Web Services Management Page
To manage a published Web service, select the Web service in the Published Web Services pane and click one of the following buttons:
- Pause—Pauses the Web service. Users need the ManageWS permission to use this feature.
- Resume—Unpauses a paused Web service. Users need the ManageWS permission to use this feature.
- Restart—Restarts the Web service. Users need the ManageWS permission to use this feature.
- Unpublish—Unpublishes the Web service and removes it from the Published Web Services pane. Users need the UndeployWS permission to use this feature.
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Note Users need the GetWSAPIKey permission to use the Web Services Management page.
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Invoking Web Methods Manually
Complete the following steps to manually invoke a Web method.
- Select a Web service in the Published Web Services pane. A list of available Web methods displays in the adjacent pane.
- Select a method from the list of available Web methods.
- Click Send Request. The Send Request dialog box opens.
- Enter additional information in the following tabs of the Send Request dialog box:
- Terminals–Edit the values of the input terminals by double-clicking the Value field for each parameter. This tab is available only if input terminals are defined for the selected method.
- Content–Enter content information specific to the type of method selected.
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Note For POST methods, requests you enter in the Request field transmit as UTF-8 encoded text. Files transmit as binary data. |
- Advanced–Add custom headers by clicking the + button and entering the custom header and value. Invoke the Web method using a different user's credentials by selecting the Use Credentials checkbox and entering a new username and password.
- Request/Response–The fields on this tab are unavailable until you invoke the Web method.
- Click Submit to invoke the Web method. The Request/Response tab displays the request you sent and response you received.