Using the Web interface makes sense for some use cases, for some other cases the tool integration is more useful. The SW360 software offers a RESTful API. It has been initially developed by a colleague of the BT division - an excellent example of how Inner Source works for projects. Now it has been integrated to the official main project as component that can be deployed along with a SW360 solution.
API Documentation is available on the instances deployed:
https://<my_sw360_server>/resource/docs/api-guide.html
Implementation Technology | Java-based Spring-framework based |
REST Flavor | Hypermedia-driven |
Authentication | Now: Token by user token store. Previously: Spring Security using JWT and SW360 user management. Note that technically, both ways are possible |
More Technical Information | Rest API |