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Overview

his chapter provides an overview of the Traverse Web Services Application Programming Interface (API). You can use the Traverse Web Services API to create your own portal to provide a customized view of the system. For example, you could create a portal showing a limited number of devices or an aggregate status showing the health of the network.

The Traverse Web Services API consists of the following web services:

Service

Description

Session Manager

Processes login and logout requests The Federated Security Model in Traverse requires a valid session to be established before any of the other services can be used.

Department User Container Device Test DGE (includes location) Event Subnet Search Types

These web services allow read-only access to the different data within Traverse for use in your applications. For a complete listing, see the javadoc.

External Data Feed

This web service allows inserting tests data into Traverse.

Important: You should also view the WSDL for the most current API definitions.