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408 | Administration Dell Networking W-ClearPass Guest 6.4 | User Guide
The XML-RPC Interface and API
This section describes the XML-RPC interface available to third-party applications that will integrate with the
Dell Networking W-ClearPass Guest Visitor Management Appliance.
Audience:
l Developers of integrated applications. Some familiarity with HTTP based web services and XMLRPC is
assumed.
l System administrators of the W-ClearPass Guest application.
System Requirements:
l W-ClearPass Guest 6.1.0 (minimum)
l XML-RPC client
For more details about XML-RPC, or to read the XML-RPC specification, visit http://xmlrpc.scripting.com/.
This section includes the following:
l "About the XML-RPC API" on page 408
l "Accessing the API" on page 411
l "Invoking the API" on page 413
l "Method Summary" on page 414
l "API Documentation" on page 414
About the XML-RPC API
The Dell Networking W-ClearPass Guest XML-RPC API provides direct access to the underlying functionality of
the W-ClearPass Guest Visitor Management Appliance. Developers wishing to provide integrated applications
can use this API to programmatically perform actions that would otherwise require manual operation of the
user interface.
Architecture Overview
The W-ClearPass Guest VMA software is built using multiple layers of software.