TANDBERG 6000MXP - Manual (Page 63)

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TANDBERG 3000 MXP & 6000 MXP
REFERENCE GUIDE FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
TXAS is a service provided by TANDBERG units for transmit-
ting and receiving (transceiving) information encoded in XML
format.
The API uses HTTP(S) as the transport mechanism and con-
nects to the normal web port (80). TXAS can be accessed
in two ways; bare-bone HTTP requests where URL’s uniquely
identifies the request, and SOAP where a single URI is used
but the request itself is encoded with XML.
TXAS - TANDBERG XML API Service
About the TANDBERG API
The bare-bone HTTP mode uses a unique URL to identify the specific request. The contents of
the HTTP body will be a XML document (or part of it).
Bare-bone HTTP(S) access is accomplished by passing arguments in the query string (after
‘
? ’ in URL) in a GET request, or using the “application/x-www-form-urlencoded” content-type
method of POSTing form data (Each argument starts with a name ‘ = ’ and a value, and every
parameter separated with ‘ & ’ (and opt NL).)
getxml
REQUEST:
/getxml
PARAM:
location = XPath expression
/getxml request returns an XML document based on the location parameter passed to the
request. The elements (or complete document) matching the expression will be returned.
On Incorrect XPath expression, a <Fault> element with a <XPathError> element will be re-
turned.
formputxml
REQUEST:
/formputxml
PARAM:
xmldoc = “an XML document of Configuration, Directory or Command”
This is most useful in a POST (to extend character limit of 255 of GET urls). It posts a Configu-
ration or Command document to set the configurations or issue a command.
Like getxml, it has the data URL form-data encoded with one single parameter. The Content-
Type of the document must be of type “application/x-www-form-urlencoded” and the body must
be encoded accordingly (e.g. first line will be xmldoc=<then the document>).
putxml
REQUEST:
/putxml
PARAM:
HTTP BODY as argument
Putxml is like formputxml +, put uses the complete BODY as argument (i.e. the content of
the xmldoc parameter). The Content-type should be “ text/xml ” or “ application/xml ” (
or “ text/plain ”), though no check at the moment. (Except for application/x-www-form-url
encoded which will cause a failure).
About TANDBERG XML API Service Bare-bone HTTP(S) Access