Here is some information on the use of webservices 

 

I have attached two webservice source files which can be put in your \webservice directory, 

e.g c:\program files\mirror42\webservice 

Create the directory webservice if it does not exist. 

Test its presence with http://localhost/m42/webservice/StockQuote.asmx 

 

Automatic metrics which get their values from webservices can be defined in the metric data source area like 

 

Webservice: 

http://localhost/m42/webservice/StockQuote.asmx 

 

Webservice Params: 

IBM  

 

Webservice XPath: 

/value/StockQuotes/Stock/Last 

 

XPath is a language for finding information in an XML document. 

XPath is used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document. 

 

For XPath examples refer to http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp 

Or search Google for "xpath" 

 

Example output of this webservice: 

 

 

 

 

ORCL 

11.71 

6/10/2004 

4:00pm 

0.00 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

0 

60.833B 

11.71 

0.00% 

10.85 - 15.51 

0.48 

24.40 

ORACLE CORP 

 

 

 

 

Examples 

 

web service http://www.random.org/cgi-bin/Random.cgi 

parameters  

XPath /value 

 

// Gets the latest stock quote, e.g. from IBM 

web service http://localhost/m42/webservice/StockQuote.asmx 

parameters IBM  

XPath /value/StockQuotes/Stock/Last 

 

// Says "hello" in several languages, e.g. in French 

web service http://lepago.homeip.net:80/HelloLangJB4EAR/HelloLangJB4EJB/HelloLa...

parameters french 

XPath /value 

 

// Get a random quote 

web service http://www.boyzoid.com/comp/randomQuote.cfc 

parameters false 

XPath /value 

 

// Get random number 

web service: http://localhost/m42/webservice/RandomValues.asmx 

parameters 10100 

XPath /value 

 

Development information: 

Building a webservice in .NET 

 

Add the following line before the definition of the web service class: 

 

[SoapDocumentService(RoutingStyle=SoapServiceRoutingStyle.RequestElement)] 

 

This means that the SOAPAction HTTP header can be "" or even "BilboBaggins" and the server will locate the correct method by looking at the HTTP Request-URI (based on the first child element following the XML element of the SOAP message), rather than the SoapAction HTTP header to route the request to the correct method.