NAME
NetSuite - A perl-based interface to the NetSuite SuiteTalk (Web
Services) API
SYNOPSIS
use NetSuite;
use Data::Dumper;
my $ns = NetSuite->new({
EMAIL => 'email@example.com',
PASSWORD => 'cpan4life',
ROLE => 3, # denotes and Administrator role
ACCOUNT => 12345678, # NetSuite account number
});
$ns->login or die "Can't connect to NetSuite!";
$ns->get('customer', 1234);
print Dumper($ns->getResults);
$ns->logout;
DESCRIPTION
NetSuite, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand, integrated business
management software for growing and midsize businesses. NetSuite's
online products and professional services, companies are enabled to
manage all key business operations — in a single hosted system,
including: customer relationship management (CRM); order fulfillment;
inventory; accounting and finance, product assembly; ecommerce; Web site
management; and employee productivity.
Along with this integrated suite, NetSuite offers direct access your
company's database through a very complex web services in SOAP (Simple
Object Access Protocol). This module is designed to allow Perl
developers a way to quickly, easily, and efficiently communicate with
this service.
Please note that although this module greatly improves communication
with NetSuite, it assumes you have a very good understanding of SOAP
standards, and are capable of reading an understanding the WSDL (Web
Service Definition Language) file for the service.
For more information on SOAP or WSDL, visit:
<http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl> <http://www.w3schools.com/wsdl/default.asp>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/> <http://www.w3schools.com/soap/default.asp>
TODO
There are several operations that are available through the web service
that I have not yet implemented. At Catalina Lifesciences, we have never
had a need for these components yet, but I have no problem implementing
them if there is a demand. Please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
addList updateList deleteList getList getAll getItemAvailability attach
/ detach changePasswordOrEmail getDeleted initialize / initializeList
I also haven't delved into Asynchronous Request Processing, which would
allow you to submit multiple requests to NetSuite, check the status of
each request, and then once completed, receive the result(s). The
methods to support these type of calls include:
asyncAddList asyncUpdateList asyncDeleteList asyncGetList asyncSearch
asyncInitializeList
Again, if anyone finds themselves interested in these methods, let me
know and I can work toward implementing them. I currently have no plan
to.
AUTHOR
Jonathan Lloyd, <mailto:webmaster@lifegames.org>
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008, Jonathan Lloyd. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The development and release of the NetSuite modules was made possible by
Catalina Lifesciences, Inc. (<http://www.catalinalifesciences.com>).
This module has been released after notifying NetSuite, Inc., and has a
test suite that is supported by a SuiteFlex Developer Account.
A special thanks to our NetSuite Account Manager, A.J. Gard.