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Web services allow your website or application to communicate behind the scenes and obtain or exchange information with another website or information source. Some examples can best illustrate this powerful resource. Alan Boris LLC recently used a web service that allowed a client’s website to communicate with a vendor’s systems to transfer fulfillment information automatically and in real time. This frees the client from having to submit each order manually to their fulfillment house. During the transfer process, a tracking number is automatically received so that the client has this information in their system.
Another example of a web service is having your website automatically deposit funds into one or more PayPal accounts. PayPal “exposes” this functionality for its users so they can program almost any type of operation that needs to be performed on a repeated basis. Many websites make their functionality available to programmers to incorporate into their own sites and applications. At Alan Boris LLC, we have experience on both sides of this equation. We have successfully connected client’s sites to vendor’s web services, and also made parts of our client’s sites available as a web service to others that need to make use of it. Contact us for more information about how web services can streamline your business operations.
