Frequently Asked Questions
The following Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs) can help you answer some common questions. If you do not find your
question listed below or the answer is not what you are looking for, please feel
free to contact StrikeIron at
support or call
StrikeIron at +1-919-467-4545 opt. 3.
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Web Services Access
- Q: How do I access a trial of a Web
service?
A: There are two types of trials: an Unregistered User
Trial and a Registered User Trial. An Unregistered User Trial requires a valid
email address and is limited to 5 invocations of a Web service regardless of
the number of hits defined for the Web service. An Unregistered User is
someone who has not yet registered with StrikeIron. An Unregistered User
simply enters their email address in the UnregisteredUser field of the
LicenseInfo operation of any StrikeIron Marketplace Web Service. A password is
not required. This allows a user to quickly try a Web service as easily as
possible.
A Registered User Trial subscription requires registering
with StrikeIron to establish a UserID and Password. The UserID is the users
email address. A Registered User Trial is free for a specific number of hits
similar to a paid subscription so a user can better understand the Web service
in order to select the best paid subscription option. For a Registered User
Trial the registered user simply enters their UserID (email address) and
password in the RegisteredUser field of the LicenseInfo operation.
- Q: Why do you need to have a UserID and
Password to access a Web service?
A: This information is also used for reporting utilization, billing and accounting.
- Q: What is Single
Sign-On?
A: An important advantage of the StrikeIron Marketplace is
the ability to have a single UserID and Password to access any trial or paid
subscription of a Web service in the marketplace. The Single Sign-On feature
of the StrikeIron Marketplace provides this capability by associating each
individual Web service license key with the subscriber’s UserID and Password.
This greatly simplifies utilization of the Web services by not requiring the
subscriber to remember different license keys or different authentication
methods for all the Web services.
- Q: Are my license keys from earlier
subscriptions still good?
A: Yes. If you have subscribed to
StrikeIron Marketplace Web Services before 9/05 your license keys will work.
Simply enter them in the UserID input field of the LicenseInfo operation of
the Web service. No Password is required when the individual Web service
license key is entered. This can be useful if you want to provide access to a
specific Web service but not provide your UserID and Password which would
allow access to all your Web service subscriptions and Your Account.