diff --git a/source/developers/rest_api.markdown b/source/developers/rest_api.markdown index 3537acc9826..373eeba3bfd 100644 --- a/source/developers/rest_api.markdown +++ b/source/developers/rest_api.markdown @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: page -title: "Rest API" -description: "Home Assistant Rest API documentation" +title: "RESTful API" +description: "Home Assistant RESTful API documentation" date: 2014-12-21 13:27 sidebar: false comments: false @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Home Assistant runs a web server accessible on port 8123. * http://IP_ADDRESS:8123/ is an interface to control Home Assistant. * http://IP_ADDRESS:8123/api/ is a Rest API. -The API accepts and returns only JSON encoded objects. All API calls have to be accompanied by the header `X-HA-Access: YOUR_PASSWORD` (YOUR_PASSWORD as specified in your `configuration.yaml` file). +The API accepts and returns only JSON encoded objects. All API calls have to be accompanied by the header `X-HA-Access: YOUR_PASSWORD` (YOUR_PASSWORD as specified in your `configuration.yaml` file in the [`http:` section](/components/http/)). There are multiple ways to consume the Home Assistant Rest API. One is with `curl`: