API Overview
APIs are called using the simple object access protocol (SOAP) XML standard. SOAP sends XML documents and responds with XML documents.
There are several toolkits that can be used with the web services feature. Some popular ones are:
- Apache Axis (for Java)
- Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack (JWSDP)
- XMLSpy (for direct sending of XML requests)
- .NET Web Services
- SOAP:Lite (for Perl)
There are two application programming interfaces (APIs), the notification API and the data management API. To use the APIs, this feature must be enabled in your company settings. This setting is controlled by Support.
To use the AlertFind APIs, you must understand object-oriented programming and web services.