When calling services, it is possible to choose from a predefined list of call types:

  • XML_HTTP
  • JSON_GET
  • JSON_POST

 

These are the default request and response structure for the above call types:

XML_HTTP Request:


<XML_HTTP_REQUEST>
<FUNCTION NAME="FUNCTION1">
<INPUT>
<PARAMETER1 VALUE="value of parameter1"/>
<PARAMETER2 VALUE="value of parameter2"/>
</INPUT>
<TABLES>
<FIELDS TABLE="TABLE1" FIELD="FIELD11" ROW="1" VALUE="value 111"/>
<FIELDS TABLE="TABLE1" FIELD="FIELD11" ROW="2" VALUE="value 112"/>
<FIELDS TABLE="TABLE2" FIELD="FIELD21" ROW="1" VALUE="value 221"/>
<FIELDS TABLE="TABLE2" FIELD="FIELD22" ROW="1" VALUE="value 222"/>
</TABLES>
</FUNCTION>
</XML_HTTP_REQUEST>

XML_HTTP Response:

<XML_HTTP>
<XML_HTTP_RESPONSE>
<RETURN_PARAMETERS>
<RETURNPARAMETER1>retvalue1</RETURNPARAMETER1>
<RETURNPARAMETER2>retvalue2</RETURNPARAMETER2>
</RETURN_PARAMETERS>
<TABLES>
<TABLE1>
<FIELD11>value 111</FIELD11>
<FIELD12>value 112</FIELD12>
</TABLE1>
<TABLE1>
<FIELD11>value 121</FIELD11>
<FIELD12>value 122</FIELD12>
</TABLE1>
<TABLE2>
<FIELD21>value 211</FIELD21>
<FIELD22>value 212</FIELD22>
<FIELD23>value 213</FIELD23>
</TABLE2>
</TABLES>
</XML_HTTP_RESPONSE>
</XML_HTTP>

JSON request and response:

{
  "FunctionName":"TEST1", 
  "Status":"", "StatusText":"", 
  "TextEncoding":"", 
  "SecurityToken":"", 
  "Parameters":[
     {"ParamName":"function_name", "ParamValue":"TEST1"},
     {"ParamName":"requestencoding", "ParamValue":"UTF-8"},
     {"ParamName":"responseencoding","ParamValue":"UTF-8"},
     {"ParamName":"PARAM1","ParamValue":""},
     {"ParamName":"PARAM2","ParamValue":"UID001"}
  ],
  "TableValues":[]
}
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