(Visual Basic 6.0) HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

Demonstrates a working SOAP 1.1 request and response using POST with a live server. You may try running this example with the URLs and data provided. See http://secure.smartbearsoftware.com/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx?WSDL for details

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' 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.
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' Generate the following XML:

' <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:smar="http://smartbear.com">
'    <soapenv:Header/>
'    <soapenv:Body>
'       <smar:HelloWorld/>
'    </soapenv:Body>
' </soapenv:Envelope>

Dim soapXml As New ChilkatXml
soapXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:smar","http://smartbear.com")
soapXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Header",""
soapXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld",""

Debug.Print soapXml.GetXml()

Dim req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.SendCharset = 0
req.AddHeader "Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8"
req.AddHeader "SOAPAction","http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld"
req.Path = "/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx"
Dim success As Long
success = req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.GetXml(),"utf-8")

http.FollowRedirects = 1

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("secure.smartbearsoftware.com",80,0,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
Else
    Dim xmlResponse As New ChilkatXml
    success = xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
    Debug.Print xmlResponse.GetXml()

End If

' A successful XML response:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
'     <soap:Body>
'         <HelloWorldResponse xmlns="http://smartbear.com">
'             <HelloWorldResult>Hello World</HelloWorldResult>
'         </HelloWorldResponse>
'     </soap:Body>
' </soap:Envelope>