I’m learning about using web services for data import, and I have a question. I looked at the “Import one customer” example, but my question is: how can I automate this process? Considering that in the XML file, under the section GRP1, the I_FILE field contains hardcoded customer data for import, is it possible to specify a URL pointing to a file hosted on a server instead?
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:wss="http://www.adonix.com/WSS">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<wss:run soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<callContext xsi:type="wss:CAdxCallContext">
<codeLang xsi:type="xsd:string">ENG</codeLang>
<poolAlias xsi:type="xsd:string">IMPORT-EXPORT</poolAlias>
<poolId xsi:type="xsd:string"></poolId>
<requestConfig xsi:type="xsd:string">
<![CDATA[adxwss.optreturn=JSON&adxwss.beautify=true&adxwss.trace.on=off]]>
</requestConfig>
</callContext>
<publicName xsi:type="xsd:string">AOWSIMPORT</publicName>
<inputXml xsi:type="xsd:string">
<![CDATA[{
"GRP1": {
"I_MODIMP": "BPC",
"I_AOWSTA": "NO",
"I_EXEC": "REALTIME",
"I_RECORDSEP": "|",
"I_FILE":"B;FR;OL10;Urban Cycle;UrbanCycle;SA;001;001;001;001;EUR;49120544900011;349;FR22491205449;FR001;FRA;CH30NETEOM;LOCAL;700;700;610000;1;FR251;;;;;|A;001;Urban Cycle;35, Chaussée de la Madeleine;;;44000;NANTES;FR;251899270;251899278|A;002;U.C. Dépot;2 Boulevard Arcole;;;31000;TOULOUSE;FR;066581312;|D;001;Urban Cycle;FR251;3;FR201;EXW;2;;;;|R;FR;30004480581456789012313;BNP Paribas|END"
}
}]]>
</inputXml>
</wss:run>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
What is the benefit of using this import method when we can simply use the BPC model for direct import in Import/Export ?
I don’t quite understand how we can automate imports via a webservice constructed in this way; do you have any examples ?
