Worklight HTTP Adapter vs Ajax request

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What are the advantages of using an HTTP Adapter in Worklight IBM to retrieve data from a Restful API instead of an ajax request? I think that using ajax is faster so why would one use such an adapter?

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Take a look at the documentation and getting started modules.

Benefits of IBM Worklight adapters

Adapters provide various benefits, as follows:

  • Fast Development: Adapters are developed in JavaScript and XSL. Developers employ flexible and powerful server-side JavaScript to produce succinct and readable code for integrating with back-end applications and processing data. Developers can also use XSL to transform hierarchical back-end data to JSON.
  • Read-only and Transactional Capabilities: IBM Worklight adapters support read-only and transactional access modes to back-end systems.
  • Security: IBM Worklight adapters use flexible authentication facilities to create connections with back-end systems. Adapters offer control over the identity of the user with whom the connection is made. The user can be a system user, or a user on whose behalf the transaction is made.
  • Transparency: Data retrieved from back-end applications is exposed in a uniform manner, so that application developers can access data uniformly, regardless of its source, format, and protocol.