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Send SOAP 1.2 Request to Web Service Requiring Authentication

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This example demonstrates sending a SOAP 1.2 request to a web service that requires both HTTP authentication in the Authorization request header, as well as a service-defined password in the XML body of the request.

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkXmlW xml;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    HCkXmlW respXml;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat HTTP 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.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // We are sending the following POST:

    // POST /wsSome_Testes/Service.asmx HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.something.com
    // Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
    // Content-Length: length
    // 
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
    //   <soap12:Body>
    //     <GetXYZbyABC xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
    //       <ABCBEN>string</ABCBEN>
    //       <ABC>string</ABC>
    //       <NumLocal>int</NumLocal>
    //       <Password>string</Password>
    //       <MsgErro>string</MsgErro>
    //     </GetXYZbyABC>
    //   </soap12:Body>
    // </soap12:Envelope>
    // 

    // First, specify the login/password for the Authorization request header (not shown in the headers above).
    CkHttpW_putLogin(http,L"YOUR_LOGIN");
    // The need for a login domain depends on the web service..
    CkHttpW_putLoginDomain(http,L"YOUR_DOMAIN");
    CkHttpW_putPassword(http,L"YOUR_PASSWORD");

    // Build the SOAP XML shown above:
    // Replace VAL_ABCBEN, VAL_ABC, VAL_NUMLOCAL, and YOUR_SOAP_BODY_PASSWORD with actual values..
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_putTag(xml,L"soap12:Envelope");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xml,L"xmlns:xsi",L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xml,L"xmlns:xsd",L"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xml,L"xmlns:soap12",L"http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope");
    CkXmlW_UpdateAttrAt(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC",TRUE,L"xmlns",L"http://tempuri.org/");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC|ABCBEN",L"VAL_ABCBEN");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC|ABC",L"VAL_ABC");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC|NumLocal",L"VAL_NUMLOCAL");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC|Password",L"YOUR_SOAP_BODY_PASSWORD");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"soap12:Body|GetXYZbyABC|MsgErro",L"x");

    // We don't need to specify the Content-Length or Host headers.  Chilkat automatically adds them.

    // Send the request...
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpStr(http,L"POST",L"https://www.something.com/wsSome_Testes/Service.asmx",CkXmlW_getXml(xml),L"utf-8",L"application/soap+xml",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp));

    respXml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadXml(respXml,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));

    wprintf(L"Response XML:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(respXml));

    // The response XML should look like this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
    //   <soap12:Body>
    //     <GetXYZbyABCResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
    //       <GetXYZbyABCResult>int</GetXYZbyABCResult>
    //       <MsgErro>string</MsgErro>
    //     </GetXYZbyABCResponse>
    //   </soap12:Body>
    // </soap12:Envelope>


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(respXml);

    }