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IVR portal system web service requirement

 
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So there is already an IVR in place; however, a like for like system is being developed to be compatible with a new portal the modified IVR system will be moved to. There is a request to combine REST with SOAP and modify the wsdl with the additional system links.
My concern is that when the wsdl is updated with the new links then the IVR system will allow other clients to access private information (see example below)

client calls in to check the balance of his/her accound, and is able to check the balance of other clients' accounts as well.

Please help with the following
1. How to include the updates in the wsdl without all clients having access to it?
2. What is an ideal approach to cobine REST with SOAP and modify the wsdl?

please help!
 
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I gather you are talking about " Interactive Voice Response " - why exactly are you considering a SOAP interface?

It is claimed that WSDL 2.0 provides for AXIS binding both SOAP and RESTful services.

As far as:

1. How to include the updates in the wsdl without all clients having access to it?



I have no idea... WSDLs seem to be intended to be public.. exactly what problem are you anticipating?

Won't you be using some sort of user sign in ID/password to allow access to accounts?

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The problem with the wsdl I'm anticipating is not that I don't want the clients to access the wsdl itself but I don't want other clients to access client information. In regards to using soap it's because it's already being used with the current ivr system but my supervisor wants to combine the two and gravitate more towards using rest from this point on. And I have no clue how to begin that task. Do you have a starting point suggestion?
 
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Patsy Morrow wrote:The problem with the wsdl I'm anticipating is not that I don't want the clients to access the wsdl itself but I don't want other clients to access client information. In regards to using soap it's because it's already being used with the current ivr system but my supervisor wants to combine the two and gravitate more towards using rest from this point on. And I have no clue how to begin that task. Do you have a starting point suggestion?



1. WSDL is information about a web service - NOT individual user data. Knowing the variable names for user data does NOT get you access arbitrarily.

2. Moving to more REST - good - start by figuring out the "Use Cases" your clients will need. Then apply the RESTful architecture concepts to decide where REST fits in these use cases

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thanks for the user case starting point, I will start there. In regards to the wsdl, I just wondered if there was some type of way the web service clients would not be able to see the customer's specific message in the wsdl?
 
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