Actuate IDAPI (Information Delivery API) is part of Actuate Server Integration Technology. This API supports integrating an application with Actuate iServer System and administering an Encyclopedia volume. 


SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
A message based protocol on XML. Use SOAP to access applications and their services on the web. SOAP uses XML syntax to send text commands across the internet using HTTP. 

The Actuate API packages an XML request in a SOAP envelope and sends it to the Actuate iServer System through an HTTP connection. SOAP can also use other mechanisms but HTTP is widely available and a basic component of internet infrastructure.

SOAP message, like any XML message, must be well formed and valid. 

SOAP Structure

• HTTP header
• SOAP envelope
• SOAP header
• SOAP body

The HTTP header encloses the entire message. The SOAP envelope encloses the SOAP header and body. The message, including the HTTP header, goes over the web to a server that accepts SOAP messages.

Some Features of Actuate IDAPI

• Providing platform and language independence
• Sending Composite Message
• Performing Volume Administration Tasks
• Supporting Multiple Locales
• Versioning
• Open Security
  
  

We can access Actuate IDAPI in the following ways. These are Customizing Actuate Active portal, creating custom application to send soap message and using WSDL toolkit. 

We can use WSDL toolkit to obtain a WSDL file from an Actuate iServer that host Actuate web services using HTTP connection. Using this toolkit creates the proxy object that provides the interface for Actuate web services. The client application uses this proxy objects to send request to and receive responses from Actuate iServer