Access URLs and Setup

Access URLs for the web services - this information is provided by Senior Systems at the time of web services installation. There is a separate URL for each type of web service, and (for access from behind the firewall) the URLs typically take the form of:

http://localhost:444/SeniorSystemsWS/AcademicService.asmx

http://localhost:444/SeniorSystemsWS/DataExportService.asmx

http://localhost:444/SeniorSystemsWS/DataUpdateService.asmx

http://localhost:444/SeniorSystemsWS/UserManagementService.asmx

http://localhost:444/SeniorSystemsWS/UserProfileService.asmx

Note
(replace 'localhost' with the name or IP of the server)

An Admin web user account for My BackPack with privileges to web services - this must be set up by the school, who will provide you with the user name and password. This account does not belong to a specific web user; it is solely for access by the application(s) utilizing web services.

For many of the data retrieval functions, you will need to use this admin account user name and password with the loginExt method from the UserManagementService to log into web services for authentication. This method returns an authentication token which you can then use as the authKey parameter for other web service methods to retrieve or update data.