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=================
Basic operation
=================
In order to do anything with the REST API, you need to know its `Basic AUTH`_
credentials, and the version of the API you wish to speak to.
Credentials
===========
When the `Authorization` header contains the proper credentials, the request
succeeds.
>>> from httplib2 import Http
>>> headers = {
... 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencode',
... 'Authorization': 'Basic cmVzdGFkbWluOnJlc3RwYXNz',
... }
>>> url = 'http://localhost:9001/3.0/system/versions'
>>> response, content = Http().request(url, 'GET', None, headers)
>>> print(response.status)
200
System version information
==========================
System version information can be retrieved from the server, in the form of a
JSON encoded response.
>>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.0/system/versions')
api_version: 3.0
http_etag: "..."
mailman_version: GNU Mailman 3...
python_version: ...
self_link: http://localhost:9001/3.0/system/versions
API Versions
============
The REST API exposes two versions which are almost completely identical. As
you've seen above, the ``3.0`` API is the base API. There is also a ``3.1``
API, which can be used interchangably::
>>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/system/versions')
api_version: 3.1
http_etag: "..."
mailman_version: GNU Mailman 3...
python_version: ...
self_link: http://localhost:9001/3.1/system/versions
The only difference is the way UUIDs are represented. UUIDs are 128-bit
unique ids for objects such as users and members. In version ``3.0`` of the
API, UUIDs are represented as 128-bit integers, but these were found to be
incompatible for some versions of JavaScript, so in API version ``3.1`` UUIDs
are represented as hex strings.
Choose whichever API version makes sense for your application. In general, we
recommend using API ``3.1``, but most of the current documentation describes
API ``3.0``. Just make the mental substitution as you read along.
.. _REST: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST
.. _`Basic AUTH`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_auth
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