Before you can use the My Alerts Web Services you must make sure that you have Configured My Alerts in Studio.
There are two types of My Alerts users:
- Clients – these are a person or company allowed to use the My Alerts web service.
- Users – these are people who have signed up to My Alerts.
Here we cover the Clients scenario with the assumption that the client has obtained their Login credentials, a UserName, Password and UniqueKey, from Astun Technology Ltd.
You may also wish to view the topic Setting up your Email Template.
Overview
The My Alerts Users Web Service [Users.asmx] is used to communicate with the My Alerts database. There are two ways to validate a user’s credentials:
- from the Council Portal
- from iShareMaps Portal
Provided that the user has already logged on to one of the above then you can use one of the following My Alerts Web Services:
- My Alerts UserManager Web Service [UserManager.asmx] can be used for managing My Alerts users or this can be done via Studio using the My Alerts Administrator Module.
- My Alerts Transaction Web Service [Transaction.asmx] is used to retrieve alerts for a user.