IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Services and service-related functions

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) binding

Applications using the well-known HTTP web services standard to send and receive messages can access Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications developed in IBM Integration Designer with this binding. This binding also permits SOA applications to access web services and other applications using the HTTP protocol.

• HTTP binding overview
  The HTTP binding is described, which includes a description of its behavior at run time. It is compared with the web services binding.
• Uses of the HTTP binding
  The common uses for the HTTP binding with an import, export and function selector are discussed.
• Generate an HTTP import binding
  Generating an import with an HTTP binding is shown in this section.
• Generate an HTTP export binding
  Generating an export with an HTTP binding is shown in this section.
• Example of the HTTP binding
  Applying the HTTP binding to an application is shown in this example.
• Limitations of the HTTP binding
  The HTTP binding has the following limitations.
• HTTP data bindings
  The data bindings that you can use with the HTTP binding are discussed.