You can send requests to services that use an HTTP endpoint.
Procedure
To send a request to an HTTP service:
- Click the Open the Generic Service Client toolbar button (
) and select
the Requests page.
- Click Add (
) and Add Endpoint Request or click Add an endpoint request from the main page.
- In the Configure Protocol window,
select HTTP and specify the HTTP transport
configuration. If necessary, click New to create an HTTP transport configuration for the call.
- Type the URL of the call, the HTTP method and version,
and specify any header or cookie properties.
- Click Next.
- On the Select Root Element page, if
the service uses a specific XML Schema Definition (XSD), select one
from the list or click Browse to import the
XSD file, and then, select the root element for the request. If no XSD is available for the service, select No Schema.
- Click Finish. The
request is added to the Endpoints section of
the Request Library.
- In the Request Library, select the
request element. The generic service client shows
three steps: Edit Data, Invoke, and View Response. The details for the call
are displayed under the Edit Data step.
- On the Message page, use the Form, Tree, or Source views to edit the contents of the request. Each view
shows a different format of the same data. To add or remove XML elements
in the Form or Tree view,
click to comply with an XSD specified
in the schema catalog.
- On the Attachments page, specify any
file attachments to send with the request. You must have
configured the environment with the correct libraries and configuration
files to handle file attachments.
- On the Transport page, if necessary,
change the transport configuration for the request. You
can create and edit transport and security configurations by clicking
the Transport tab.
- On the Request Stack page, specify
whether to override the security or processing algorithms that are
applied to the outgoing request for the WSDL. Click Show Response Stack to add a Response Stack page to edit the security or processing algorithms for incoming
responses.
Note: These settings apply only to the current request.
To edit the request or response stack for all requests that use the
current WSDL file, click Edit WSDL Security to open the WSDL Security Editor.
- When you are ready, click Invoke to send the service request. The generic service
client sends the request and displays the message return under the View Response step.
What to do next
Successful requests are recorded and added to the
Request History list. If you are using
IBM Rational® Performance Tester or
IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality, you can click the
Generate Test Suite button (

) to create
a service test.