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This page contains non-validated information about the APIs of the EGI middleware services. Consult with the provider of the particular service for further information. Use the EGI helpdesk to contact the middleware service providers.
This wiki page provides information about Application Programming Interfaces (API) that exist for application developers to connect community/user specific applications to services of the European Grid Infrastructure. The information on this page has been collected by the User Community Support Team of EGI.eu in order to:
- Provide a single documentation about EGI APIs for the application developers
- Provide a structure for collecting feedback about service APIs (about individual APIs and about conherency/compatibility of multiple APIs)
If you have any feedback, comment, correction or addition to the table, please email this to ucst@egi.eu, or make the changes yourself (EGI SSO account is required for editing.)
- Information about graphical environments to interact with the European Grid Infrastructure can be found in the EGI Application Database: http://appdb.egi.eu. (Both reusable tools for software developers and reusable applications for scientific end users are available in the database.)
- Information about command line interfaces of the middleware services of the European Grid Infrastructure can be found at User_Interfaces.
EMI
gLite Middleware
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| CREAM | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet (running inside the Apache Tomcat container) | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C++ API Tutorial C++ API Ref |
EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| WMS | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet (running inside the Apache Tomcat container) | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | Java API Ref | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| L&B | C Library + Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C/C++, Java API Ref | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| VOMS | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet (running inside the Apache Tomcat container) | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C/C++, Java API Ref | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| BDII core, BDII top, BDII site | OpenLDAP Server | LCG_GFAL Library, C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, others | C/C++, Python API Ref (LCG_GFAL) LDAP API for C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, others. | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide OpenLDAP Client – read manual in linux. `man ldapsearch` |
|
| DPM | C/C++ Library | C/C++, Python, Perl | C/C++, Python API Ref (LCG_GFAL) C/C++, Python API Ref (SRM) SRM Specification (OGF) |
EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| LFC | C/C++ Library | C/C++, Python, Perl | C++ API Ref Python API Tutorial |
EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
| GridFTP | GridFTP protocol (extended FTP) | C | C API Ref | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
ARC Middleware
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| ARC Core, ARC CE | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | Python API based on ARClib SWIG Python API for extending ARC functionality |
EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) LunARC Application Portal (multi-platform) ArcGUI Standalone User Interface (multi-platform) |
EMI UI User Guide | |
| ARC InfoSys | OpenLDAP Server | C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, others | LDAP API for C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, others | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide OpenLDAP Client – read manual in linux. `man ldapsearch` |
|
| ARC gridftp server | GridFTP protocol (extended FTP) | C | C API Ref | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
UNICORE Middleware
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| UNICORE WS | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). WS-Resource Framework. Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | UNICORE/X Server API Documentation (Java) Writing Unicore client,Tutorial (Java) |
EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) Unicore Rich Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) Unicore CommandLine Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) |
EMI UI User Guide | |
| UNICORE Services Environment | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). WS-Resource Framework. Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | UNICORE WSRF Environment (Java) | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) Unicore Rich Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) Unicore CommandLine Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) |
EMI UI User Guide | |
| UNICORE HILA | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). WS-Resource Framework. Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | UNICORE High Level Architecture API | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) Unicore Rich Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) Unicore CommandLine Client (Linux/Windows/Mac) |
EMI UI User Guide | |
AMGA Metadata Catalog
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| AMGA | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C++, Java, Python APIs | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI UI User Guide | |
ARGUS Authorization Service
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| ARGUS | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C API Java API |
EMI ARGUS (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI ARGUS Admin Guide | |
| ARGUS-EES | Web Service (WSDL, SOAP). Java-Axis servlet. | gSOAP for C/C++, Axis for Java, perl module for Perl, Python module for Python, others | C API | EMI ARGUS-EES (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI ARGUS-EES Admin Guide | |
dCache Distributed Storage System
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| dCache | Server software is written in Java. | C/Java | C API | EMI UI (Scientific Linux 5/64bits) | EMI User Guide | |
IGE
Globus Middleware
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| GRAM5 | GRAM protocol implementation. Job submission service. | Globus C Common Libraries,GSI C, GridFTP, C | C Common Libraries documentation Grid Security infrastructure in C GridFTP Documentation pages |
Linux/Mac | GRAM5 Documentation pages | |
| GridFTP | GridFTP protocol implementation. File transfer service. | Globus C Common Libraries,GSI C, XIO, C | C Common Libraries documentation Grid Security infrastructure in C Globus XIO Library Documentation |
Linux/Mac | GridFTP Documentation pages | |
| GSI-OpenSSH | GSI-OpenSSH (extended OpenSSH implementation with GSI Security authentication and delegation support) | Globus C Common Libraries,GSI C, OpenSSH library. | C Common Libraries documentation Grid Security infrastructure in C |
Linux/Mac | GSI-OpenSSH Documentation pages | |
| MyProxy | X.509 PKI security credential management. | GSI C | Grid Security infrastructure in C | Linux/Mac | MyProxy Documentation pages | |
| RLS | Replica Location Service. Replica metadata catalogue. | Globus C Common Libraries,GSI C, XIO, C | C Common Libraries documentation Grid Security infrastructure in C Globus XIO Library Documentation |
Linux/Mac | RLS Documentation pages | |
SAGA
| Service Name |
Implementation Type |
Client Application Programming Interface |
Client Command Line Interface |
Related Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Documentation | Platform (Linux/Windows) |
Documentation | |||
| SAGA | Cross-platform Library | C++, Python, Java | SAGA API Standard Ref Java API Ref C++ API Ref Python API Ref |
Linux/Windows | SAGA Documentation | |