Application Control
===================

Control the Status
------------------

Returns json data about the status of all configured application instances.

- **URL**

   /api-bin/status.cgi

- **Method**

   GET

- **URL Params**

   None

- **Data Params**

   None

- **Success Response**

   - Code: 200
   - Content: { "result" : "OK", "name" : "<box name>" , "apps" : <instances data> } 

- **Error Response**

   - Code: 200
   - Content: { "result" : "KO", "error" : "<description>" } 

- **Sample Call (JQuery)**

.. code-block:: javascript

     $.ajax({
       url: "/api-bin/status.cgi",
       dataType: "json",
       type : "GET",
       success : function(response) {
         console.log(response);
       }
     });

Start and Stop
---------------

Turns an application instance On or Off.

- **URL**

   /api-bin/appctl.cgi

- **Method**

   POST

- **URL Params**

   None

- **Data Params**

   **Required**

   - prog=[string]

      The application name.

   - interf=[string]

      The interface name that identifies the application instance.

   - action={start, stop}

      'start' to turn the instance On, 'stop' to turn the instance Off.

- **Success Response**

   - Code: 200
   - Content: { "result" : "OK" } 

- **Error Response**

   - Code: 200
   - Content: { "result" : "KO", "error" : "<description>" } 

- **Sample Call (JQuery)**

.. code-block:: javascript

     $.ajax({
       url: "/api-bin/appctl.cgi",
       dataType: "json",
       type : "POST",
       data: {
         prog: "nprobe",
         interf: "eth1",
         action: "start"
       },
       success : function(response) {
         console.log(response);
       }
     });