OVERVIEW

qRestAPI is a cross-platform Qt-based library allowing to easily query any RESTful web services.

It provides the following interfaces:

Interface	RESTful API
qRestAPI	any
qGirderAPI	Girder
qMidasAPI	Midas

Prerequisites

• Qt 4.x, 5.x, or 6.x
• CMake

How to build using Qt 4.x

git clone git://github.com/commontk/qRestAPI.git
mkdir qRestAPI-build
cd qRestAPI-build
cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/path/to/qmake ../qRestAPI
make -j4

How to build using Qt 5.x

git clone git://github.com/commontk/qRestAPI.git
mkdir qRestAPI-build
cd qRestAPI-build
cmake -DQt5_DIR:PATH=/path/to/QtX.Y.Z/X.Y.Z/gcc_64/lib/cmake/Qt5 ../qRestAPI
make -j4

How to build using Qt 6.x

git clone git://github.com/commontk/qRestAPI.git
mkdir qRestAPI-build
cd qRestAPI-build
cmake -DQT6_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/path/to/QtX.Y.Z/X.Y.Z/gcc_64 ../qRestAPI
make -j4

Testing

To run tests checking that queries can successfully be executed.

cd qRestAPI-build
ctest

List of tests expecting servers to be reachable:

Test	Server
qGirderAPITest	https://data.kitware.com/api/v1
qMidasAPITest	https://slicer.kitware.com/midas3

Contribute

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.