Spectrum Technology Platform has servers in three regions. Each region has a staging environment and a production environment. In case you are not sure of the region, use the Global URL.
Server URLs
Region | Environment | URL | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Global | Staging | https://staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to location closest to request generation. |
Production | https://spectrum.precisely.com | ||
Americas | Staging | https://amer-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to AMER first then rolls over to next available regions |
https://us-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to US only. No rollover | ||
https://token-amer-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to AMER first, then rolls over to next available regions. For more information, see Using Token Authentication. | ||
https://token-us-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to US only. No rollover | ||
Production | https://amer.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to AMER first, then rolls over to next available region. | |
https://us.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to US only, no rollover | ||
https://token-amer.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to AMER first, then rolls over to next available region. For more information, see Using Token Authentication. | ||
https://token-us.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to US only, no rollover. | ||
Batch | https://amer-batch.spectrum.precisely.com | Production for Batch Processing, non real time for AMER region. | |
Micro Batch | https://amer-microbatch.spectrum.precisely.com | Production for Micro Batch for AMER region. | |
Europe | Staging | https://emea-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to EMEA first, then rolls over to next available region. |
https://eu-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to EU only. No rollover | ||
https://token-emea-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to EMEA first, then rolls over to other regions. For more information, see Using Token Authentication | ||
https://token-eu-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to EU only, no rollover. | ||
Production | https://emea.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to EMEA first, then rolls over to next available region. | |
https://eu.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to EU only, no rollover. | ||
https://token-emea.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to EMEA first, then rolls over to next available region. For more information, see Using Token Authentication. | ||
https://token-eu.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to EU only, no rollover. | ||
Micro Batch | https://emea-microbatch.spectrum.precisely.com | Production for Micro Batch for EMEA region. | |
Asia Pacific | Staging | https://apac-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to APAC first, then rolls over to next available region. |
https://au-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to AU only, no rollover | ||
https://token-apac-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to APAC first, then rolls over to next available region. For more information, see Using Token Authentication. | ||
https://token-au-staging.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to AU only, no rollover. | ||
Production | https://apac.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to APAC first, then rolls over to next available region. | |
https://au.spectrum.precisely.com | Resolves to AU only, no rollover. | ||
https://token-apac.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to APAC first, then rolls over to next available region. For more information, see Using Token Authentication. | ||
https://token-au.spectrum.precisely.com | Token URL. Resolves to AU only, no rollover. |
The Americas server is the only one that has USPS® Delivery Point Validation (DPV®) data installed on it, so you must use the Americas URL if you want to perform DPV processing. If the Americas server is unavailable, requests are rerouted to another region and DPV processing becomes unavailable.
Staging and Production Environments
The staging environment uses the same hardware and software as our production environment. A new update of Spectrum Technology Platform is applied to the staging environment first. This allows you to test the update before we deploy it to the production environment.
- WSDL and WADL
queries
The WSDL for a Spectrum OnDemand web service is:
https://OnDemandServer/soap/service_name?wsdl
For example,
https://spectrum.precisely.com/soap/ValidateAddress?wsdlThe WADL for a Spectrum OnDemand web service is:
https://OnDemandServer/rest/service_name?_wadl
For example,
https://spectrum.precisely.com/rest/ValidateAddress?_wadl
- Token generation
endpoints
https://TokenEndPoint/security/jwt?mins=Val
For example,
https://token-amer.spectrum.precisely.com/security/jwt?mins=4
- CreateAddressingInstanceKey
endpoints
For example,
https://OnDemandServer/rest/CreateAddressingInstanceKey/results.json
https://OnDemandServer/rest/CreateAddressingInstanceKey/results.xml
https://OnDemandServer/soap/CreateAddressingInstanceKey
Performance and Security Testing
Use the staging environment to evaluate services, experiment with different parameters, and to perform testing (UAT, Sanity, and so on). You must perform your performance and security testing on the staging environment.
Use the production environment for final acceptance testing and calls. Use the production environment for all the business critical tasks. Do not use the production environment for evaluation or other testing.
Server IP Addresses
Use URLs in your code and security appliances. Our IP addresses change often as part of our effort to provide fast responses and handle failures within our environment. If you have a security policy that requires you to know Spectrum Technology Platform IP addresses, contact your Spectrum Technology Platform Account Manager for details about the Static IP Pool program.
If your company’s systems cache Spectrum Technology Platform DNS entries, the cache needs to honor the Time to Live (TTL) attribute returned from the DNS authority. Systems that ignore the TTL attribute and use the same IP address for a period of time will experience a connectivity error when trying to connect to an IP address that is no longer active.
HTTPS
Use HTTPS when calling Spectrum Technology Platform so your communication is secure.
Supported TLS Security Protocol and Ciphers
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
Certificate Updates
We update our certificates annually. In addition, we may update our certificates at any time without notice to address security vulnerabilities reasons.
Retry Requests
HTTPS is a stateless protocol that does not guarantee delivery, so you should include retry logic in your application. For example, here is a synchronous variation of the AWS Backoff Algorithm:
retries = 0
DO
wait for (2^retries * 100) milliseconds
status = Call Synchronous Web Service
IF status = SUCCESS
retry = false
ELSE IF status = HTTP 500, 502, 503 or 504 error
retry = true
ELSE
Some other error occurred, so stop calling the web service.
retry = false
END IF
retries = retries + 1
WHILE (retry AND (retries < MAX_RETRIES))
Persistent Connections
Spectrum Technology Platform does not honor HTTP keep-alive requests and will disconnect after the first request is processed. This prevents you from remaining connected to a server that has failed or is offline for maintenance.
Monitoring
Spectrum Technology Platform has extensive internal and external monitoring to ensure that services are available, including monitoring from 20 different sites within the US alone. It is not necessary for you to perform your own "heartbeat" check to verify that Spectrum Technology Platform services are available. If your business has a special need for monitoring, contact your Spectrum Technology Platform Account Manager.