Web services
Matrix web services provides developers with the infrastructure for external systems to communicate with your Matrix system. These services using a variety of implementations such as Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), JavaScript, and Representational State Transfer (REST) configurations.
Matrix also provides communication between external REST web services through the REST resource assets. These assets enable content to be retrieved and modified from authorized servers almost anywhere on the web.
The web services packages are described briefly below, with links out to the supporting developer documentation:
- SOAP server asset
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The SOAP server asset provides the framework for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) requests within the system. You can read more about this web service in the SOAP API documentation.
- JavaScript API
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The JavaScript API provides a set of functions allowing ajax requests to create, modify and retrieve content within Matrix. You can read more about this web services in the JavaScript API documentation.
- REST resource
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The REST resource asset provides the ability to communicate with web services that expose themselves using representational state transfer (REST). You can read more about this web services in the REST resource assets documentation.