where are the PHP, ASP, ASP.NET and JSP guys??, i need as many as possible

Javanian: where are the PHP, ASP, ASP.NET and JSP guys??, i need as many as possible

I'm in, php, asp.net and jsp, present ma.

^ ok try and consume the web service in any of those languages...if possible all and see if it works...

I'm on it, trying to do it wit asp.net, my internet service is down, can't connect to the wsdl online, but still working on it.

@mj any progress??...where is spike C, A-zed and others that voluntered to test the service??

Nawa o!...where has everybody gone to??...

Hey J, I appreciate your efforts on this. why dont you put up a page that calls the web-services so that we can all see?
I am mainly interested as i currently use Icecat and my folks are pushing to go into some other channels (CNet and Co). If we (or I) can see demo then we may just be convinced that it worth the effort. It does not really need to be anything fanciful..

Just a thot from an onlooker.....

Yep. wats the url to the service??

^

Javanian: UPDATE
Returns Laptop Ranking as XML: http://gadgetslim.com/LaptopXML?wsdl
Returns Laptop Ranking as HTML: http://gadgetslim.com/Laptops?wsdl
Returns Phone Ranking as HTML: http://gadgetslim.com/Phones?wsdl
Returns Phone Ranking as XML: http://gadgetslim.com/PhonesXML?wsdl
Returns Smart Phone Ranking as XML: http://gadgetslim.com/SmartPhonesXML?wsdl
Returns Smart Phone Ranking as HTML: http://gadgetslim.com/SmartPhones?wsdl

tdops: Hey J, I appreciate your efforts on this. why dont you put up a page that calls the web-services so that we can all see?
I am mainly interested as i currently use Icecat and my folks are pushing to go into some other channels (CNet and Co). If we (or I) can see demo then we may just be convinced that it worth the effort. It does not really need to be anything fanciful..

Just a thot from an onlooker.....

i will do that very soon...i just want to test it on all platforms first...Thanks for your contribution...

anyone done with testing??

aaahhh...sorry ooo, i kind of stopped coming to NL. Give me a max of 2 days, i'll make you something salacious *winks*

^ Welcome back ....any report from anybody??...

The site is in progress you can goto http://www.gadgetslim.com to view it...but we still need to create a mobile version also I still haven't created an HTML parser for it...if you can do any of this please tell me...

aha i forgot to put a facebook logo or a link but the one you used is ugly see the site is black blue shouldnt come in any way i have this facebook icon thats in black so that would be better
and the location of the logo? the space from the top of the page is a little bit too big dont u think ?
besides where the copyright info is,its out of the transparent box
i would send you a newer site, with the new facebook logo and the border to the right webservice for php devs eliminated i forgot about that one

xterra2: aha i forgot to put a facebook logo or a link but the one you used is ugly see the site is black blue shouldnt come in any way i have this facebook icon thats in black so that would be better
and the location of the logo? the space from the top of the page is a little bit too big dont u think ?
besides where the copyright info is,its out of the transparent box
i would send you a newer site, with the new facebook logo and the border to the right

Thanks for your opinions...i'm not a web desginer so dont expect my work to be perfect...i'll be waiting for the new design...

webservice for php devs eliminated i forgot about that one

i never said so everyone has a role to play

Javanian: where are the PHP, ASP, ASP.NET and JSP guys??, i need as many as possible

@spike c and mj any update??

For the Java Developers. Follow this steps to consume the web service in a web or desktop Application

Open NetBeans IDE > Choose File > New Project (Ctrl-Shift-N on Linux and Windows, ⌘-Shift-N on MacOS).

Select Web Application from the Java category.

Name the project GadegtSlim(or any name of your choice).

Select Tomcat or Glassfish server(recomended).

Select any FrameWork of your choice(you can leave it empty).

Click Finish.

Right-click the GadgetSlim node and choose New > Web Service Client. The New Web Service Client wizard opens.

Select WSDL URL as the WSDL source. Copy and paste this http://gadgetslim.com/Laptops?wsdl (or any other WSDL link) click OK.

Do not select a package name. Leave this field empty.

Leave the other settings at default and click Finish.

