(PowerBuilder) SOAP Web Service (HTTP POST)

Demonstrates how to call PostXml to call a SOAP web service.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Xml
integer li_Success
string ls_StrXml
integer li_ResponseStatusCode
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_EndPoint
oleobject loo_Resp
oleobject loo_XmlResp

// 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.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// This example uses a live web service at:
// http://www.webservicex.net/uklocation.asmx
// It gets the UK town,Postcode and County by Postcode(First Section of Post Code)

// The SOAP XML will look like this:
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//   <soap:Body>
//     <GetUKLocationByPostCode xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
//       <PostCode>string</PostCode>
//     </GetUKLocationByPostCode>
//   </soap:Body>
// </soap:Envelope>

// For this example's sake, we'll load the XML from a file.  We'll test using PostCode "E3".  
// The SOAP XML for this example may be downloaded from:
// http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/ukPostCodeSoap.xml
loo_Xml = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Xml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_Xml.LoadXmlFile("ukPostCodeSoap.xml")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Xml.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

ls_StrXml = loo_Xml.GetXml()

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")

// We'll need to add this in the HTTP header:
// SOAPAction: "http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetUKLocationByPostCode"
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetUKLocationByPostCode")

// Some services expect the content-type in the HTTP header to be "application/xml" while
// other expect text/xml.  The default sent by Chilkat is "application/xml", but this web service
// expects "text/xml".  Therefore, change the content-type:
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8")

// The endpoint for this soap service is:
ls_EndPoint = "http://www.webservicex.net/uklocation.asmx"

// Note: This particular web service was live and functioning at the time this example
// was written.  It is possible that as time progresses, this web service will no longer
// be availble...
loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostXml(ls_EndPoint,ls_StrXml,"utf-8")
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    Write-Debug "LastHeader:"
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastHeader
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

li_ResponseStatusCode = loo_Resp.StatusCode
// You may wish to verify that the responseStatusCode equals 200...
Write-Debug "Response Status Code: " + string(li_ResponseStatusCode)

// You may examine the exact HTTP header sent with the POST like this:
Write-Debug "LastHeader:"
Write-Debug loo_Http.LastHeader

// Examine the XML returned by the web service:
Write-Debug "XML Response:"
loo_XmlResp = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_XmlResp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")

loo_XmlResp.LoadXml(loo_Resp.BodyStr)
Write-Debug loo_XmlResp.GetXml()

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from response XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

destroy loo_Resp


destroy loo_Xml
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_XmlResp