Freeside:1.9:Documentation:Developer:SelfService

Introduction

The Self Service API provides an interface for customer management systems to interact with Freeside. The Self Service API will support any language with an XML-RPC implementation. The Freeside distribution includes sample code and libraries for perl, PHP, and Java.

File Locations, Documentation and Sample Code

The files are located in freeside/fs_selfservice/

• FS-SelfService - Stock Self Service Interface
• php - sample php code
• drupal - Drupal module
• perl - sample perl code
• java - sample Java code

API Documentation

FS::SelfService API

Language Specific Documentation

Perl

• Install the self service interface per the Installation Instructions.
• The API Documentation is written for a Perl audience and includes sample code.

PHP

Helper Class

Support for PHP is through the freeside.class.php file located in freeside/fs_selfservice/php.

• freeside.class.php

Be sure to set the correct URL to point to your Freeside self-service server.

Sample Code

• PHP Examples (including a simple renewal app)