ABContactAPI web service

The ABContactAPI web service is the primary web service used by Guidewire core applications to search for, create, update, and delete contacts. This web service also supports specifying services in search criteria used in searches for contacts. This web service’s WSDL is retrieved by every Guidewire core application to make it available to the core application plugin that communicates with ContactManager.

• In ContactManager, ABContactAPI is in the class path gw.webservice.ab.ab1000.abcontactapi.
• In ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and BillingCenter, the WSDL for ABContactAPI is in the same web service collection for all three applications. Open Guidewire Studio™ and then open the Project window. Navigate to configuration > gsrc and then to wsi/remote/gw/webservice/ab/ab1000.wsc. Double-click ab1000.wsc to open the editor.

You can use this web service to load data from other data sources, to query contacts, to query services, or to update contacts. For example, you could write a command-prompt tool that enables an external system to add new contacts based on new business data from another part of the company.