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.