Supplier RESTFul API (B2BQAWEB4)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TEST UTILITY IS MERELY A TOOL PROVIDED AS AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WEB SERVICES CURRRENTLY AVAILABLE TO SHOPRITE SUPPLIERS AS PART OF THE RESTFUL API

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THIS HELP PAGE/TEST FUNCTIONALITY IS AVAILABLE TO AND INTENDED FOR DEVELOPERS WANTING TO CONSUME THE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF SUPPLIER TO USE DURING DEVELOPMENT AND CAN BE USED TO MAKE ALL TYPES OF REQUESTS INCLUDED IN THE RESTFUL API TO BOTH QA AND PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS

THE INTENTION OF THIS HELP PAGE/TOOL IS TO HELP DEVELOPERS AND/OR FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF EXTERNAL INTERFACES TO OUR RESTFUL SERVICES BY PROVIDING THIS CENTRAL, GRAPHICAL AND EASY TO USE INTERACTION POINT WHERE DEVELOPERS/POTENTIAL USERS CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERFACE OF OUR RESTFUL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AREAS/ASPECTS BELOW WITHOUT HAVING TO BE CONCERNED WITH ANY TECHNICAL CONCERNS SUCH AS CODE SYNTAX, ETC:

  • FAMILIARIZING WITH SYNTAX OF THETHE RESTFUL PATTERN FOLLOWED BY THESE SERVICES
  • ENSURING USERNAME/PASSWORD CREDENTIALS ARE AUTHENTIC/AND HAVE ADEQUATE PERMISSIONS TO ACCESS THE VARIOUS SERVICES
  • GETTING A FEEL FOR THE FORMAT AND CONTENT TYPES ALLOWED WHEN SENDING AND RECEIVING DATA
  • WITH FAMILIARIZING THEMSELVES WITH THE VERY BASIC PRINCIPLES SURROUNDING
  • CONSUMING THE SHOPRITE RESTFUL SUPPLIER SERVICES

PLEASE ENSURE CONFORMITY TO THE OFFICIAL SPECIFICATIONS AS OUTLINED IN OUR OFFICIAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE, ONCE YOU START TO MAKE REQUESTS TO OUR RESTFUL SERVICES DIRECTLY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO:

  • THE URL'S TO WHICH REQUESTS ARE DIRECTED
  • REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION HEADERS CONTAINING AUTHENTICATION/AUTHORIZATION DETAILS
  • REQUESTS TO THE OFFICE URLS (https://externalserviceS/.....) WILL NOT ACCEPT USERNAME AND PASSWORD INFORMATION (ENCRYPTED OR UNENCRYPTED) AS URL PARAMETERS, IT NEEDS TO BE SENT ENCRYPTED AS AN AUTHORIZATION HEADER AS PER THE SPECIFICATION - PLEASE SEE THE THE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION (https://b2b.shopriteholdings.co.za/B2BWebAPISupplierServices/Home/About)