Essential SharePoint

Using Web Services

SharePoint web services allow remote applications to get and modify SharePoint sites and content. These services are more complete than the VBA object model and can be used from any web-service aware programming language such as Visual Basic .NET, C#, C++, VBA, Java, and so on.

Table 10-5 lists the web services SharePoint provides. All services except Admin.asmx are installed in the _vti_bin virtual folder, which maps to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\ISAPI under the default SharePoint installation.

Table 10-5. SharePoint web services

Service	Use to
Administration (Admin.asmx)	Manage SharePoint sites (for example, create or delete sites). This service is only installed for the SharePoint Central Administration site in the _vti_adm folder.
Alerts (Alerts.asmx)	Get or delete alerts on a site.
Document Workspace (Dws.asmx)	Manage document workspace sites and the data they contain.
Forms (Forms.asmx)	Get forms used in the user interface when working with the contents of a list.
Imaging (Imaging.asmx)	Create and manage picture libraries.
List Data Retrieval (DspSts.asmx)	Perform queries against lists.
Lists (Lists.asmx)	Work with lists and list data.
Meetings (Meetings.asmx)	Create and manage meeting workspace sites.
Permissions (Permissions.asmx)	Work with the permissions for a site or list.
Site Data (SiteData.asmx)	Get metadata or list data from sites or lists.
Sites (Sites.asmx)	Get information about ...