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InduSoft Web Studio APIs enable automation developers to extend HMI/SCADA functionality.

APIs support scripting, communication with PLCs, databases, and web services.

Facilitate integration with third-party software, IoT devices, and cloud platforms.

Allow dynamic runtime control, data manipulation, and event handling.

Widely used for industrial monitoring, reporting, and supervisory control applications.

Read/write access to HMI/SCADA tags and variables

Event-driven scripting for alarms and data changes

Dynamic control of screens, animations, and objects

Database read/write and reporting automation

Custom protocol and device communication via APIs

Tags and variables representing process data

Screens and object properties accessible via API

Event-driven programming for alarms and triggers

Database and web service connectivity

Script execution context and scheduling

HMI/SCADA project file

Tag and variable definitions

Screens and object hierarchy

API script modules

Database and web service connection configurations

Define project structure and tags

Identify objects and screens for API control

Develop scripts for automation, reporting, and events

Test scripts in runtime simulation

Deploy scripts with project to live HMI/SCADA runtime

Beginner: simple tag read/write scripts

Intermediate: custom alarms and notifications

Advanced: dynamic dashboards and object control

Expert: full MES or IoT integration

Architect: enterprise-level SCADA with API-driven automation

InduSoft Web Studio vs Ignition - scripting flexibility vs modular architecture

InduSoft Web Studio vs Wonderware - integration with third-party APIs

Web Studio vs simple HMI - more automation and data connectivity

APIs vs internal tag scripting - more programmatic control

Database-driven vs static visualization - API enables dynamic integration

1997 - Initial InduSoft HMI/SCADA release

2003 - API scripting introduced

2008 - Web deployment and thin-client support

2012 - IoT and web service integration

2016 - Enhanced database and OPC support

2020 - Cloud-ready runtime with MQTT/REST connectors

2025 - Latest version with advanced API libraries and cybersecurity enhancements

InduSoft Web Studio - HMI/SCADA development platform

API - Application Programming Interface

Tag - variable representing process or runtime data

Screen Object - HMI graphical element

Event - trigger for script execution