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Appendix B: NetScaler API Reference

NetScaler 9000 Series Installation and Configuration Guide - Volume 1 B-9

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NetScaler provides a WSDL file (NSConfig.wsdl) containing the interface

definition. Developers, with the help of a third-party tool (such as, gSOAP)

can use this WSDL file to generate client “stubs”. These stubs are then called

in a custom application to send a request to NetScaler. The application can be

in any of the languages supported by the third-party tool. For example, Java,

C, or C++.

The

NSConfig.wsdl file is available on the NetScaler box at:

http://<NSIP>/API/NSConfig.wsdl

where:

NSIP is the IP address of your NetScaler box.

Use this WSDL file and the interfaces mentioned in this document to develop

customized applications.

B.10 Creating Client Applications using the

NSConfig.wsdl File

A client application can be created by importing the NSConfig.wsdl with

the gSOAP WSDL Importer to create a header file with the C/C++

declarations of the SOAP methods. The gSOAP compiler is then used to

translate this header file into stubs for the client application.

The following are the steps to create client stubs using the

NSConfig.wsdl

file:

1. Get the NSConfig.h header file from the WSDL file, using the wsdl2h

program that comes with gSOAP:

./wsdl2h NSConfig.wsdl

Output

** The gSOAP WSDL parser for C and C++ 1.0.2

Inc.

without any warranty.

Saving NSConfig.h

Reading file 'NSConfig.wsdl'

Cannot open file 'typemap.dat'