Variables Supplied to Web Services

Variables can be supplied to a web service in various ways depending on the web service type.

Web client applications can supply variables to general HTTP web services using any of the following approaches:

• The suffix of the URL
• The body of an HTTP request

Variables can be supplied to the SOAP service type by including them as part of a standard SOAP envelope.

• Variables Supplied in the URLs to Web Services
  The HTTP web server can manage variables supplied in the URL by web browsers. These variables can be expressed in any of the following conventions:
• Variables Supplied in the Body HTTP Requests
  You can supply variables in the body of an HTTP request by specifying HTTP:POST in the TYPE clause in a web client function or procedure.
• Variables Supplied in SOAP Envelopes
  You can supply variables in a SOAP envelope using the SET SOAP option of a web client function or procedure to set a SOAP operation.