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

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

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import sys
import chilkat

# 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.
sbXml = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml","utf-8")
if (success != True):
    print("Failed to load XML file.")
    sys.exit()

sbXml.Encode("base64","utf-8")

# Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.put_Tag("soapenv:Envelope")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:tem","http://tempuri.org/")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:UserName","yourusername")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:Password","yourpassword")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",True,"xsi:type","xsd:base64Binary")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",sbXml.getAsString())

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml")
http.SetRequestHeader("SoapAction","NewSubmission")

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostXml("https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/",xml.getXml(),"utf-8")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Response body text:")
print(resp.bodyStr())

# 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 = chilkat.CkXml()
xmlResult.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr())
sbResult = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbResult.Append(xmlResult.getChildContent("s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult"))
sbResult.Decode("base64","utf-8")
print("Decoded result:")
print(sbResult.getAsString())

# 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>