Design and Evaluation of a Proxy-Based Monitoring System for OpenFlow Networks

Table 3

List of REST APIs.

URI	Method	Comment
/api/ofswitch/dpid/json	GET	Retrieve a list of Datapath IDs of OpenFlow switches
/api/topology/openflow/links/json	GET	Retrieve a list of links among OpenFlow switches
/api/hosts/json	GET	Retrieve a list of hosts connected to OpenFlow switches
/api/sniffer/rules/json	GET	Retrieve a list of condition entries in the capture condition table
	POST	Set a condition entry to the capture condition table
	DELETE	Delete a condition entry from the capture condition table
/api/traffic/rules/json	GET	Retrieve a list of condition entries in the monitoring condition table
	POST	Set a condition entry to the monitoring condition table
	DELETE	Delete a condition entry from the monitoring condition table
/api/traffic/bytes/id/json	GET	Retrieve the amount of traffic in bytes which matches with an entry in the monitoring condition table
/api/traffic/backets/id/json	GET	Retrieve the number of packets which matches with an entry in the monitoring condition table