REST authentication

Consider the WebSphere Commerce authentication issues and features such as user sessions with REST services.

• REST authentication and access control
  Depending on the REST services, they might require authentication or access control.

• REST authentication flow
  REST services are authenticated in WebSphere Commerce on secure and unsecured channels.

• Enable partial authentication and cookie-based authentication for REST services
  We can enable partial authentication for new or existing REST services. Partial authentication enables persistent sessions for shoppers, so that they can be remembered.

• REST interoperability
  The WebSphere Commerce REST APIs can use session cookies created by the WebSphere Commerce store runtime for authentication. That is, a client can mix requests to the WebSphere Commerce REST APIs and the WebSphere Commerce store runtime within the same user session.