How to use a web-service AwareIM Documentation

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====== How to use a web-service ======

If you want to use an existing web service exposed by some web site then you need to do the following:

  - Define an intelligent business object representing the web site exposing the web service with System intelligence type – see the “[[docs:2500_config_apps:0500_add_edit_objects:0600_intelligent_bo|Defining Intelligent Business Objects]]” section.
  - Define the SOAP channel as the default channel for this object. Specify the URL where the WDSL file describing the web service is exposed as the property of the channel – see the “[[docs:2500_config_apps:0500_add_edit_objects:0600_intelligent_bo:0100_setup_soap|Setting Properties of SOAP Channel]]” section (alternatively ask the web service provider for the WSDL file, copy this file to a local file system and specify the URL to this, file, for example: ''file:%%/%%/c:/temp/lookup.wsidl'').
  - Discover services of the business object – see the “[[glossary:discovering_services|Discovering Services]]” section. The web service you want to use should appear in the list of services exposed by the object.
  - Define a rule that will request the service of the business object using the ''[[a_f:a:request_service|REQUEST SERVICE]]'' action.