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Handlers

Description

A handler exposes the GIS capabilities of ArcGIS Server through a specific interface/API. There are two types of handlers currently available in the server:

  • Rest—Exposes the REST-ful API
  • Soap—Exposes the SOAP API

The Rest Handler resource exposes some of the administrative operations on the REST handler such as clearing the cache.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails
f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json| pjson

Example usage

Below is a sample request URL for the handlers resource:

https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/admin/system/handlers?f=json

JSON Response example


{
  "resources": ["rest"]
}