WOPI服务器（Office Web Apps服务器）可以连接到第三方应用程序吗？

Question

I am working on a document storage application which hosts a ton of office files (WORD, EXCEL, PPT) on cloud, now I want to render these files and open/show on the browser.

but I have a very vague picture of how and where all these below things fits and communicate

(WOPI HOST)
Browser
|
(WOPI SERVER)
Office Web Apps Server
|
(Third Party Application)
My Document Storage App

Before I had an impression that (document storage application) will serve as Office Web Apps Server but after reading few blogs I got more confused.

Most of the blogs and contents talk about the WOPI host/client but they don't really clarify WOPI server and implementation of integrating Third party applications with it.

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I think this image illustrates it the best:

A typical combination of WOPI Client/Host are Office Web Apps connected to SharePoint where:

• Office Web Apps Server = WOPI Client implementation
• SharePoint = WOPI Host implementation

You need to build a WOPI Host that will implement all the methods ( GetCheckFileInfo , GetContents , etc.) These methods will get information from and perform operations upon your storage.

You'll also need to implement a discovery mechanism to be able to generate links to the files. The WOPI client should provide you with a template of such links if you go to http://wopiclient_eg_owas/hosting/discovery . You'll then just replace the placeholders with the real parameters (especially WOPISrc and access_token ). See the example . This is how you tell the WOPI client where to fetch the data from.

To begin with, I recommend the brand new WOPI documentation . If you need some more inspiration look at MVC6 implementation or HttpListener implementation .

And please note that WOPI Server == WOPI Host :)