The plug-in includes all you need to schedule requests to RESTful resources on the Web.

The RESTful web services job definition pages in the Dynamic Workload Console are set up to let you specify all the elements needed to send requests to Web services, such as:

• The HTTP method (PUT, POST, GET, HEAD, DELETE) that makes the request
• The URI of the Web service or resource and authorization information to access the Web server
• HTTP query parameters and HTTP headers
• The media type of the body sent with the request and of the expected response
• The JSON object result query

RESTful Web services jobs can also be defined from the composer command line.

Automating posts, updates, and retrieval of data on the Web is now easier than ever.

Business scenario

NEIGHBOURHOOD BROKERS runs on the hour a job stream that retrieves the current stock prices of three companies listed in the NY stock exchange and posts them on its web site.

The job stream consists of the following jobs:

• A number of RESTful Web Services jobs that each GET a company's stock value. The stock value is retrieved ad saved together with the job properties in the job log.
• A job that retrieves the value from the job properties of each job log and saves them in a temporary file.
• A final job that takes these values from the temporary file and POSTS them on the NEIGHBOURHOOD BROKERS Web site.