SuiteTalk (Web Services) Platform Guide - NetSuite

Chapter 1SuiteTalk Platform OverviewThe SuiteTalk Platform provides programmatic access to your NetSuite data and businessprocesses through an XML-based application programming interface (API). Generallyspeaking, the SuiteTalk Platform has the following characteristics:• SOAP encoded Web services: the SuiteTalk Platform uses SOAP-based Web serviceswith document style, or Doc style, encoding.Doc style encoding consists of message-oriented exchanges where an XML schemaspecified within the SOAP message defines the structure of any messages sent betweentwo applications. RPC exchanges are NOT supported.• HTTPS Transport: currently the only transport supported is HTTPS as defined in theWSDL document.In this GuideFor a list of NetSuite records that are supported in Web services development,see Web ServicesSupported Records in the NetSuite Help Center. To see code samples of all SuiteTalkoperations, see Web Services Operations.Important: Although the following material pertains to the 2012.1 WSDL, NetSuitecontinues to support endpoints released prior to 2012.1.This manual contains the following sections:Chapter 1 "SuiteTalk Platform Overview": provides a general overview of this guide, Webservices and the NetSuite WSDL, and the NetSuite Web services governance model.Chapter 2 "Getting Started": provides steps for getting your Web services developmentenvironment set up to create your first service. It also describes how to modify or set Webservices preferences. This section also describes general concepts that pertains to SuiteTalkdevelopment.Chapter 3 "Setting Web Services Preferences": provides information on setting company-widepreferences, request level preferences, search preferences, and setting the Internal IDpreference.Chapter 4 "Roles and Permissions in Web Services": defines the concept of a role withinNetSuite and the necessity of providing a role ID during authentication. This section alsodescribes how to assign a default role to a Web services user, as well as how to set a “WebServices Only” role for a user.Chapter 5 "Records, Fields, Forms, and Sublists in Web Services": describes how to work withrecords, field, and sublist objects in Web services. This section also provides information onworking with custom forms.SuiteTalk Platform Guide