Communicating with Web Services

This section provides details on using Omniscope together with one or more remote server(s) offering web services.

In order for Omniscope to export data to a remote web service, the web service must be configured in Omniscope using the Tools > Web Services > Add Web Service wizard documented here

Posting data to web services

Omniscope submits information to web services by making a POST with the following parameters:

• Record1=value1
• Record2=value2
• ...
• RecordX=valueX

The values sent can be the values in any field in Omniscope, for example, ticker symbols.

The web service receiving data from Omniscope must be able to read this format and generate output based upon the information sent.

A very simple example of code for a web page (written for Coldfusion) that can use this information is:

    <table>
      <cfloop collection="#form#" item="item">
        <tr>
          <td><cfoutput>#item#</cfoutput></td>
          <td><cfoutput>#form[item]#</cfoutput></td>
        </tr>
      </cfloop>
    </table>

This simply loops through the records and outputs the values to the web page. With this basic information it is easy to build up complicated web services that can display further information based on user-selected groups of records posted from Omniscope.

For more information:

Configuring Web Services in Omniscope

Web Integration Options