Sharing inbound channel endpoint details

Share the inbound channel endpoint details with your business partners to receive the documents.

Procedure

In webMethods B2B Integration, from the side navigation menu, click Connections > Channels.
Click a channel name to view its endpoint details.
In an email, share the endpoint details with your Business Partner along with the associated communication credentials. A partner can use any HTTP client to send a business document to the endpoint URL. The email must contain information about how the partner can use the endpoint URL to send the documents:
1. Select the HTTP POST method.
2. Specify the HTTP request URL as the given endpoint URL.
3. Set the authorization to basic, and specify the username and password that is configured as the communication credentials. For more information, see Adding communication credentials Adding Communication credentials
4. Set the content-type header as application/edi and the content of the document in the request body.
5. Send or submit the request.

When a partner wants to send a document, the following headers must be included:

For an EDI document that is sent by using an AS2 channel

Content-type, for example, application/edi-x12
AS-From, for example, Sender AS2
AS2-To, for example, Receiver AS2
AS2-Version, for example, 1.2
Message -ID, for example, 1298020
Note: The message-ID must be unique; otherwise, the message is considered a duplicate and ignored.

For an XML document that is sent by using an AS2 channel

For XML payload submitted through AS2 In channel, the content-type must be set as application/xml

For an XML document sent by using HTTP channel

For XML payload submitted through HTTP In channel, the content-type must be set as text/xml

Note: The message-ID must be unique; otherwise, the message is considered a duplicate and ignored.