The Platform Manager API provides a programmatic interface to access and manage backup files, flash memory, license information, controller logs, network test data, and platform settings. It is based on RESTful principles and uses standard HTTP methods for requests and responses. It uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and authorization. API request and response bodies are formatted in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
Note: To submit API calls, your RESTful API consuming program needs to have logged in using credentials granting at least read permissions, and only user accounts with FullAdmin credentials can make configuration changes through the REST API.

The Platform Manager REST API uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol to provide secure authorized access to the API. OAuth is an authorization framework that enables web, mobile, and desktop applications to access protected resources. To begin, pass your client login credentials in the Authorization header within a POST request to the management/v1/oauth2/token endpoint. In exchange for these credentials the ExtremeCloud IQ Controller authorization server issues tokens called bearer tokens that you use for authorization when making subsequent REST API calls.