FootPrints Web Services

FootPrints Web Services is a way for users to programmatically access the database over the Internet using web services and perform specific functions.  The specific functions are:

• Searching the database ( using queries for Issue, Address Book, History data, etc.).  This search can be more complex than the built-in searching functions of the FootPrints interface, since users can, for example, build combinations of AND and OR queries.
• Retrieve the details of an Issue.
• Create an Issue.
• Edit an Issue.
• Create dynamic or static link between Issues.
• Create a new contact in the Address Book.
• Edit an existing contact in the Address Book
• Create a new or edit an existing contact in the Address Book.

The functionality is limited in that the programmatic interface to FootPrints cannot alter the database structure.  For instance, the user (or program) could not remove a database column.