Web Service

You use this action to create a Web service, which offers the following:

Interoperability
Loose coupling

Features

Interoperability

Interoperability allows users to work with each other. For example, a Perl developer can work with a C++ developer on Microsoft Windows® 2000, who in turn can work with an AppleScript® developer on a Macintosh® OSX.

This is a common bridge to use between Web server platforms without having to know the underlying system architecture.

Loose Coupling

The following applies to loose coupling:

The system exhibits implementation and version independence.
Regardless of the operating system, the Web service is accessible from any machine.
Version independence allows different machines to communicate.
The software is backward compatible.

This action is configured through a wizard. You must select a method that provides data. For example, if the method is getTemp, a zip code must be passed to it.

The properties for this action are listed in the following table:

Property	Data Type	Access	Use
URL	URL	In	The URL to the WSDL. For example, www.atomic-x.com/xmlservices/dnslookupservice.asmx?wsdl.
UserName	String	In and out	Provides credentials for authenticated HTTP requests. It is an optional property.
Password	String	In and out	Provides credentials for authenticated HTTP requests. It is an optional property.
TimeOut	Integer	In and out	Indicates the duration (in seconds) that the action can run before it times out.
Success	Boolean	Out	Indicates whether the action succeeded or failed. If it failed, errors are displayed in the server trace log.