NetIQ IDM - IDM 4.0.2 AE VDX Webservice By Exmaples SOAP

Currently working on a project where  i need to integrate a 3rd party application with the  identity manager 4.0.2 AE through its exposed SOAP based webservices such as Resource, Role, Workflow and VDX.


Things to consider:

a)DAL entityKey
b)DAL attributeKey
c)DAL attribute search  flag ( if you want to query on a attribute).
d) Rights


VDX Webserivce SOAP by examples:

Query:

SOAP Request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ser:queryRequest>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <!--type: string-->
         <ser:arg0>user</ser:arg0>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <ser:arg1>
            <!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
            <!--type: string-->
            <ser:string>FirstName</ser:string>
            <!--type: string-->
            <ser:string>Department</ser:string>
         </ser:arg1>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <!--type: string-->
         <ser:arg2>FirstName='Maqsood*' AND Department='*'</ser:arg2>
      </ser:queryRequest>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
SOAP Reply:


<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <SOAP-ENV:Body>
      <ns1:queryResponse xmlns="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service" xmlns:ns1="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service">
         <result>
            <entries>
               <entry>
                  <key>cn=maqsood,ou=idm,o=coolstuff</key>
                  <values>
                     <attribute>
                        <binaries/>
                        <booleans/>
                        <dates/>
                        <integers/>
                        <strings>
                           <string>Maqsood Ali</string>
                        </strings>
                        <type>String</type>
                     </attribute>
                     <attribute>
                        <binaries/>
                        <booleans/>
                        <dates/>
                        <integers/>
                        <strings>
                           <string>Back Office</string>
                        </strings>
                        <type>String</type>
                     </attribute>
                  </values>
               </entry>
            </entries>
         </result>
      </ns1:queryResponse>
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>


GetAttribute

SOAP Request

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ser:getAttributeRequest>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <!--type: string-->
         <ser:arg0>cn=maqsood,ou=idm,o=coolstuff</ser:arg0>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <!--type: string-->
         <ser:arg1>user</ser:arg1>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <!--type: string-->
         <ser:arg2>FirstName</ser:arg2>
      </ser:getAttributeRequest>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>


SOAP Reply

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <SOAP-ENV:Body>
      <ns1:getAttributeResponse xmlns="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service" xmlns:ns1="http://www.novell.com/vdx/service">
         <result>
            <binaries/>
            <booleans/>
            <dates/>
            <integers/>
            <strings>
               <string>Maqsood Ali</string>
            </strings>
            <type>String</type>
         </result>
      </ns1:getAttributeResponse>
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>