Data & Services > Web Services
Manage web services connections and configuration
ColdFusion ships with native support for consuming Web Services through the following constructs: cfobject, cfinvoke, and createObject().
Web Services Configuration
The Web Services configuration screen in the ColdFusion Administrator provides several important settings including: Web Service Version (supporting both Axis 1 and Axis 2), Web Service Name for creating an alias, WSDL URL for the service endpoint, Authentication Type (supporting NONE, BASIC, and NTLM authentication methods), Proxy Server settings for environments that require proxy access, and Timeout configuration to control how long ColdFusion waits for web service responses.
Recommendation
It is recommended to register secure Web Services with an alias in the ColdFusion Administrator. This allows you to reference the web service by its alias name rather than the full WSDL URL, making your code cleaner and allowing you to update the service endpoint without changing application code.