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Web API Functions Overview

Express Server exposes an API through a web server. This API is expressed via URLs conforming to Common Gateway Interface (CGI) conventions. The general syntax is:

   http://<server>/lizardtech/iserv/<function>?<argument1>=<value1>&<argument2>=<value2>&...

Hierarchical Query Format

The getcloud, getdem, getimage, getthumb, and getitem functions support an additional hierarchical query format with the following syntax: 

   http://<server>/lizardtech/iserv/catalogs/<catalog name>/<item identifier>/cmd/<function>/<argument1>/<value1>/<argument2>/<value2>...

This form provides a browser-friendly way of overriding a browser's default response handling, and enables a user-defined file name to be specified for downloaded files.

The following functions are available from the Express Server Web API.