Chapter 2. 20 Minute Quick Start

Table of Contents

Prerequesites
Where are the web services?
Creating Users and Sites
Wrapping Up

Prerequesites

To get started with web services in Sakai 2.1 you need:

  • a Sakai 2.1 Installation

  • a Programming Language with Support for SOAP Proxies

That's it. Once you have your Sakai Instance up and running you should be able to connect to it. Perl and Python are good candidates for getting started. They have a simple syntax for creating and using SOAP Web Services. We will use Python for now.