Using a browser with REST data services

The eXtreme Scale REST data service creates ATOM feeds by default when using a web browser. The ATOM feed format may not be compatible with older browsers or may be interpreted such that the data cannot be viewed as XML. The following topics provide details on how to configure Internet Explorer Version 8 and Firefox Version 3 to display the ATOM feeds and XML within the browser.

About this task

The eXtreme Scale REST data service creates ATOM feeds by default when using a web browser. The ATOM feed format may not be compatible with older browsers or may be interpreted such that the data cannot be viewed as XML. For older browsers, you will be prompted to save the files to disk. Once the files are downloaded, use your favorite XML reader to look at the files. The generated XML is not formatted to be displayed, so everything will be printed on one line. Most XML reading programs, such as Eclipse, support reformatting the XML into a readable format.

For modern browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 8 and Firefox Version 3, the ATOM XML files can be displayed natively in the browser. The following topics provide details on how to configure Internet Explorer Version 8 and Firefox Version 3 to display the ATOM feeds and XML within the browser.

Once the browser is configured, see section for example URLs.

Procedure

Configuring Internet Explorer Version 8

Configuring Firefox Version 3

Example

Example URLs

This section describes some URLs that can be used to view the data that was added by the getting started sample provided with the eXtreme Scale REST data service. Before using the following URLs, add the default data set to the eXtreme Scale sample grid using either the sample Java client (see section ) or the sample Visual Studio WCF Data Services client (see section ).

The following examples assume the port is 8080 which can vary. See section for details on how to configure the REST data service on different application servers.