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Summary
This On-Demand Lab will get you started on your API journey utilizing the three Archer APIs.
Overview
In our modern IT world, APIs are used extensively as a software intermediary to allow two applications to exchange data in a seamless manner. Archer administrators often depend heavily on the use of APIs to connect their applications to the Archer suite. This course explores the power of APIs and allows learners to try out and build their own application using the Archer APIs in a hassle-free environment. This course assumes learners have a basic understanding of coding.
Lab exercises provide students with the ability to practice what they have learned. To maximize the value of your learning experience, this course also includes access to Archer Academy’s virtual environment.
Audience
Anyone interested in knowing everything about Archer APIs.
Delivery Type
On-Demand/Self-Paced Learning with Lab
Duration
Estimated time to complete is 3 hours. Exact time required to complete all lab exercises will vary based on the existing Archer experience level of each learner.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills
Prior to attending this class, students are encouraged to have completed the following courses:
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this on-demand lab, participants should be able to:
- Have a general understanding of what APIs are capable of.
- Differentiate between the three Archer APIs.
- Successfully test SOAP and RESTful API calls.
- Develop a program using Microsoft Visual Studio that makes API calls to Archer.
- Explore the searching capability of SOAP.
Course Outline
- Module 1: Introduction to APIs
- What are APIs?
- What is the use of APIs?
- Module 2: Archer APIs Overview
- Archer Web Services API
- Archer RESTful API
- Archer Content API
- Module 3: Testing Archer APIs
- Use SoapUI to test a SOAP API call
- Use SoapUI to test a REST API call
- Module 4: Leveraging Archer APIs
- Design guidelines
- Developing using Microsoft Visual Studio
- Module 5: The Power of APIs
