Question

What are the steps to setup a Web Service, Diagnose, and Test it.

Answer 1

Here is a brief overview for soap webservice calls.

Setup

1. Identify the endpoint url.
2. If the endpoint is a secure (https) endpoint
   1. You will need to trust their certificate in your trust store.
3. If the endpoint is a secure (https) endpoint with client authenticated TLS
   1. You will need to trust their certificate in your trust store
   2. You will need to add your private key to your key store
   3. They will need to add your certificate to their trust store
4. Create the QIE Web Service connection.
   1. You will need a valid WSDL for a soap web service (either downloaded or copied).

Diagnose

1. Turn soap web service logging by following the instructions here: http://qvera.com/kb/index.php/59/configure-produce-additional-logging-for-web-service-calls

Test it

1. Do as much development and testing within the soap envelope of the Web Service call dialog.  Only customize the function if you need to.
2. Do your inital call of the webservice within a mapping node so you can see the logging.  Then it can be moved to a destination node if you desire.

Note: For more information about TLS and client authenticated TLS see the QIE SSL Certificates Guide in the QIE Help menu.