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Sometimes getting a taste of success is all that's need to charge ahead and make technology magic. Therefore, before diving in and creating new APIs, let's make sure that the default APIs are responding correctly to incoming requests.

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Before we get too eager to test our APIs, let's make sure we have the Engine Server running. Otherwise our testing will fail. If using a browser, this usually results in a connection time out page. If using an API test utility like Postman, you'll see a message like "Unable to connect to Engine Server localhost:8088 - The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected."

The 103-966 OpenInsight OEngineServer Configuration.pdf document provides thorough instructions for installing the Engine Server as a true Windows service as well as how to launch it from a command prompt (aka "debug" mode). We recommend starting out by running the Engine Server from a command prompt since developers will need access to the OpenInsight Debugger when writing and troubleshooting their web APIs.

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