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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

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# 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 = chilkat2.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>

soapXml = chilkat2.Xml()
soapXml.Tag = "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","")

print(soapXml.GetXml())

req = chilkat2.HttpRequest()
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.SendCharset = False
req.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8")
req.AddHeader("SOAPAction","http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld")
req.Path = "/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx"
success = req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.GetXml(),"utf-8")

http.FollowRedirects = True

resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()
success = http.HttpSReq("secure.smartbearsoftware.com",443,True,req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

xmlResponse = chilkat2.Xml()
success = xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
print(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>