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TheLabManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIprovidesprogrammaticaccesstotheLab
Managersystem.Byusingthesecureapplicationprogramminginterface(API),youcan
connecttoLabManagerServertoautomateorperformvariousoperations.
TheLabManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIusesXMLbasedtechnologies,including
SimpleObjectAccess
Protocol(SOAP)asthecommunicationprotocolandWeb
ServicesDescriptionLanguage(WSDL)astheinterfacedescriptionlanguage.TheLab
ManagerWSDLfiledetailstheavailablemethodsofthe service(called“operations”in
WebServicesvernacular)andparametertypes,aswellastheSOAPendpointforthe
service.
Thischaptercoversthese
topics:
“IntegratingLabManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools”onpage 12
“SupportedOperations”onpage 12
“LabManagerDataObjects”onpage 12
“StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms”onpage 13
“Security”onpage 13
Introducing VMware Lab
Manager SOAP API
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