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++.