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RESTful Communications: XML Request-Response

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Chris Larham [Site Administrator] — Leave a comment

Planetary statistics relating to Pluto, displayed after a successful communication between a JavaScript client and a PHP RESTful Web Service.

This post demonstrates and describes XML communication between a JavaScript Client and a RESTful Web Service written in PHP. Images of the two major JavaScript functions that facilitate this communication are included; if the user is interested, (s)he may click on these images to enlarge them and inspect the JavaScript coding.

RESTful Communications: JSON Request-Response

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Chris Larham [Site Administrator] — Leave a comment

JSON communication between a JavaScript client and a PHP RESTful Web Service.

This post demonstrates and explains a request-response communication between a JavaScript client and a RESTful Web Service written in PHP. JSON is used as the mode of data transport. Images display the two most important JavaScript functions that are used in this post; these images can be enlarged by clicking on them.

RESTful Communications: Tabular Planetary Statistics

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Chris Larham [Site Administrator] — Leave a comment

Earth statistics served by the RESTful Web Service at https://sharedsapience.website.

This post demonstrates and explains how a JavaScript client can interact with a RESTful PHP Web Service. Tabular planetary statistics are requested and displayed by this JavaScript client, based on the user’s planetary selection. Coding examples are included.