Registered web services

Access  ARCAD-API Server →  Embedded Production Server →  Registered Web Services

Promoted web services are available for consumption via the embedded ARCAD-API production server.

Web services are either automatically made available in the Registered Web Services view because they were promoted there via the local designer or because they were imported into the production server manually.

When new versions of web service descriptors are promoted to the production server, they are added to the list of versions available in the registered web services' editor. By default, the most recent version of each web service listed is included in the version tag of a production package.

Reference

For more information about pushing web services to the ARCAD-API production server, refer to:

Promoting descriptors to the production server

Promoting entire descriptor categories to the production server

The Registered Web Services view

Registered web services are accessed and managed in the  Registered web services view. Click on any registered web service to access the different versions of the descriptor that have been promoted to the production server.

Import a web service into your local ARCAD-API production server to recover web services created on a different ARCAD-API designer server.

Note

Importing web services manually into the local production server is an alternative to promoting them to the local production server. It is recommended that you import only when sharing web services between different designer servers. If you need to access a web service via a different production server, outside of the imbedded production server, you can export the descriptor instead of promoting it.

The automatic promotion to local production feature is available to avoid this extra hassle.

Reference

For more information about exporting web service descriptors, refer toExporting web service descriptors.

When a web service descriptor package is imported, its content is analyzed and extracted starting at the root context of the descriptor. If needed, a new web service descriptor category is created on the production server to accommodate the hierarchy of the original descriptor. The next version number is generated according to the existing content. A new web service descriptor version directory is created including a version.properties file.

Note

By default, the version description is set to Imported.

Follow the subsequent steps to import a web service descriptor package.

Step 1   To open the import wizard, either right-click anywhere in the Registered Web Services view and click Import, or click the Import icon in the toolbar.

Step 2   Select the Production Package in which to save the descriptor from the drop-down list. This list is pre-populated with all of the production packages available on the local production server.

Important!

In order to save a web service in a package on the production server, the package must already exist.

Reference

For more information about creating production packages, refer to Production packages.

Step 3   Browse to the exported package .zip file.

Step 4   Click the Finish button to import the package.

Result   The imported package is now available on the ARCAD-API production server from the Registered Web Services view.

Web service descriptors can be unregistered from the production server.

Right-click on a registered web service in the list and select  Unregister or select the descriptor and click the Unregister icon. Click OK to confirm or click Cancel to keep the web service.