(CkPython) Simple SOAP Request

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Demonstrates how to send a simple SOAP request.

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import sys
import chilkat

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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>

xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.put_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.put_EmitXmlDecl(False)
soapRequestBody = xml.getXml()

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

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

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    print("Failed to send SOAP request.")
    sys.exit()

# Get the XML response body.
responseXml = chilkat.CkXml()
resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml)

statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("response status code: " + str(statusCode))

# If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
# which probably contains error information.
if (statusCode != 200):
    print(responseXml.getXml())
    sys.exit()

print(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>

dat_NumberToDollarsResult = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|*:NumberToDollarsResponse|*:NumberToDollarsResult")
print("result: " + dat_NumberToDollarsResult)