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TheLab ManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIprovidesprogrammaticaccesstothe
Lab Managersystem.Byusingthesecureapplicationprogramminginterface(API),
youcanconnecttoLab ManagerServertoautomateorperformvariousoperations.
TheLab ManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIusesXMLbasedtechnologies,including
SimpleObjectAccessProtocol(SOAP)asthe
communicationprotocolandWeb
ServicesDescriptionLanguage(WSDL)astheinterfacedescriptionlanguage.The
Lab ManagerWSDLfiledetailstheavailablemethodsoftheservice(called
“operations”inWebServicesvernacular)andparametertypes,aswellastheSOAP
endpointfortheservice.
Thischaptercoversthesetopics:
“IntegratingLab ManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools”onpage 12
“SupportedOperations”onpage 12
“Lab ManagerDataObjects”onpage 12
“StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms”onpage 13
“Security”onpage 13
Introducing VMware
Lab Manager SOAP API
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