To participate fully in the Skills Lab, we recommend you use 2 monitors – one to follow along with your expert instructor and the other available to access critical resources and your own application, or in some cases to follow along with a build.
This is an advanced course and assumes you have already completed the following steps:
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Create a Web Services Admin User & Password, and whitelist your IP.
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https://secure(2 or 3).convio.net/yourshortcode/admin/SiteData?sdp=open_server_config
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Next determine your Web Services Console Link. Directions Here
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Please review the getting started links located in the web services API docs. Here
We will go through creating a user, determining your web services console link during the skills lab, but getting a head start will certainly help you more easily follow along.
This Skills Lab will cover:
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What is Web Services?
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Why would I use this over the REST based API?
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How do I get access?
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Finding your Web Services Console
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Experimenting with Queries
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Yes, we will provide a link to example queries for you to play after the lab!
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Use cases for Web Services (Integrations and Data Syncs)
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High level review of our Twilio Example
If you have any questions, contact bbdevdays@blackbaud.com.