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Testing OpenCDS Installation
Testing OpenCDS Installation
- Phillip Warner
- David Shields
Owned by Phillip Warner
- Open a web browser on the same machine that you installed Tomcat on, and go to
- http://localhost:8080/opencds-decision-support-service/evaluate?wsdl
- The browser should display the WSDL.
- If it is installed on a different machine, or you changed the default port to something different than 8080, make the appropriate changes to the URL above.
- Options for interacting with the DSS for initial testing :
- one convenient program to use for testing and demo is the oXygen XML editor (http://www.oxygenxml.com).
- We use the Academic/Non-Commercial version, and a free trial license is available at http://www.oxygenxml.com/register.html.
- If you are using oXygen, go to Tools → WSDL SOAP Analyzer → Saved SOAP request, and
- use the sample .wssc files attached here: OxygenDemo.wssc
- Hitting the "Send" button will interact with the DSS.
- open-source tooling for those of you who want to experiment:
- SoapUI at http://www.soapui.org
- the Firefox addon at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/soa-client
- You can also use the open-source MirthConnect software to test rules, as well as in a production environment, because it includes support for web services.
- The software can be found at http://www.mirthcorp.com/products/mirth-connect.
- We have some sample channels available here: Channels-ValueImprovement.zip.
- testing using Eclipse, and the OpenCDS built-in testing client has been presented in OpenCDS Office hours, which you can find here: OpenCDS Developer Office Hours
- one convenient program to use for testing and demo is the oXygen XML editor (http://www.oxygenxml.com).
- Note that a variety of base64 converters for creating/reading base64 payloads are available on the internet, e.g.: