Can you just target the cfc directly and pass the method and params in as part of the query string? It would save an extra step.
blabla.com/myCFC.cfc?method=validate&othervars=othervalues&etc=etc On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Eric Cobb <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been tasked with building a very simple web service into our > existing application. Basically, we have another department here that > needs to know if a user is set up in our application before they set > that user up in their application, so they need a way to hand us a > username and we verify if that user exists. > > In my particular situation, complete SES urls > (site.com/user/validate/123) are not an option, although I can do this: > site.com/index.cfm/user/validate/123 . I was thinking of just having > index.cfm parse the query string and use that to determine which CFC and > method to call, then return the XML. (i.e.: call the Validate method in > the User CFC and pass in the ID 123) Also, at this point, using a > framework is not an option. > > I already know that once I have this first one up and running, there > will be two more they want built that will have almost the exact same > functionality (see if a user is valid, see if a customer is valid, see > if an account number is valid). In all of these situations, these calls > will be GET only, so they give us an ID and we tell them true/false if > the record exists. So, my urls for these would be something like: > > site.com/index.cfm/user/validate/123 > site.com/index.cfm/customer/validate/456 > site.com/index.cfm/account/validate/789 > > What would be the best way to go about this? Am I on the right track or > heading down the wrong path? I've see a lot of info out there about > using web services and APIs, but not a whole lot on actually creating > them in CF. I've read a couple of posts on Ben Nadel's blog, and gone > through some of Simon Free's presentations, but that's about it. As I'm > just getting ready to start building this thing, I want to make sure I > have it laid out correctly. I'd appreciate any advice before I start > coding. > > -- > > Thanks, > > Eric Cobb > ECAR Technologies, LLC > http://www.ecartech.com > http://www.cfgears.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
