Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Alabama Motor Fuel Excise Tax E-Filing SOAP XML POST (NewSubmission)

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Demonstrates how to post a NewSubmission to the Alabama MFET (Motor Fuel Excise Tax) e-File. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        // Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
        // to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
        // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        // Here is an example of an HTTP POST Request we'll be sending:

        // POST /WebServices/MFET/ HTTP/1.1
        // Content-Type: text/xml
        // SOAPAction: NewSubmission
        //
        // <soapenv:Envelope
        //   xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
        //   xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/"
        //   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        //   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        //   <soapenv:Header/>
        //   <soapenv:Body>
        //     <tem:NewSubmission>
        //       <tem:UserName>yourusername</tem:UserName>
        //       <tem:Password>yourpassword</tem:Password>
        //       <tem:File xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary">TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64</tem:File>
        //     </tem:NewSubmission>
        //   </soapenv:Body>
        // </soapenv:Envelope>

        // In the above XML, the "TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64" contains the base64 encoded
        // string of the XML file that contains "<Transmission> ... </Transmission>"
        // First let's load the transmission XML file and get the contents as base64.
        StringBuilder sbXmlFileData = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            sbXmlFileData.loadFile("qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to load XML file.");
            return;
        }

        sbXmlFileData.encode("base64", "utf-8");

        // Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
        Xml xml = new Xml();
        xml.setTag("soapenv:Envelope");
        xml.addAttribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
        xml.addAttribute("xmlns:tem", "http://tempuri.org/");
        xml.addAttribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
        xml.addAttribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
        xml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Header", "");
        xml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:UserName", "yourusername");
        xml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:Password", "yourpassword");
        xml.updateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File", true, "xsi:type", "xsd:base64Binary");
        xml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File", sbXmlFileData.getAsString());

        Http http = new Http();

        http.setRequestHeader("SoapAction", "NewSubmission");

        StringBuilder sbXml = new StringBuilder();
        xml.getXmlSb(sbXml);

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSb("POST", "https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/", sbXml, "utf-8", "text/xml", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());
        System.out.println("Response body text:");
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());

        // The response will look like this:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
        // <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
        //     <s:Body>
        //         <NewSubmissionResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
        //             <NewSubmissionResult i:type="a:base64Binary" xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">BASE64_RESULT</NewSubmissionResult>
        //         </NewSubmissionResponse>
        //     </s:Body>
        // </s:Envelope>

        // We can get the base64 result like this:
        Xml xmlResult = new Xml();
        xmlResult.loadXml(resp.getBodyStr());
        StringBuilder sbResult = new StringBuilder();
        sbResult.append(xmlResult.getChildContent("s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult"));
        sbResult.decode("base64", "utf-8");
        System.out.println("Decoded result:");
        System.out.println(sbResult.getAsString());

        // A sample of a decoded error response:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        // <!--ADOR Acknowledgement 1-->
        // <Transmission xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/efile">
        //   <Jurisdiction>ALABAMA</Jurisdiction>
        //   <TransmissionId>2018-09-1019:14R000000001</TransmissionId>
        //   <Timestamp>2018-09-10T19:14:12Z</Timestamp>
        //   <Transmitter>
        //     <ETIN>00000</ETIN>
        //   </Transmitter>
        //   <ProcessType>P</ProcessType>
        //   <AgentIdentifier>ACK</AgentIdentifier>
        //   <AcknowledgementID>0</AcknowledgementID>
        //   <AcknowledgementTimeStamp>2018-09-11T21:16:34-05:00</AcknowledgementTimeStamp>
        //   <Errors>
        //     <Error>Process Type must be 'T' when submitted to Testing Web Service</Error>
        //   </Errors>
        // </Transmission>
    }
}