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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>



Comments

Dan A said…
Howdy,

I too am trying to integrate a third party app via VDX with the DAL.

I defined DirXML-Driver as an entity in DAL and CN as an attribute. However, during my testing on the web service the CN attribute is returnining null. Have you seen this?
August 15, 2013 at 12:13 PM
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