REST4CEP: RESTful APIs for complex event processing

Abstract Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a powerful technology thoroughly used in cutting-edge software architectures to support decision-making in multiple domains. Currently, developing such CEP-enhanced software architectures is not an easy task and there are no general purpose Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which support programming and software development for CEP-based systems. This paper provides two RESTful APIs which support the management, storage and maintenance of events and patterns of interest both in design time and at runtime. This way, we simplify and speed up the flexible development of any CEP-based software architecture.