ACI API 26.3
ACI API Programming Guide

# HTTP GET

The ACI API allows custom-built applications to access OpenText ACI servers using the following HTTP action syntax:

    http://host:port/action=action&parameters

where,

`host` | is the IP address (or name) of the machine on which the OpenText ACI server is running.
`port` | is the port number that is used to send actions to the OpenText ACI server.
`action` | is the action that you want the OpenText ACI server to run.
`parameters` | are the required and optional parameters for the action.

## Example:

Consider the following example:

    http://localhost:4000/action=query&text=dinosaurs&maxresults=1

This action sends the query text `dinosaur` to an ACI server (in this case the Content component), which in response returns an XML result, for example:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    <autnresponse>
       <action>QUERY</action>
       <response>SUCCESS</response>
       <responsedata>
          <autn:numhits>1</autn:numhits>
          <autn:hit>
             <autn:reference>
               http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z16358245&z=28
             </autn:reference>
             <autn:id>101927</autn:id>
             <autn:section>0</autn:section>
             <autn:weight>97</autn:weight>
             <autn:links>DINOSAUR</autn:links>
             <autn:database>0</autn:database>
             <autn:title>Studying dinosaurs</autn:title>
          </autn:hit>
       </responsedata>
    </autnresponse>

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Product: Knowledge Discovery ACI API 26.3

Topic Title: HTTP GET