ArcGIS GeoServices REST API

[PeggyCorey]

Can anyone please tell me... is the "ArcGIS GeoServices REST API"  the same thing as the "ArcGIS REST API"? 

I'm having a hard time finding examples of the former.   

Thanks!

[TimWitt2 · Accepted solution]

It is the same and should be in this format http://<web server hostname>/arcgis/rest/services

see here: ArcGIS GeoServices REST API

[PeggyCorey]

Great, thanks for the reply.

Apparently this is a case of ESRI calling it one thing, then changing the name of it later.  This makes it hard for newbies like me to follow.

Thanks again!

[TimWitt2]

You are right, it sounds confusing! Don;t forget to mark the correct answer

[LarsSchmitz]

You might also come across the following link to the GeoServices REST Specification: GeoServices  This was an attempt from Esri to standardize the geoservices services. The specifications unfortunately never found their way into the set of OGC specs.

[LarsSchmitz]

Conceptually, the REST API is twofold: consumption of data and geoservices on the one side and administration of users, services, data etc. on the other.