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How to access Apache Archiva rest services using curl

I installed Archiva 1.4-M4, and tried to access its REST API, beginning with the simple ping service, using curl;

$ curl http://localhost:8080/restServices/pingService/ping
<html><body>No service was found.</body></html>

Perhaps some configuration needs to be set to enable the services, but I can't find anything in the documentation that indicates such. It does say there should be a .wadl file in the distribution, but I can't find one in the install directories.

How do I get started with this?

Solution

  • Try

    http://localhost:8080/restServices/archivaServices/pingService/pingenter

    See wadl files: http://localhost:8080/restServices/

    If installed as root context! If not http://localhost:8080/${yourContext}/...