Overview of the Web Services API

The TIBCO LogLogic Web Services API is used to develop programs, or use Web Services tools, to interface with the TIBCO LogLogic appliances. You can use the Web Services API to run reports and searches, manage alert rules, manage user accounts, manage forwarding rules, and manage search filters.

The API is XML Web Services-based to provide a standardize API transport.

TIBCO LogLogic provides two main Services:

Administration Service

You can use the TIBCO LogLogic Administration Service API to manage TIBCO LogLogic Appliances via the following operations:

Report and Search Service

Using TIBCO LogLogic Search Service API you can manage reports and search queries on TIBCO LogLogic Appliances. Managing report and search queues includes running reports, viewing reports, and searching reports to return specific data.

Requirements

To use the TIBCO LogLogic Web Services API, you need:

  • A software tool to integrate your applications with the TIBCO LogLogic Web Services API (such as Apache Axis (for Java and C++ clients) or SOAP::Lite (for Perl clients).
  • A software tool to create the client side API code (such as wsdl2java or wsdl2perl).
  • LogLogic WSDL
  • A software tool to generate client stubs
  • TIBCO LogLogic appliance user name with “access web services” enabled

Port 443 is the required port on the TIBCO LogLogic appliance for accessing the Web Services API calls.