Web Service APIs
It is possible to run an assessment protocol using an web service interface. The client of this web service can post a XML document with a set of input data. This data is processed by the selected assessment protocol and the result is sent back in the web service response.
Implementing a Web Service
The web service implementation must start a specific assessment protocol, which is based on the following:
1) The name of the protocol provided in the input XML document.
2) If no protocol name is provided the system queries all install protocols. During this query, LogicNets executes a trigger logicnet, which must be located in the protocol's triggers folder. When this trigger logicnet returns the protocol is selected. The triggers logicnet gets as input the input XML document. When there are more then one protocols are selected the system returns an error to the web service client.
The web service can be accessed using the following URL:
https://|host|/|company|/logicnets.lns?verb=start&code=applicationrunnerwebservice&action=postdata
or
https://|host|/|company|/applicationrunnerwebservice/postdata
The following example documents are attached to this topic:
- Input document: SamplePOSTMessageApplicationRunner.xml
- Result document: SampleRESPONSEMessageApplicationRunner.xml
- XSD: ExternalStorageV1.xsd
Testing the Web Service
You can test the web service using any web service client. The following example uses Postman.
- Start Postman.
- Change GET to POST (1).
- Paste the URL https://|host|/|company|/logicnets.lns?verb=start&code=applicationrunnerwebservice (2).
- Change the body type to raw (3).
- Paste the content of the SamplePOSTMessageApplicationRunner.xml (4).
- Click Send (5).
- Check the body of the response.
An XML message is returned when the URL and the posted data is correct.
The XML message contains four URLs: one for starting the interactive session, one for getting the data after the interactive session, one for getting the state, and one for closing the session. It also contains a sessionkey. This sessionkey is important since this will be used in all further communication between the external client and LogicNets.
The "start" URL is what you can open in the browser. Remember to unescape the XML characters; for example, & should become &.
Example: https://|host|/|company|/logicnets.lns?verb=start&code=ExternalStarter&sessionkey=42344DCC%2D825E%2D2D83%2D0205%2DFB1FA7418FED
You can also pass a redirect_uri as an additional parameter. This URI is called in the browser when the form is saved, submitted, or cancelled or when an error is occurs while opening the form. For example:
https://|host|/|company|/logicnets.lns?verb=start&code=ExternalStarter&sessionkey=42344DCC%2D825E%2D2D83%2D0205%2DFB1FA7418FED&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmyclient%2Fform_ready
The system opens the assessment in the browser and you can fill in the forms. When you are ready you can save, submit, or cancel the form.
After the form is closed you can use the getdata-url to retrieve the data.
Redirect URL
The redirect URL is called in the browser when the form is saved, submitted, or cancelled or when an error is occurs while opening the form. The following query parameters are added to the URL to report back the status
| Parameter | Description | Example |
| sessionkey | Key of the session of which the form is closed |
9CD0075B-5F0C-580F-4E6E-D76E602FAA1A
|
| result | Result of the session | error | save | submit | cancel | expiredsession |
| errorcode | Error code (see below) | 101 |
| message | Error message | No sessionkey provided |
Error Codes
In case an error occurs, the redirect URL or the Web API response body returns the error code and message.
| Action | Error Code | Message | Description |
| - | 100 | No action specified | Missing action parameter in url |
| getdata getstate close start interactive form |
101 | No sessionkey provided | Missing sessionkey parameters in URL |
| getdata close |
102 | Provided session (<sessionkey>) not found | Session not found (e.g. invalid session key provided, session has been cleaned after reinstall) |
| getdata close start interactive form |
103 | Session state is incorrect (<error>) | Invalid session transition |
| postdata | 105 | XML XSD validation failed: <errors> and <warnings> | Provided document is not valid |
| postdata | 106 | Specified package (<package name>) is not available | Provided package is not installed or active |
| postdata | 110 | More than 1 triggered package found (<package names>) | |
| start interactive form | 111 | Invalid URL | An invalid URL has been provided to startup the interactive form |
Other Scenarios
When they system detects a timeout it calls the redirect URI with the 'expiredsession' result.
When the user closes the browser or powers down his/her machine, the session remains in the same state. The same start-url can be used to restart the interactive form.
State Diagram
