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Stephane Nicoll
2016-01-31 11:13:14 +01:00
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@@ -112,12 +112,13 @@ third-party clients. You can grab the meta-data by _curling_ the root
$ curl -H 'Accept: application/json' https://start.spring.io
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NOTE: If you use `curl` without an accept header, you'll retrieve a human readable text version
of the metadata. `HTTPie` is also supported.
NOTE: As stated above, if you use `curl` without an accept header, you'll retrieve a human
readable text version of the metadata. `HTTPie` is also supported.
The meta-data basically lists the _capabilities_ of the service, that is the available options
for all request parameters (`dependencies`, `type`, `bootVersion`, etc.) The web UI
uses that information to initialize the select options and the tree of available dependencies.
The meta-data basically lists the _capabilities_ of the service, that is the available
options for all request parameters (`dependencies`, `type`, `bootVersion`, etc.) The web
UI uses that information to initialize the select options and the tree of available
dependencies.
The meta-data also lists the default values for simple _text_ parameter (i.e. the default
`name` for the project).