49.1 About the APEX_WEB_SERVICE API
Use the APEX_WEB_SERVICE API
to invoke a Web service and examine the response anywhere you can use PL/SQL in Oracle APEX.
The following are examples of when you might use the APEX_WEB_SERVICE API
:
- When you want to invoke a Web service by using an On Demand Process using Ajax.
- When you want to invoke a Web service as part of an Authentication Scheme.
- When you want to invoke a Web service as part of a validation.
- When you need to pass a large binary parameter to a Web service that is base64 encoded.