This presentation explains how to simplify web services with FME Server and JSON. It will go over examples using FME to extract, transform, and load dynamic data from the web. It will also show how to use this data for intuitive real time reporting, analytics, and automation in web applications.

1. Matt Jones
Easy Web Services with FME Server

2. Agenda
 Background Information
 GETting Data
 POSTing Data
 Visualizing Data
 Demos

3. Background
 Web Services are driving new technologies
 Infrastructure is readily available
 Store and Retrieve Data on the web
 Visual Representation
 JSON, JSON, and more JSON!

4. What is a Web Service?
 “Web services provide a standard means of
interoperating between different software
applications, running on a variety of platforms
and/or frameworks.” – W3C, www.w3.org
 Request / Response mechanism

5. Simplifying a Web Service
 Getting Data – GET
 Updating Data – POST/PUT/DELETE
 FME Server and a few transformers
 AttributeJSONPacker
 AttributeJSONUnpacker
 FME Data Streaming Service
 FME Job Submitter Service

6. GETting Data
 HTTP GET – often visually seen as an extra URL
parameter
 Used just as it sounds – to GET data
 Delivering content using the Data Streaming
Service
Examples
 http://example.com?city=stl
 http://myfmeserver.com/GetData.fmw?key=matt

7. GETting Data with FME
http://myfmeserver:8080/fmedatastreaming/getstaff.fmw?staff_id=1

8. GETting Data with FME
 Examples – live demo

9. POSTing Data
 HTTP POST / PUT / DELETE
 Used to Update, Add, Delete
 fme_where clause
 Used for determining affected rows

10. POSTing Data with FME
http://myfmeserver:8080/fmejobsubmitter/updatestaff.fmw

11. POSTing Data with FME
http://myfmeserver:8080/fmejobsubmitter/updatestaff_optionb.fmw

12. POSTing Data with FME
 Examples – live demo

13. Visualizing Data with FME
 GETting and POSTing comes together
 Envisioning data in tables and charts can assist in
making critical decisions

14. Visualizing Data with FME
 Examples – live demo
 Projects and Financials
 Staff Workload

15. Summary
 Web Services are essential to unlocking data’s
potential
 Using Published Parameters to help GET and
POST data
 Visualizing data is made easy using FME Writers
and JSON

16. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Matt Jones – mattjones@burnsmcd.com
 Burns & McDonnell - www.burnsmcd.com