Webservice API (WA)

ServiceCheck

String ServiceCheck(String ApplicationName, String UserName, String seckey)

This API may be used in order to check whether a service is available for an application.

This API returns the application name.

ApplikationName: Application which is mapped against a specific Content Server.

UserName: Username which is delivered / provided by the client (Authentication should be handled at the remote end. Webservice itself doesn’t offer user authentication.)

seckey: The seckey represents a signed ApplicationName. In case the security is enabled and the alias is specified, the seckey will be verified against the configured alias in the keystore.

Returns a string indicating whether web service is availble for the specified application name.

API available since version 1

serverInfo

int ContentServerInfo(String ApplicationName, String UserName, String seckey)

API may be used to check whether configured content server is available. This API is equivalent to an SAP ArchiveLink Server Info-command. It returns a response code. Please refer to SAP Content Server HTTP Interface guide for more details regarding the response code.

ApplicationName: Application which is mapped against a specified Content Server

UserName: Username which is provided by the client (Authentication should be handled at the remote end. Webservice itself doesn’t offer user authentication.)

seckey: The seckey represents a signed ApplicationName. In case the security is enabled and the alias is specified, the seckey will be verified against the configured alias in the keystore.

200: OK

400: Bad request

• Check if application is active

• Check if specified application name is correct on both sides

• Check if username is delivered by remote end

401: Forbidden

• Check if seckey is valid

• Check if instance is allowed to do serverinfo-requests

• Check if the correct certificate is being used which is mapped against an alias and the common name (CN) contains the application name.

500: Internal Server Error

• Check logs for additional details

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