The Projects window displays the new web service client, with a node for the displayLaptops Method(web service).

Double-click your main class so that it opens in the Source Editor. Drag the dispalyLaptops node below the main() method.

You can now print to standard output or display on a web page.

Note: if it returns XML you will have to use an XML Parser or use our custom API

source:http://gadgetslim.com/web%20service%20portal%20Java.html
http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/websvc/jax-ws.html

PHP Developers might find this usefull: http://cdmckay.org/blog/2009/03/05/consuming-a-j2ee-web-service-with-php-soap/
ASP.NET Developers might find this usefull: http://www.evagoras.com/2011/02/09/creating-and-consuming-a-web-service-using-visual-studio-net/

c'mon guys do i have to do everything??

yyes you have just done evrything

For .net Developers Follow this steps to consume the web service in a web or desktop Application

Open Microsoft Visual Studio > Choose File > New Project

Select Web Application or Windows.

Name the project GadegtSlim(or any name of your choice).

Click OK.

Right-click the GadgetSlim application on your solution explorer, and choose "Add Service Reference". The New Web Service Client wizard opens.
The "Address" text box at the top can be used to type the URL to the Service Description,
Copy and paste this http://gadgetslim.com/Laptops?wsdl (or any other WSDL link) click GO.
It will populate the "Services list with the "Service1" service:

Leave the other settings at default and click OK.

The Projects window displays the new web service client.

Click the Service Reference folder on the solution explorer, Double-click the ServiceReference1 so that it opens the object browser. on the object browser double click on GadegtSlim.ServiceReference1 , you will see all the functions / methods to call.

You can now print to standard output or display on a web page.

^ Thanks for this, have you tested it??

Javanian: ^ Thanks for this, have you tested it??

I have viewed it on my browser (xml), I'm still working on it, want to put it into my web app. Hav u implemented d java own in ur web page, dnt mind seeing your code on it, on how u did it,I've never worked wit wsdl, Email: oshadami.mj@gmail.com

You dont need any extra code just follow the steps you listed above...its very easy with an IDE...

Not working on Php with code in Your site
==>Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in C:\wamp\www\ximplicity\index.php on line 17

You might also be interested if this but might be a little to late
The Hessian binary web service protocol makes web services usable without requiring a large framework, and without learning yet another alphabet soup of protocols. Because it is a binary protocol, it is well-suited to sending binary data without any need to extend the protocol with attachments.http://hessian.caucho.com/

netesy: Not working on Php with code in Your site
==>Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in C:\wamp\www\ximplicity\index.php on line 17

Thanks for testing and giving your observation...i didnt test that PHP Code...so i cant assure you its working...i am not a PHP Programmer...i just googled that stuff out...You can take an extra step by doing some research on how to consume a web service in PHP...if you get it right alert me and i'll update the site with your code

In JSP this is what the code looks like but this code wont work for you if you have not imported the WSDL link with your IDE.
I have tested it in JSP and ASP.NET and it works perfectly well.

<%--
Document : index
Created on : Aug 24, 2012, 3:13:15 PM
Author : Javanian
--%>

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
</head>
<body>


<h1>Testing Web Service!</h1>

<%-- start web service invocation --%><hr/>
<%
try {
gadgets.Phones_Service service = new gadgets.Phones_Service();
gadgets.Phones port = service.getPhonesPort();
// TODO process result here
java.lang.String result = port.displayPhones();
out.println("Result = "+result);
} catch (Exception ex) {
// TODO handle custom exceptions here
}
%>
<%-- end web service invocation --%><hr/>


</body>
</html>

I still haven't been able to create an HTML Parser for the sites...but i am still trying...can anyone give it a try??

Javanian: I still haven't been able to create an HTML Parser for the sites...but i am still trying...can anyone give it a try??

there should be tons of opensource html parsers. Worst case scenario, firefox is opensource, you go to their developement page and hijack their parser

i have one that am using...what i actually mean is the structure of the source sites are quite complex and using an HTML Parser to extract data has not been easy...

Javanian: i have one that am using...what i actually mean is the structure of the source sites are quite complex and using an HTML Parser to extract data has not been easy...

how?