Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

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Demonstrates a working SOAP 1.1 request and response using POST with a live server. You may try running this example with the URLs and data provided. See http://secure.smartbearsoftware.com/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx?WSDL for details Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpRequest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
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.
        // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Http http = new Http();

        // Generate the following XML:

        // <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:smar="http://smartbear.com">
        //    <soapenv:Header/>
        //    <soapenv:Body>
        //       <smar:HelloWorld/>
        //    </soapenv:Body>
        // </soapenv:Envelope>

        Xml soapXml = new Xml();
        soapXml.setTag("soapenv:Envelope");
        soapXml.addAttribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
        soapXml.addAttribute("xmlns:smar", "http://smartbear.com");
        soapXml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Header", "");
        soapXml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld", "");

        System.out.println(soapXml.getXml());

        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        req.setHttpVerb("POST");
        req.setSendCharset(false);
        req.addHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8");
        req.addHeader("SOAPAction", "http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld");
        req.setPath("/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx");
        req.loadBodyFromString(soapXml.getXml(), "utf-8");

        http.setFollowRedirects(true);

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSReq("secure.smartbearsoftware.com", 443, true, req, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        Xml xmlResponse = new Xml();
        xmlResponse.loadXml(resp.getBodyStr());
        System.out.println(xmlResponse.getXml());

        // A successful XML response:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
        // <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
        //     <soap:Body>
        //         <HelloWorldResponse xmlns="http://smartbear.com">
        //             <HelloWorldResult>Hello World</HelloWorldResult>
        //         </HelloWorldResponse>
        //     </soap:Body>
        // </soap:Envelope>
    }
}