Management station SOAP API
The SOAP API engages programmatically with the Management Station to control your Speech Suite network. You can write Java client applications to automate repetitive Management Station activities. This is particularly useful in large networks with dozens of hosts.
Suggestions for using the API:
| Purpose | Description |
|---|---|
| Automating maintenance operations |
Use the API for narrowly-focused applications that are simple to write, test, and debug. For example, starting, stopping, or restarting services on a large number of hosts. Note: For flexibility, design your applications to read any dynamic data from configuration files. For example, a list of hosts to operate upon. |
| Configuring the entire Nuance network and its services |
Not recommended. Although you can use the API to set up the initial network (assigning roll files, modifying properties per service and host, and starting services), it's a challenging development effort and not typically a procedure you need to repeat. It's usually better to use the Management Station interface for this purpose. |
For reference information on the data types, methods and elements, contact Nuance Technical Support.
