RestApi.AuthorizationRestApi

2014-01-29 15:50:56.320#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Authorization.RestApi, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.322#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.RestApi.SelfHostedRestApiManager#Configuring: RestApi.AuthenticationRestApi

2014-01-29 15:50:56.329#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Help.RestApi, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.333#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.RestApi.SelfHostedRestApiManager#Configuring: Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Help.RestApi.HelpRestApi

2014-01-29 15:50:56.377#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Management.RestApi, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.381#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.RestApi.SelfHostedRestApiManager#Configuring: Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Management.RestApi.ManagementRestApi

2014-01-29 15:50:56.388#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Authorization.SecurityHandler, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.394#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.Hosting.WindowsServiceHost#Sdl.StudioServer.Authorization.Shared, Version=1.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c28cdb26c445c888

2014-01-29 15:50:56.438#Sdl.StudioServer.Services.Core.RestApi.SelfHostedRestApiManager#Opening self host server

Thanks,

Luis

Hi Luis,

I've checked the logs and restarted SDL Application Service. There is no mention of Rest in the logs

Hi Chris,

Just a small point in case you've misunderstood something: port 41234 is the port on which you can view the documentation. However, you can't call the API on port 41234, it's simply a web application containing the documentation which can be obtained here.

The API itself listens on your standard HTTP/HTTPS ports (typically 80/443, unless you've configured them differently in IIS).