Re: Web Services Question

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Elaina,

Why are you concerned about the most efficient way?  Are you having 
trouble with efficiency, if so, what are the symptoms?  Can you describe 
the problem in a little more detail?

Since we don't know anything about how the current program is 
implemented, it's awfully difficult for us to discuss efficiency!

Are you looking to understand the value of HTTPAPI vs. other web service 
related tools?   Or are you looking to understand the efficiency 
differences between SOAP and REST?  Or...  what are you looking for? 
Since we don't know what tool you're using now, it's hard to even guess 
if HTTPAPI will be faster or not?

It seems to me that if you're just connecting to a web service and 
sending a location/name, efficiency may not be your biggest issue? 
After all, how big can a location/filename be?   Or are you actually 
sending the complete file data?


On 12/27/2010 2:04 PM, Gallagher, Elaina wrote:
> I am new to the group and just trying to figure out why my predecessor
> used the free web service programs that he used.  They seem to work
> but I'm not sure it's the most efficient way.
>
> I am trying to accomplish the following (without mirroring what he has
> already done):
>
> Send a file location and file name (from the 400) to a web service
> that has been created by another internal IT staff member.  The
> intended purpose of that web service is nothing more than just
> processing the identified file and then deleting the file.
>
> Which open source would most closely match this requirement?
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