This section discusses how to access the API from a client program of your own. The prerequisites for use of the API differ from one language and platform to another and mostly depending on the language’s support for SOAP. Some languages, like C#, provide seamless interfacing by default whereas others like Java and C/C++ require additional libraries and tools to be installed. As SOAP is a widely recognized standard, these libraries and tools are available for most platforms.

We will now proceed by taking a look at the general principles of using the API and then how to use it with C#, Java and C/C++.