Developing an API program
Use APIs to develop applications that integrate with Service Management applications. You must know how to write API programs and be familiar with , including the overall architecture. In addition, you should be knowledgeable about the operating system for your environment and have some experience with client/server applications and plug-ins. The information here assumes that you are proficient in C programming and are familiar with arrays, pointers, structure types, and allocated memory. To use the XML import and export functions, you should be knowledgeable about XML.
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Understand the REST API and how to use the API for integration. | |
Learn how derives a client request codeset from the locale information in ARControlStruct. | |
Use the REST API to integrate forms with an outside application. | |
Get details about the C API. | |
Install, link, and compile C API programs. | |
Review the most common elements and functions of C API key data structures. | |
Use C API functions to perform operations on objects. | |
Use C API programs to initialize and shut down the system and perform other common tasks. | |
Solve problems with your API program by using logging and the driver program. | |
Learn about the C plug-in application programming interface (API) functions and data structures. | |
Transform objects into XML format and XML back into objects. | |
Use the ARGetListEntryWithMultiSchemaFields function to perform dynamic joins, which retrieve entries from multiple forms at run time. | |
Learn what Java API files are installed with , understand the programming model, and see some sample code. | |
Monitor the API calls between an server and its clients. |