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  • Edge Computing
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  • UK

Simple Edge Discovery API

0.9.2

Simple Edge Discovery returns the name of the closest network operator's Edge Computing platform to a user's device.

This API follows the CAMARA standard specification. 

Try it out

Live
  • Edge Computing
Available in
  • UK

Simple Edge Discovery API

0.9.2

Simple Edge Discovery returns the name of the closest network operator's Edge Computing platform to a user's device.

This API follows the CAMARA standard specification. 

Try it out

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It can be used for
  • Getting the name of the closest network operator's Edge Computing platform
  • The lowest round-trip latency
  • Calculating the shortest network path to the network-attached device

API Information

Verison v0.9.2
Protocol HTTPS
Sandbox URL https://api-sandbox.vf-dmp.engineering.vodafone.com/eds/v0
Live URL https://api.vf-dmp.engineering.vodafone.com/eds/v0
Version history 0.9.2
Release date October 2024
Status Live
Description Simple Edge Discovery API.

How it works

  1. An application client hosted on a device attached to the operator network, or a server, makes a request to the API.
  2. The API returns:  
    • Provider: The name of the operator (or cloud provider) of the closest Edge Computing platform to the device.
    • Ern: The name of the closest Edge Computing platform to the user device.
  3. The application client on the user device uses this information to connect to the application server instance on that Edge Computing platform.
NoteThe device needs to be identifiable by the network. Our implementation requires the IP address to return a location. If an IP address is not provided by the user,  the system takes the sending IP address from the http request and then populates the IP header in the API call.

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To begin using the Vodafone workspace in Postman, please follow the steps below to create a set of credentials that can be used with our sandbox collections:

  • Register an account on https://developer.vodafone.com and create a sandbox app for the APIs that you are interested in.
  • Use the Client Key and Secret from your sandbox app to populate the relating variables in the "Sandbox Credentials" environment group in Postman.
  • Call the token endpoint to create a bearer token that is used in the API resource endpoint. Your client credentials will be taken from the environment variables and used in a basic OAuth flow.
  • The last bearer token and trace ID will be stored in collection variables associated with the API solution that you have chosen.
  • You can use these collections as read-only or create a fork into your own personal workspace to edit the details.

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