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Web Service Client Developer's Guide
Basics
From version 2.6, Cytoscape has a new framework called Web Service Client Manager. This is a mechanism to manage various kinds of web service cleints in Cytoscape. Once a client is registered, you can call the web service API from your own plugin.
Sample Client
First, let's use existing web service client from your own plugin. There are two ways to access web services.
Through Client Stub
Each web service has an endpoint to access all of its API. This class is called stub. For example, IntAct Binary Search web service has the following web service API:
Simplest Plugin Using a Service
In this section, I will discuss how to write a plugin to use existing service clients.
Firing CyWebServiceEvent to invoke common Cytoscape functions
There are some common highe-level functions used in Cytoscape, such as import network or import attribute. Web Service client usually have API
Use Web Service from Plugin
Create New Client
Web Service Client API