Network Protocols and Ports

The API communicates with the Spectrum™ Technology Platform server using HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKET. Spectrum™ Technology Platform typically uses port 8080 to listen for HTTP requests and port 443 for HTTPS requests. HTTP and HTTPS features are also supported in the C, C++, COM, Java, and .NET APIs. .NET, Java, and COM APIs support Unicode; C and C++ APIs support both ASCII and Unicode.

In addition to HTTP, Spectrum™ Technology Platform supports a persistent SOCKET connection. The high-speed SOCKET connection provides much faster performance than traditional HTTP. Spectrum™ Technology Platform typically uses port 10119 to listen for SOCKET requests.