web-services

Connecting to Bing Maps SDK from a Rails app

I am attempting to connect to Bing Maps SDK through a RoR application. My goal is to calculate driving distance between two locations after geocoding them. I am new to SOAP and ROR so I may be making a simple mistake. Two days of Googling (Binging?) and I'm coming up short. Here is what I am doing: Environment Ruby 1.8.7 on Windo...

Consuming PHP webservice(SOAP, WSDL) from ASP.NET C# app - problems with array

I have a web service, defined(WSDL) and implemented in PHP. This one is relatively simple, important bits defined as the following: <message name='registerAccountRequest'> <part name='key' type='xsd:string'/> <!-- key --> <part name='data' type='xsd:array'/> <!-- account data --> </message> <message name='registerAccount...

How to send xml flex to php via post method in <mx:httpservice >?

i created xml in flex after that creation i post to php via http service but when i add like xml in http service flex throws error msg like Error #1096: XML parser failure: Unterminated element." What did i worng ? How to send xml data flex to php ? plz refer me <mx:HTTPService id="createxml" method="POST" url="http://####/admin/?do...

Maintain whitespace/line breaks when serializing via .NET Web Service

I'm doing some pre-processing of an XML document in a .NET Webservice (Standard .NET SOAP Service) for eventual use in a Silverlight front end. I'm processing that XML document into a POCO object for ease of use. The object is defined as follows: public class CACDocument : ITextDocument { #region Properties public string Title...

XML Web Services

I just start learning to write web services yesterday, kinda fascinating. I created an XML web service, i most program on my Linux box, I want to use the java language or some other language to access this web service. Can you direct me to any tutorial that show how to access the .net web services from another programming language. ...

Problems with an ASMX Web Method that uses File I/O

Right now I am working on a stub of a project. In the course of the project I need to be able to from a web front end set a message on a server to and then from an iPhone Query the Server to read the message. While all the individual peices are working and my request is going through fine I am having trouble using this webmethod [Web...

ASMX or WCF for AJAX consumption inside of ASP.net only

I have an ASP.Net 3.5 application in which I would like to setup some web services for AJAX consumption for ONLY within the application they reside. There is no foreseeable need to expose them to anything beyond the application in which they live. That being said, is there any particular benefit to use WCF over ASMX or viceversa to exp...

Using a Web Service to access data outside MOSS using AD for authentication

So here is the scenario: I have a MOSS 2007 box and I want my clients to be able to access a SharePoint site via the internet. I am told that I will be using an IPA and AD for authentication. However I have a DB outside of SharePoint that holds various business data and I want to use Web Services to access the data, manipulate it, and s...

Consuming SOAP Web Service, error when de-serializing value types

Does anybody know how I can troubleshoot web services responses? When I get my soap message back from a web service call I get this error "The string '' is not a valid AllXsd value" as soon as it's a value type like a datetime per example. My proxy classes are generated from wsdl's using wsdl.exe, the wsdl seems valid. I have seen not...

Using a remote, external web service instead of a database

I am building an ASP.NET web application that will be deployed to a 4-node web farm. My web application's farm is located in California. Instead of a database for back-end data, I plan to use a set of web services served from a data center in New York. I have a page /show-web-service-result.aspx that works like this: 1) User requests...

python long running daemon job processor

I want to write a long running process (linux daemon) that serves two purposes: responds to REST web requests executes jobs which can be scheduled I originally had it working as a simple program that would run through runs and do the updates which I then cron’d, but now I have the added REST requirement, and would also like to chang...

Java's answer to PHP's SoapClient() ?

There's a lot of information out there, but I can't quite figure out: What's Java's answer to PHP's SoapClient()? No frills, just want to create a client to access the methods described by a .wsdl document. ...

Impact of email verification hurdle on rate of acquiring new users

Hi, I'm considering to add "hard" email verification to my website(s). I.e. require users visit a link with a verification key sent by email before they can post content. This will add an extra step in the registration procedure and I'm concerned that it may keep some users away. In practice how does this affect the rate of new people...

Deploying asp.net Web Service referencing web service

Hi, I've a asp.net web solution which references a web service from another web site (also in our development environment). I want to know if I need to change the address of the web service (from production server) when deploying to production and how or if it is not necessary to make any changes? ...

How to pass username to a web service from sharepoint

I'm new to Sharepoint and have tried googeling this, so sorry if I'm just being dumb. I have written a webservice that takes a username and returns some company related information about the user. I found on google that one of the best ways to use this information is be creating a data store in Sharepoint designer. I have managed to ...

Newb needs to learn how to query .asmx web service

Hiya, I've been thrown a project which I have to say I've not got the faintest idea where to start so I'm hoping someone can give me some pointers here! I'm working with a SharePoint intranet, and I need to query a web service which has been set up. In the words of the guy who set it up: The result of that query will be a DataS...

Is it possible to create asynchronous web services in ASP.NET

I am not looking to be able to call web services asyncronously, I can already do that. What I want is to be able to create an asynchronous web service in a similar manner that I can create an asynchronous web page using the AddOnPreRenderCompleteAsync method. I have a web service that is dependent on another web service. I wish to be ab...

Error trying to connect to FedEx Ship Service API when using PHP

I had decided to integrate FedEx Shipping Service into one of my online apps. I downloaded a sample PHP code from the FedEX developer center. But when I tried to work with the ShipGroundDomestic.php5 I am getting error. I modified the file according to my specifications & plugged in the credentials. But I am unable to make it work. I am ...

Growl Notifications from a Web Server

Hi, I notice that Growl allows for the possibility of Growl notifications from a website. Has anyone tried implementing this? If so, what form did it take? Did you implement multi user support? And, can you provide any code examples (C# or Objective-C would preferable but I'm not that fussed)? Rich ...

Passing an exception object to a webservice

Following on from a question here got me thinking.... Would it/is it possible that when an application encounters an unhandled exception for this exception object to be serialized and sent to a web service with a db backend. Then, using a utility or even within Visual Studio the exception object could be loaded from the db and inspected...