How to invoke an external Web Services

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How to configure an external Web Service destination

External Web Services can be invoked by using the HTTP sender that is part of the IFS Connect
application in the IFS Extended Server.
 

Following elements is involved in an external Web Service invocation.

  1. An outbound Bizapi that is invoked from the PLSQL Access Provider.
    Read more about:  different types of BizApi's.
    Each BizApi has an XML representation for the request and the response.
     
  2. Via the Message Routing can a HTTP/HTTPs call to a external Web Service be configured.
    See the Destination address picture below.
    Message can transformed to any format and any format of a SOAP Envelope can be used.
     
  3. The HTTP Sender use HTTP-post for the delivery to the external Web Service.
    OUTBOUND_REQUEST:    The response from the external Web Service will be returned the whole way back to the caller.
    OUTBOUND:    Only some kind of a delivery response is required. Will set the state of our message in the queue to finished.   

This picture shows all elements that is involved in an external Web service call.

 

This picture shows an example of a destination address that is configured to call an external Web Service