WSDL Overview

WSDL Overview

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML grammar that defines the functionality offered by a Web service and the format of messages sent and received by a Web service. A Web service's WSDL document defines what services are available in its Web service. The WSDL document also defines the methods, parameter names, parameter data types, and return data types for the Web service. An application that uses a Web service relies on the Web service's WSDL document to access the Web service's features. An application that uses a Web service can be built on any platform that supports Web services.

The Microsoft adCenter API contains five Web services (Administration, Campaign Management, Customer Management, Notification Management and Reporting). Each Web service has its own WSDL document, which is available over the Internet through a URL. Additionally, there are separate WSDLs for the sandbox and production environments. The URLs for the production and sandbox environment WSDLs contain a version number that indicates the version of the adCenter API release. For example, the following URL is for the Administration Web service in the production environment:

• https://adcenterapi.microsoft.com/Api/Advertiser/v6/Administration/AdministrationService.svc?wsdl
  

The following URL is for the Administration Web service in the sandbox environment:

• https://sandboxapi.adcenter.microsoft.com/Api/Advertiser/v6/Administration/AdministrationService.svc?wsdl
  

For more information about the adCenter API WSDL versions, see Versioning in the Microsoft adCenter API. For more information about the sandbox and production environments, see Operating Environments for the Microsoft adCenter API.

The term WSDL is sometimes used to refer to the WSDL document for a specific service. For example, the Administration WSDL would refer to the Administration WSDL document.

For the WSDL specification, see the W3C website (http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl).

 See Also

Concepts

Web Services Overview
SOAP Requests and Responses
Versioning in the Microsoft adCenter API
Operating Environments for the Microsoft adCenter API