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Requirements
TheinstructionsinthischapterassumethataninstanceofLabManagerisinstalled,
configured,andrunningonyournetwork.Beforeyoucanstartdevelopingan
application,reviewtheserequirements:
 YoumustknowtheaddressoftheLabManagerserverinstance,startingwithits
fully‐qualifiedhostnameorIPaddress.
Forexample,https://hostname.company.com/LabManager.
 YoumusthaveanaccountwithLabManagerAdministratorprivilegesonthe
targetLabManagerserver.
IfyouarenotanAdministrator,haveyourLabManagerAdministratorsetyouup
withaLabManageraccount.
AssumingyouhaveanappropriateaccountontheLabManagerServer,youcan
continuewith“Obtaining
andImportingtheWSDL.”
Obtaining and Importing the WSDL
Aswithanystandards‐basedSOAPAPIimplementation,theLabManagerAPI
definitionisavailableontheWebserviceasanXML‐formattedWSDLfile.
ToobtaintheWSDL,launchInternetExplorer5.5orhigherandnavigatetothisURL
foryourLabManagerServer:
https://<hostname>/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmx?WSDL
TheWSDLdefinesalltheLabManagerAPIcallsandobjects.
FormoreinformationonWSDL,see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl
Importing the WSDL File into Your Development Platform
AfteryouobtaintheWSDL,importitintoyourdevelopmentenvironmentand
generatethenecessaryobjectsforuseinbuildingclientWebserviceapplications.The
processdependsonyourdevelopmentenvironment,programminglanguage,and
associatedtools.Forexample,theMicrosoftVisualStudiodevelopmentenvironment
handlesthetasksautomatically.
Thenextsection
providesanexampleofobtainingtheWSDLandimportingitinthe
MicrosoftVisualStudio2003.Forinstructionsaboutotherdevelopmentplatforms,see
theproductdocumentationforyourplatform.