Tutorial: CORS Service Interface

Walks you through the process of defining a REST Web service using the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK), deploying it to an enterprise server instance, and invoking it from a Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)-supported browser via an Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) request script.

Before You Begin

Before beginning this tutorial, be sure that you have completed all tasks outlined in the Prerequisites section of the Tutorials: Interface Mapping Toolkit topic.

To complete the steps in the Send an AJAX Request and Resend an AJAX Request sections of this tutorial, you must have access to a browser that supports Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS).

Overview

In this tutorial, you work through the following tasks:
  • Review the code in the COBOL demonstration application to become familiar with how it works
  • Create, configure, and populate a Visual Studio solution and project
  • Using the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK), define a REST Web Service to access the COBOL application
  • Create and configure an enterprise server instance on which to run the REST Web service.
  • Deploy the Web service to the enterprise server
  • Send an AJAX request to the Web service

Sequence

Complete this tutorial by following the instructions in the following topics in the order listed here. The bottom of each topic provides Previous topic and Next topic navigational links to help you proceed through the tutorial in its proper sequence: