Publishing rest services

[BhavinSanghani]

When we publish map (or other) services using ArcCatalog then it automatically creates REST url in the following format:

http://<arcgisserver>/arcgis/rest/<servicename>

But I have noticed several times the urls are in different format. See following, it has little different format. I am wondering why someone would create url in their own format? What is the concern? Is it possible to create rest end point without including /rest/ word in the url?

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[JakeSkinner · Accepted solution]

Hi Bhavin,

The service in the URL you provided is an ArcGIS Online Hosted Service.  The only difference is that an ArcGIS Online Hosted Service includes the ArcGIS Online Organization ID, i.e. V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0.

http://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/arcgis/rest/services/Boston_Marathon/FeatureServer/0