WASP API documentation?

[Anon Anon]

Hi,

 

I am attempting to develop an application that consumes the web service api provided alongside the UMP via the wasp probe, but I'm having trouble finding a comprehensive document that lists the various SOAP methods, parameters and restrictions that are present.  Is such a document (or web site) available?  where can I find it?  

 

I have done some fairly exensive searching of the nimsoft customer portal/community site, and while I have found a few examples of how to consume the services, I have not seen anything that provides descriptions of the API that is available.  The Documentation section of this website provides an evidence for this - there are examples on how to consume the web service, but these only show (with little explanation) the use of a few specific methods.  I'm looking for documentation on the complete API.

 

TIA

[Anon Anon]

Specifically, I was looking for some information on how to poll probe information - there is some API documentation on Alarm methods, Mobile Panels, QOS and SLA methods, but the examples provided reference (and I would like to investigate) accessing probe data via methods like GetValue.  I have generated java sources using apache CXF's wsdl2java script, so I can see the range of options available, I just don't have any information on how the methods can be tied together.

[Anon Anon]

Do you have the Web Services PDF (70ish) pages and the SDK.CHM file? 

[Anon Anon]

I have a file called 'NimsoftWebService.pdf' that provides the same information that is available on the nimsoft documentation site - some examples and some API descriptions for Alarms, Mobile Panel, basic NimBUS core, QoS and SLA methods.  This does not cover probes, SLO, User, Variable, or dashboard APIs (among others).  It looks like it's almost exactly the same material from the documentation site.

 

I do not have the SDK.CHM file.  Does it provide more comprehensive information?

[Anon Anon]

I do not know anything about the web services API, so I cannot help much on that front. However, if you are looking to get information from probes, you will be probably interacting with the callbacks on the probes. Are you already familiar with those and how to interact with them (outside of the SDKs)? If not, I may be able to help on that front. At risk of telling you things you already know, here is a little information to start...

 

The callbacks are not well documented because they have traditionally been intended for use within the product. However, customers can use them and do so often. The callbacks for the controller, hub, and NAS are covered in the respecitve whitepapers.

 

Exploring the callbacks yourself is easy and usually tells you a lot (even for the ones that are documented). The two best ways are:

 

• The 'pu' (or 'pu.exe') command - if you are a command line person
• The Probe Utility GUI (select a probe in Infrastructure Manager and press Ctrl+P) - if you are a GUI person

I hope some of this helps as a starting point. Let us know if you have any questions.

 

-Keith

[Anon Anon]

I am also having troubles finding documentation on using the wasp web services. I am trying to setup a .NET Application in Visual Studio 2010. Any update on this matter?

[Anon Anon]

I think there might be documentation provided in the archive package. Have a look on the host were you deployed the web services package, and see if you can find the documentation there. I believe it will be in HTML format (Javadoc style).

 

I just heard this today but have not seen it for myself yet...

 

-Keith