(Node.js) Simple SOAP Request

See more HTTP Examples

Demonstrates how to send a simple SOAP request.

Install Chilkat for Node.js and Electron using npm at Chilkat npm packages for Node.js Chilkat npm packages for Electron on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and ARM

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 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 to be sent in the SOAP request body.

    // <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:dat="http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //     <soapenv:Header/>
    //     <soapenv:Body>
    //         <dat:NumberToDollars>
    //             <dat:dNum>99.0</dat:dNum>
    //         </dat:NumberToDollars>
    //     </soapenv:Body>
    // </soapenv:Envelope>

    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope";
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:dat","http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|dat:NumberToDollars|dat:dNum","99.0");

    // In a SOAP HTTP request, including the XML declaration (<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>) in the XML body is generally not required. 
    xml.EmitXmlDecl = false;
    var soapRequestBody = xml.GetXml();

    var endpoint = "https://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/numberconversion.wso";
    var soapAction = "";
    //  For SOAP requests, the standard Content-Type is usually set to "text/xml" or "application/soap+xml"
    var contentType = "text/xml";

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    http.ClearHeaders();
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",contentType);
    http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",soapAction);

    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8");
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        console.log("Failed to send SOAP request.");
        return;
    }

    // Get the XML response body.
    var responseXml = new chilkat.Xml();
    resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml);

    var statusCode = resp.StatusCode;
    console.log("response status code: " + statusCode);

    // If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
    // which probably contains error information.
    if (statusCode !== 200) {
        console.log(responseXml.GetXml());
        return;
    }

    console.log(responseXml.GetXml());

    // Parse the successful SOAP response XML.

    // This is a sample of the response XML, but the namespace prefixes will be different.
    // We can parse the result using "*" for the namespace prefixes (see below).

    // <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:dat="http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //     <soapenv:Header/>
    //     <soapenv:Body>
    //         <dat:NumberToDollarsResponse>
    //             <dat:NumberToDollarsResult>string</dat:NumberToDollarsResult>
    //         </dat:NumberToDollarsResponse>
    //     </soapenv:Body>
    // </soapenv:Envelope>

    var dat_NumberToDollarsResult = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|*:NumberToDollarsResponse|*:NumberToDollarsResult");
    console.log("result: " + dat_NumberToDollarsResult);

}

chilkatExample();