This glossary provides concise definitions of key terms and concepts for first-time Caldera REST API users, helping you navigate requests and responses with ease.
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- 0din: Code name of the implementation of Caldera REST API. Learn more.
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- API: Stands for Application Programming Interface. Throughout the documentation, the term is used to describe the Caldera REST API.
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Job: A "job" typically refers to a specific task or operation sent to a printer or printing system for processing.
This may include details like the file to be printed, print settings (e.g., paper size, color mode), and metadata (e.g., job ID, status, and timestamps) to track and manage its lifecycle from submission to completion.
- JSON: Stands for JavaScript Object Notation. Is a serialized form of Object within JavaScript and it's a format widely used in the Web domain.
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License: The Caldera REST API behaves as a client to all the Caldera backends, hence it needs to manage and use the License as used in the
calapicommunication, for example. This term covers those aspects.
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REST: Stands for REpresentational State Transfer. It is a type of API usually implemented on top of an HTTP connection, and also generally using
jsonformat.
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- Service: Service represents an entity that can provide "services" that can be equivalent to Caldera products, such as PrimeCenter. It's the backend part and not the GUI that we can access/control.