Using rest API Calls in Modern UX Channels for Load Testing

Article Id: 196308
Status: Published
Updated On: 06-08-2020 09:59
Products:
Clarity PPM On Premise , Clarity PPM SaaS
Issue/Introduction:

  • We are doing load testing of our Merged UI (Modern UX channels and embedded phoenix theme) via a test script.
  • Merged New User Experience (UI) has rest API calls whereas phoenix theme has plain HTML noticed in user authentication in Merged UI.
  • We're looking for information such as:
1. Logic to generate “x-api-next-string”
2. Authorization Code generation Key/Logic etc

Environment:

Release : 15.8

Component : CA PPM INTEGRATIONS & INSTALLATIONS

Resolution:

See the following knowledge articles:

  • KB: 117342 - Performance Test Script issue with x-api-next-string in PPM
  • KB: 118623 - What is the impact of granting API-Access rights in PPM?

Additionally, here's some documentation that can help getting started:

  1. Using Clarity REST APIs
  2. REST API: Define Clients and Generate Keys for Integrations with Clarity PPM
    • This goes into more detail including specific access such as section: REST API Prerequisites
  3. Configure Third-Party Product Integrations

 

Additional Information:

See KB: 141061 for tips on how to optimize use of Self Service for Clarity