Consuming web services from U2 is really not that difficult. I've done both SOAP and RESTful transactions via both secure (HTTPS) and insecure (HTTP) connections. Some examples of the web services I've consumed from within U2 are:
1) UPS and FedEx package tracking services 2) Credit card authorization 3) Address validation and correction 4) Address geocoding using the Google maps API Protocol logging is your friend. It will log the complete transaction in a text file that you can review to see specifically where your errors are. Also, don't forget that if you're going to do secure transactions via HTTPS, you need to create a Security Context. Larry Hiscock Western Computer Services -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Oaks, Harold Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:46 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Ref: Web Services at Universe 11.n Hi Rudy: We're not using any web services at present - but we'd like to. (Basically I'm a beginner at this and trying to learn what is possible.) We need to interface our current jail system with a new RMS that is coming in, and the vendors of it prefer web services interfaces. So that's why. Unlike you, our underlying O/S is a form of unix - hpux actually - not Windows. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about WSD on unix. You notice Richard used curl and was happy with it, but right now that is not available on our hpux system. There is a download available where we can get curl along with some other web tools, but my system admin is not particularly enthusiastic about that idea. Richard: When you use curl, are you running on windows or unix (or something else)? Harold -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:25 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Ref: Web Services at Universe 11.n Could you give an example of web services you are actually using and why? -----Original Message----- From: Cooper, Rudy <rudy.coo...@sagepub.com> To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 1:18 pm Subject: [U2] Ref: Web Services at Universe 11.n Harold, We’re on a windows platform and we’ve doing web services with UV since 10.2. Use the WSD for creating the soap server and and use soapui (free) for testing. We access external services from UV using the soap api that is documented in basicext.pdf of the uv documentation. The documentation from Rocket for your release, IBM U2 Web Services Developer, is very good. rudy <<Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:00:40 -0700 From: "Oaks, Harold" <harold.o...@clark.wa.gov<mailto:harold.o...@clark.wa.gov>> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org<mailto:u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>> Subject: [U2] Web Services at Universe 11.n Message-ID: <e9aeaa752e89734bb39e1c6bfcddcfb804f7f...@esxvm40.clark.root.local<mailto:e9aeaa752e89734bb39e1c6bfcddcfb804f7f...@esxvm40.clark.root.local>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've been telling my boss that if we upgraded to Universe 11.23, we can implement web services. (We're currently on 10.2) But, finally looking in detail at the appropriate manual (Universe Web Services Developer) it seems that one can publish a web service easily enough so that Universe data can be gotten, but I don't see that the other side is implemented, where one accesses an external web service and brings back data into Universe. Am I missing the something? What are any of you using to fully implement web services with an underlying Universe environment? Thanks- Harold Oaks Sr. Analyst/Programmer Clark County, WA This e-mail and related attachments and any response may be subject to public disclosure under state law.>> Rudy Cooper Lead Applications Developer Sage Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, Ca. 91320 USA T:805.410.7724 www.sagepub.com Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC The natural home for authors, editors & societies Please consider the environment before printing this email Are you a fan of SAGE? Show us at www.facebook.com/SAGEPublications<http://www.facebook.com/SAGEPublications>. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users This e-mail and related attachments and any response may be subject to public disclosure under state law. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users