Communications
The web server hosting the service pages is available through the Internet. The URLs for the pages are:
The communication protocol is HTTPS. The pages use XML streams to request and receive data. An example method of communication is to use either the XMLHTTP object provided by Microsoft, which provides the facilities to transmit and receive XML streams from the service pages. Both pages are expecting the httpmethod to be “POST”.
In all communications, the following is required:
- A valid ONESOURCE Trust Tax client ID.
- The password associated with that client ID.
- A valid user ID that was set up through ONESOURCE Trust Tax for the retrieval function.
- The password associated with that user ID.
Before any access is allowed:
- The client ID and password are validated.
- The user ID and password are validated.
- The user ID is verified as belonging to the client ID.
- At least one PAN that belongs to the client ID must be authorized for web access and must be in the list of PANs that are accessible by the user ID.