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This how-to introduces you to the concept of web services and teaches you how you can communicate with a web service in Blueriq. It covers the most important topics that you might encounter while creating applications. It shows you how to get started and provides you with a collection of best practices.
Who is this how-to for?
This how-to is intended for a Business Engineer who has some technical affinity, who wants to either call a foreign web service with Blueriq or create his own web service using Blueriq. You are expected to know the Blueriq basics, but no knowledge of web services is needed to start.
Organization of this how-to
This how-to is divided into four parts:
- An introduction to web services
- Calling a web service
- Blueriq as a service
- Best Practices
Part I: An introduction to web services
Chapter 1 - What is a web service?
Chapter 2 - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Chapter 3 - Representational State Transfer (REST)
Part II: Calling a web service
Chapter 4 - Calling a SOAP service
Chapter 5 - Calling a REST service
Part III: Blueriq as a service
Chapter 6 - Setting up Blueriq as a web service
Part IV: Best Practices
Chapter 7 - Modules and Data Mapping
Appendix
Appendix 1 - Writing your own WSDL
Appendix 2 - Web Services datasheet