Cobra 8.3 Help System

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Cobra Web Service

The Cobra Web Service allows you to create applications that can programmatically execute Cobra functions over the network.

To know the supported processes, operations, and data for creation and retrieval, see Supported Processes, Operations, and Data.

The Cobra Web Service consists of two parts: the Cobra Web Service host and the Cobra Web Service ClientAPI.

Cobra Web Service Host

The Cobra Web Service host is a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) based Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service which exposes Cobra functions over the network.

Cobra Web Service ClientAPI

The Cobra Web Service Client API is a .NET dynamic link library which consumes the WCF service. Deltek recommends that application developers use this library in their applications.

Use the link below to display the Web Service ClientAPI Help.

Deltek Cobra Web Services ClientAPI Help

Alternatively, you can navigate to the Help > API subfolder of the Cobra installation folder.

Utilizing the Cobra Web Service

This table summarizes the steps you need to perform to utilize the Cobra Web Service.

Important: The Cobra Web Service is intended to be utilized by an application developer with knowledge in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and .NET Framework.
Step Procedure Notes
1 Deploy the Cobra Web Service host. This step is required.
2 Configure the Cobra Web Service when using Windows authentication . This step is required only if you are using Windows authentication. You do not need to perform this step if you are using SQL Server Authentication (username/password) in your datasource.
3 Deploy the Cobra Web Service ClientAPI. This step is required only if you are going to utilize the Cobra Web Service ClientAPI in your application.
4 Create a Visual Studio project and add the ClientAPI files as reference.
Attention: To better understand how to use the Cobra Web Service ClientAPI in your application, Cobra provides a sample ClientAPI file which contains examples on how to authenticate and call Cobra processes through Cobra Web Service ClientAPI. Refer to Cobra Web Service ClientAPI Example for step-by-step explanation.