XWebServices, Inc. announces today the official launch of XWebTD, a collection of XML SOAP based Web Services that expose Tech Data's XML Services to client applications: http://www.xwebservices.com/Web_Services/XWebTD/
Although Tech Data's use of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) aims to provide its users with an accurate, high-speed (real-time), highly accessible web service enabling a full suite of business transactions, the only available means of data exchange with the web service is through numerous HTTPS POST end-points to which developers must make XML Requests to and expect XML Responses from. What may be a good fit for certain companies, has more than likely become an integration obstacle for many others that have already embraced the more popular, standards-driven, XML/SOAP based Web Services. The XWebTD collection of Web Services is there to bridge this gap - offering the exact same document exchange as the HTTPS POST end-points exposed by the company's XML Services but via the SOAP protocol.
By taking a Contract-First design approach, the XWebTD Web Services are capable of interacting directly with Tech Data's XML Services infrastructure and executing the entire suite of transactions. Every type of transaction has its own Access Point, allowing you to integrate only what is really needed: Availability, Price & Availability, Order, Order Status, Ship Via, Price List or InvoiceDetailByPO.
Make the XWebTD Web Services part of your Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) ECommerce applications today!
WSDLs:
Availability:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/Availability.wsdl
Price & Availability:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/PriceAvailability.wsdl
Order:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/Order.wsdl
Order Status:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/OrderStatus.wsdl
Ship Via:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/ShipVia.wsdl
Price List:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/PriceList.wsdl
InvoiceDetailByPO:
http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebTD/V1/InvoiceDetailByPO.wsdl
Some of the features include:
1. WS-* Standards - authentication and authorization are being enforced through the WS-Security Username Token industry standard. Client applications have the option of passing the credentials either as Digest or Plain Text.
2. SOA Governance - effortless deployment of the XML/SOAP based Web Service within any SOA Governance solution (with a Per CPU license purchase).
The XWebTD Web Services feature a 30 day free trial period. Keeping our promise to deliver SOA Solutions via XML/SOAP based Web Services at extremely competitive prices, we offer the following 3 subscription options after the initial 30 day free trial period:
1. Hosted: Less than 10,000 hits a month – $10/month or $100/year
2. Hosted: More than 10,000 hits a month – $0.015/hit
3. Dedicated - $999/cpu (includes Source Code)
Documentation, Implementation Guides, FAQs and an Online Forum are provided for the XWebTD Web Services on the XWebServices.com portal.
"Any reseller that is currently interfacing with Tech Data, be it a small mom-and-pop shop or a large enterprise, will now be able to interface directly with Tech Data’s API through a our standards based Web Services," said Cristian Sturek, Founder and Principal SOA Architect of XWebServices, Inc.
