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PEPPOL Document Validation

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Demonstrates how to call a Web service to validate your PEPPOL documents according to the latest PEPPOL rules. The validation service requires UBL files.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' This example assumes the Chilkat HTTP 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.
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' We are sending the following POST:

' POST /wsdvs HTTP/1.1
' Host: peppol.helger.com
' Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
' Content-Length: <length>
' 
' <?xml version="1.0"?>
' <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
' <S:Body>
' <validateRequestInput xmlns="http://peppol.helger.com/ws/documentvalidationservice/201701/" VESID="eu.peppol.bis2:t10:3.3.0" displayLocale="en">
' <XML>...ENTITY_ENCODED_INVOICE_XML_GOES_HERE...</XML>
' </validateRequestInput>
' </S:Body>
' </S:Envelope>

' Build the SOAP XML shown above.
' First load the PEPPOL invoice that will be the data contained in the <XML>...</XML> SOAP element.
' We are using the XML invoice obtained from https://github.com/austriapro/ebinterface-standards/blob/master/schemas/ebInterface5p0/samples/ebinterface_5p0_sample_ecosio.xml
Dim sbPeppolInvoiceXml As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = sbPeppolInvoiceXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/peppol_invoice.xml","utf-8")

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
xml.Tag = "S:Envelope"
success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:S","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
success = xml.UpdateAttrAt("S:Body|validateRequestInput",1,"xmlns","http://peppol.helger.com/ws/documentvalidationservice/201701/")
success = xml.UpdateAttrAt("S:Body|validateRequestInput",1,"VESID","at.ebinterface:invoice:5.0")
success = xml.UpdateAttrAt("S:Body|validateRequestInput",1,"displayLocale","en")
xml.UpdateChildContent "S:Body|validateRequestInput|XML",sbPeppolInvoiceXml.GetAsString()

' We don't need to specify the Content-Length or Host headers.  Chilkat automatically adds them.

' Send the request...
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST","https://peppol.helger.com/wsdvs",xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","text/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & resp.StatusCode

Dim respXml As New ChilkatXml
success = respXml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

Debug.Print "Response XML:"
Debug.Print respXml.GetXml()

' A success repsonse looks like this:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
'     <S:Body>
'         <validateResponseOutput xmlns="http://peppol.helger.com/ws/documentvalidationservice/201701/" success="true" interrupted="false" mostSevereErrorLevel="SUCCESS">
'             <Result success="true" artifactType="xsd" artifactPath="/schemas/ebinterface/ebinterface-5.0.xsd"/>
'         </validateResponseOutput>
'     </S:Body>
' </S:Envelope>