Get the Resource to Lock

Your client application must first GET the resource to be locked in order to discover its lock collection URI:

curl -u user:password http://host-ip-address/webservice/escenic/content/4

The returned resource entry contains a link with the relation type http://www.vizrt.com/types/relation/lock This link contains the lock collection URI:

<entry>
  ...
  <link href="http://host-ip-address/webservice/escenic/lock/article/4"
        rel="http://www.vizrt.com/types/relation/lock"/>
  ...
</entry>