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Royal Mail OBA Web Service -- Get Accounts

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Royal Mail OBA Web Service -- Get Accounts.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Create the following XML:

-- <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:epro="urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro">
--    <soapenv:Header>
--       <epro:Authentication>
--          <epro:Username>my_username</epro:Username>
--          <epro:Password>my_password</epro:Password>
--          <epro:AccessCode>my_accessCode</epro:AccessCode>
--          <epro:Version>1.0</epro:Version>
--          <epro:SecurityToken>mysecuritytoken</epro:SecurityToken>
--       </epro:Authentication>
--    </soapenv:Header>
--    <soapenv:Body>
--       <epro:GetAccounts/>
--    </soapenv:Body>
-- </soapenv:Envelope>

local xml = chilkat.Xml.new()
xml.emit_xml_decl = false
xml.tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
xml:add_attribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
xml:add_attribute("xmlns:epro", "urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro")

-- Replace my_username, my_password, and my_accessCode with your actual values.  Do not replace "mysecuritytoken".
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Username", "my_username")
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Password", "my_password")
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:AccessCode", "my_accessCode")
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Version", "1.0")

-- Literally use the string "mysecuritytoken" here.
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:SecurityToken", "mysecuritytoken")
xml:update_child_content("soapenv:Body|epro:GetAccounts", "")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

http:set_request_header("SOAPAction", "urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro/GetAccounts")

-- Use the sandbox endpoint:   http://interfaces.oba-v.royalmail.com/legacyws/EProImport.asmx
-- The live endpoint would be: http://www.epro.royalmail.com/WebServices/import/eproimport.asmx
local endpointUrl = "http://interfaces.oba-v.royalmail.com/legacyws/EProImport.asmx"

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_str("POST", endpointUrl, xml:get_xml(), "utf-8", "text/xml", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("response status code = " .. resp.status_code)
print(resp.body_str)

-- The response looks like this:

-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-- <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
--     <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
--     <SOAP-ENV:Body>
--         <ns1:GetAccountsResponse xmlns:ns1="urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro">
--             <ns1:GetAccountsResult>
--                 <ns1:Accounts>
--                     <ns1:Account AccountName="DEMO CUSTOMER_Atos" AccountNumber="099986000"/>
--                     <ns1:Account AccountName="CREDIT MANAGEMENT CENTRE" AccountNumber="999386001"/>
--                 </ns1:Accounts>
--             </ns1:GetAccountsResult>
--         </ns1:GetAccountsResponse>
--     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
-- </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
--

xml:load_xml(resp.body_str)

local accountName = ""
local accountNumber = ""

local i = 0
local numAccounts = xml:num_children_having_tag("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetAccountsResponse|ns1:GetAccountsResult|ns1:Accounts|ns1:Account")
while i < numAccounts do
    xml.i = i
    accountName = xml:chilkat_path("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetAccountsResponse|ns1:GetAccountsResult|ns1:Accounts|ns1:Account[i]|(AccountName)")
    accountNumber = xml:chilkat_path("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetAccountsResponse|ns1:GetAccountsResult|ns1:Accounts|ns1:Account[i]|(AccountNumber)")
    print(accountName .. ": " .. accountNumber)
    i = i + 1
end