Web Services and Rest API are flexible ways to exchange information with OfficeClip. Most objects support simple operations like:

  • Get all information for a particular object type.
  • Get information for a particular key.
  • Insert, update, and remove information.

Working with these APIs requires exposure to the current technology and programming concepts. Detailed help documentation is available to guide a user through making these changes.

Web Services (Soap API)

According to Wikipedia, SOAP(initially Simple Object Access Protocol) is a specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of web services in computer networks.

See below for documentation on the OfficeClip Soap API

  1. Online Help
  2. Windows Help

Note: To open the Windows Help Format file just download the file to your computer, right-click on it, and select Properties. Next click Unblock. Once the file is unblocked, it can be opened by double-clicking on it in Windows Explorer.

Rest API

According to Wikipedia, Representational state transfer (REST) or RESTful web services is a way of providing interoperability between computer systems on the Internet. REST-compliant Web services allow requesting systems to access and manipulate textual representations of Web resources using a uniform and predefined set of stateless operations.

See OfficeClip Rest API Specification