The web service user interface

Basic knowledge of Web services can be obtained by W3Schools.
• General knowledge  about webservices
• About WSDL


For the testing of webservices there is no ordinary interface to use since it is xml messages that are sent to the service and returned. This brings that the testing process becomes a bit more complicated than the testing of a typical web application. Key elements in terms of testing a Web service are:
• Call (request)
• Answer (response)
• Endpoint (often the URL where the web service is reached)
• Operations (functions as a Web service does)

A Web service is accessed via a URL, for example http://webservices.dinsite.se/hamtaperson

Web service can consist of several functions / operations, such as getClient, getEmployee

In the call you make to the Web service you go to the URL and a request parameter you tell which operation you want. Each operation has different parameters that it can receive, for example, various parameters that control what type of customer you will receive in the response.