Calling webservices via Javascript

Description

Webservices can be called per script and are used to read out information, set data, assign tasks, etc.

Webservice Name

A list of webservice name kan be seen in Firebug. per selected webservice name you can find the available methods.

Webservice Method

After selecting a name you can find the methods. Inthis example the IdentityManager is used

Parameter

Via a click on the method it is possible to see which parameters need to be given.

Exmaple

In this example the fucntion getuserByName is called in the IdentityManager. This method calls a callback method (userCallback) in the script. THe callback gets the found user. In this callback the information of the received user can be worked with.

var userCallback=function(userGot){
//do sth
}
webService.IdentityManager.getUserByName("tim.support", userCallback);