Simple PeopleSoft No Code SOAP Web Service

What is a Web Service

Simply put a web service is  a method of communication between devices over the World Wide Web (WWW)

Characteristics:

Uses Request/Response messages over HTTP/S 

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

The foundation of data communication over WWW

Used to send and receive webpages and files on the internet.

Messages are text readable such as XML and JSON

XML - Extensible Markup Language (rules for encoding documents that are both human and machine readable)

JSON – JavaScript Object Notation (file format that uses human readable text) 

What is SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

Lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information

Use HTTP POST to send XML (Extended Markup Language)\

Provides both Asynchronous and Synchronous 

Asynchronous – Doesn’t wait for a response; it is NOT immediate; callbacks happen only when the requested resource is ready

Synchronous – Expects an immediate return of data; waits for a response

SOAP Example - Web Service from a Component Interface

PeopleTools  -> Integration Broker -> Web Services -> CI-Based Services

Enter CI Name

Click Search

Select check box

Review CI Status

Select Method or Methods you wish to create

Click Display Selected Actions

Click Perform Selected Actions

PeopleTools -> Integration Broker -> Integration Setup -> Services

(Provide Web Service (or how to generate the WSDL. Web Services Description Language which is an XML-based interface description language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a web service)

Enter Service Name

Click Search

PeopleTools -> Integration Broker -> Integration Setup -> Services

Click results link

Click Provide Web Service

Select Service Operation

Click Next

Click Next

Click Finish

Copy the WSDL URL

Using SOAPUI to Test

In SoapUI, choose File -> New SOAP Project. Give it a name, then enter the WSDL you copied.

Click OK

SOUP UI generated this: 

Enter XML data for request

Click the green run button

Response

More information at

http://peoplesoft.wikidot.com/component-interface-based-web-services