Creating a new project in Microsoft Project with custom fields using web...
I’ve been trying unsuccessfully for the last week or so to successfully create a new project from web services and I believe the main problem that I’ve been running into is that one of the required...
View ArticleIs there any way in drupal to get all primary links through views?
My objective is to get the primary links or any kind of menus items, to be shown as JSON, so that an app could consume it and show it. I tried it using views and I have services module and...
View ArticleHow do different technologies connect to form a web stack? [closed]
I am a little confused, is it possible to implement a front end using common languages like html, css and javascript and then do server side processing using a language of your choice, say python or...
View ArticleAltering the “Who can view the membership of the group?” setting of a group...
I was wondering if it’s possible to alter a group’s Who can view the membership of the group? setting from Group Members to Everyone through CSOM or through SP’s web services. Right now I am creating a...
View ArticleCustom Workflow Activity vs Web Services in SharePoint 2013 Workflow
I am working on a SharePoint 2013 workflow project which needs some business logic. In SharePoint 2013, workflows are declarative. So to write a custom code, its advised to create a web service and...
View ArticleHow to ensure multiple clients don't poll the server at the same time?
I am making an android app which will talk to a web service to get data. The web service has a rate limit of 100 calls per minute. Is there a way, recommended method to ensure that the app across...
View Articlehow to implement idempotent webservice calls
I’m developing a wcf based solution for a webservice layer that “occasionally-connected” mobile devices will be using. The service will not be using queuing (at this stage) due to the additional...
View ArticleProfile data not showing using REST server
When visiting user profile page /user/1 the page shows the custom profile data (bio, and a few other fields), but when accessing the same resource via rest (using web services), the data isn’t present:...
View Articlesingle app and multiple distributed service versions
The problem that I have is with versioning of a single mobile application (created with Cordova) and the WCF web services that it consumes. Situation: The latest version of the mobile app is always...
View ArticleHow can output Title, Email and phone from User Profiles
I found some code that outputs from user profiles and works but it only outputs Manager. How can this be changed to output Title, Email and Phone number? var managerName; $().SPServices({ operation:...
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InfoPath 2013 “violate cross-domain restrictions” error while fetching data...
I have an InfoPath 2013 form, that fetches some data from external database using a WebService. The WebService is called when the user enters some data in a text field on the form. The WebService...
View ArticleSeparation of web server and stateless REST API
Currently, I have a single Node server that provides both (a) stateless API routes returning JSON, and (b) session-based web routes. My API routes and web routes have started sharing a lot of code, and...
View ArticleIntegration between services in a SOA
Assume we have a Bounded Context for Inventory (InventoryBC) and another one for Shipments (ShipmentsBC). These 2 BCs need to communicate together. They are hosted on 2 different services on different...
View ArticleReliable way to generate a token in a SOAP webservice
Legacy SOAP service here at work use a token authentication. The flow is: As first step I call the startSession method passing username (say myUser) and password (say myPWD) as parameter. At this point...
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Data Access Layer with Asynchronous services like MQ
I am tasked with creating a development, design and architecture guide for a large multi-year project. I have to dictate best design practices for a number of architectural perspectives. See the below...
View ArticleCould not find default endpoint element that references contract...
I have a referenced web service in an InfoPath form that I’m trying to initialise. The service is named Service1 by default within the solution. I’m trying to understand what I’m missing when I run the...
View ArticleDesign Pattern to parse array of objects
What is considered a good practice to parse an array of objects returned by an API? I am creating a RESTfull web service and a client which is meant to work with this service. One of my REST services...
View ArticleWhat is really a resource?
I’m starting to study about web api’s and REST and I’m having a hard time to understand what is really a resource. Basically the book I’m reading says that a resource is a conceptual mapping to one or...
View ArticleView XML Request when using WSClient and Rules
I am building a website that uses 3rd party data from a web service. I decided to use WSClient…so far so good. I am using Rules together with WSClient to create the proper SOAP request, however I am...
View ArticleImage uploads – preoptimize with CDN or host on same machine?
I’m working on a personal blog that will be used for reviewing various goods/services and as a dev journal. I’m writing this in Angularjs and Nodejs as a learning experience, but I plan on using it for...
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