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Alabama Motor Fuel Excise Tax E-Filing SOAP XML POST (NewSubmission)

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Demonstrates how to post a NewSubmission to the Alabama MFET (Motor Fuel Excise Tax) e-File.

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IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkXml.pb"
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ; 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.
    ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ; Here is an example of an HTTP POST Request we'll be sending:

    ; POST /WebServices/MFET/ HTTP/1.1
    ; Content-Type: text/xml
    ; SOAPAction: NewSubmission
    ;  
    ; <soapenv:Envelope
    ;   xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    ;   xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/"
    ;   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    ;   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    ;   <soapenv:Header/>
    ;   <soapenv:Body>
    ;     <tem:NewSubmission>
    ;       <tem:UserName>yourusername</tem:UserName>
    ;       <tem:Password>yourpassword</tem:Password>
    ;       <tem:File xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary">TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64</tem:File>
    ;     </tem:NewSubmission>
    ;   </soapenv:Body>
    ; </soapenv:Envelope>

    ; In the above XML, the "TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64" contains the base64 encoded
    ; string of the XML file that contains "<Transmission> ... </Transmission>"
    ; First let's load the transmission XML file and get the contents as base64.
    sbXmlFileData.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbXmlFileData.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkStringBuilder::ckLoadFile(sbXmlFileData,"qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml","utf-8")
    If success <> 1
        Debug "Failed to load XML file."
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbXmlFileData)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkStringBuilder::ckEncode(sbXmlFileData,"base64","utf-8")

    ; Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
    xml.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xml.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::setCkTag(xml, "soapenv:Envelope")
    CkXml::ckAddAttribute(xml,"xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
    CkXml::ckAddAttribute(xml,"xmlns:tem","http://tempuri.org/")
    CkXml::ckAddAttribute(xml,"xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
    CkXml::ckAddAttribute(xml,"xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
    CkXml::ckUpdateChildContent(xml,"soapenv:Header","")
    CkXml::ckUpdateChildContent(xml,"soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:UserName","yourusername")
    CkXml::ckUpdateChildContent(xml,"soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:Password","yourpassword")
    CkXml::ckUpdateAttrAt(xml,"soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",1,"xsi:type","xsd:base64Binary")
    CkXml::ckUpdateChildContent(xml,"soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbXmlFileData))

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttp::ckSetRequestHeader(http,"SoapAction","NewSubmission")

    sbXml.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbXml.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::ckGetXmlSb(xml,sbXml)

    resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
    If resp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkHttp::ckHttpSb(http,"POST","https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/",sbXml,"utf-8","text/xml",resp)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbXmlFileData)
        CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbXml)
        CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Response status code = " + Str(CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp))
    Debug "Response body text:"
    Debug CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp)

    ; The response will look like this:

    ; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    ; <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    ;     <s:Body>
    ;         <NewSubmissionResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
    ;             <NewSubmissionResult i:type="a:base64Binary" xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">BASE64_RESULT</NewSubmissionResult>
    ;         </NewSubmissionResponse>
    ;     </s:Body>
    ; </s:Envelope>

    ; We can get the base64 result like this:
    xmlResult.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xmlResult.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::ckLoadXml(xmlResult,CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp))
    sbResult.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbResult.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkStringBuilder::ckAppend(sbResult,CkXml::ckGetChildContent(xmlResult,"s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult"))
    CkStringBuilder::ckDecode(sbResult,"base64","utf-8")
    Debug "Decoded result:"
    Debug CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbResult)

    ; A sample of a decoded error response:

    ; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    ; <!--ADOR Acknowledgement 1-->
    ; <Transmission xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/efile">
    ;   <Jurisdiction>ALABAMA</Jurisdiction>
    ;   <TransmissionId>2018-09-1019:14R000000001</TransmissionId>
    ;   <Timestamp>2018-09-10T19:14:12Z</Timestamp>
    ;   <Transmitter>
    ;     <ETIN>00000</ETIN>
    ;   </Transmitter>
    ;   <ProcessType>P</ProcessType>
    ;   <AgentIdentifier>ACK</AgentIdentifier>
    ;   <AcknowledgementID>0</AcknowledgementID>
    ;   <AcknowledgementTimeStamp>2018-09-11T21:16:34-05:00</AcknowledgementTimeStamp>
    ;   <Errors>
    ;     <Error>Process Type must be 'T' when submitted to Testing Web Service</Error>
    ;   </Errors>
    ; </Transmission>


    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbXmlFileData)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbXml)
    CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xmlResult)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResult)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure