SuiteTalk (Web Services) Platform Guide - NetSuite

SuiteTalk Platform OverviewUnderstanding Web Services4Chapter 6 "Web Services Processing": describes how to process requests synchronously versusasynchronously. Also provided are steps for monitoring your web services requests.Chapter 7 "Web Services Security": describes all aspects of Web services security and sessionmanagement.Chapter 8 "Platform Features": describes the Web Services Concurrent License.Chapter 9 "Types": describes the various types available in the SuiteTalk Platform.Chapter 10 "Web Services Operations": describes each operation that can be performedthrough Web services and provides SOAP, C# and Java code samples.Chapter 11 "Web Services Error Handling and Error Codes": provides tables of possible SOAPfaults, fault status codes and error status codes that can be thrown for a given request.Chapter 12 "Task IDs" provides a list of task IDs for NetSuite pages.Understanding Web ServicesWeb services are Extensible Markup Language (XML) applications mapped to programs,objects, databases or complex business functions. They utilize a standardized XML messagingsystem to send or receive requests to authorized parties over the Internet. Businesses canimplement Web services to provide standards based processes that can be utilized by otherorganizations or integrated with business partner processes. Since the programming logicencapsulated by each Web service is independent of any one platform or technology set, Webservices provide an independence and flexibility for integration across and between businesses.The following protocols are used to publish, expose or access Web Services:• WSDL (Web Services Description Language): a WSDL file exposes a Web serviceinterface, interaction patterns and protocol mapping. WSDL can be readily interpretedby other applications, systems and platforms.• UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration): A Web Service can becategorized and registered in a UDDI Registry so that applications can locate it andretrieve its WSDL. Currently NetSuite does NOT provide a UDDI registry.• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): A Web Service can use the SOAP messagingformat to define an envelope for Web services communication via HTTP, HTTPs orother transport layers.With the SuiteTalk Platform, you can integrate existing business functions within yourorganization to NetSuite through the use of Web services. Web services can be invoked in realtimeto perform operations such as retrieving, adding, updating, and deleting data.SuiteTalk Platform Guide