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Lab Manager SOAP API Guide
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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,goto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.
Instructions for Using Microsoft Visual Studio with Lab Manager
WSDL
MicrosoftVisualStudioprogramminglanguagesaccesstheLab ManagerSOAPAPI
throughobjectsthatserveasproxiesfortheirserver‐sidecounterparts.
WhenaccessingXMLWebservicesinmanagedcode,aproxyclassandthe.NET
Frameworkhandlealloftheinfrastructurecoding.
BeforeyoucanusetheLab ManagerSOAPAPIwith
VisualStudio,youmustfirst
generatetheproxyclassobjectfromtheWSDLfile.
VisualStudioprovidesawizard(“AddaWebReference”)toconnecttoaWebservice
andgeneratethenecessaryartifacts.YoucanaddaWebreferencetoanexisting
applicationorcreateanewapplicationinVisual
Studio.
TheinstructionsbelowarespecifictoMicrosoftVisualStudio2003.