(VB.NET) Belgium eHealth Platform - AddressBook - Search for Professionals

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Demonstrates how to search for professionals using the AddressBook API.

For more information, see https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ehealthplatform/nl/data/file/view/6c419e5685327eed7200d1c543c38a55d5387d30?name=AddressBook%20Consultation%20WS%20v.1%20-%20Cookbook%20v.1.11%20dd%2031082023.pdf

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' This example assumes 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 success As Boolean = True

' Provide a certificate + private key.
' Note: If your certificate + private key is located on a hardware token or smartcard, you can call a different function to load from smartcard..
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("SSIN=12345678.acc.p12","p12_password")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Let's get the SAML Security Token obtained from https://services-acpt.ehealth.fgov.be/IAM/SecurityTokenService/v1/RequestSecurityToken
' a very short time ago..

' See this example for how we got the SAML security token: eHealth Belgium Request Security Token
Dim bdSecToken As New Chilkat.BinData
success = bdSecToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/ehealth-fgov-be-sectoken.xml")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load SAML security token")
    Exit Sub
End If


' The SAML security token is just the part from <Assertion ..> ... </Assertion>
' So let's get just that part..
Dim startIdx As Integer = bdSecToken.FindString("<Assertion",0,"utf-8")
If (startIdx < 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Did not find the start of the SAML assertion.")
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim endIdx As Integer = bdSecToken.FindString("</Assertion>",0,"utf-8")
If (endIdx < 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Did not find the end of the SAML assertion.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Adjust the index to the 1st byte after "</Assertion>"
endIdx = endIdx + 12
Dim base64_saml_token As String = bdSecToken.GetEncodedChunk(startIdx,endIdx - startIdx,"base64")

Debug.WriteLine(base64_saml_token)

' Our SOAP request will look like this:

' The SOAP request to search for professionals looks like this:

' <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:add="urn:be:fgov:ehealth:addressbook:protocol:v1">
'     <soapenv:Header>
' 	      <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
' 	         <wsse:BinarySecurityToken
' 	            ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.0#SAMLAssertionID"
' 	            EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary">BASE64_SAML_TOKEN</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
' 	      </wsse:Security>
'     </soapenv:Header>
'     <soapenv:Body>
'         <add:SearchProfessionalsRequest Id="bdc38ae62-3e7f-4f80-80f7-c3e745500fa3" IssueInstant="2016-03-23T18:49:26.968+01:00" Offset="0" MaxElements="100">
'             <add:SSIN>74062423769</add:SSIN>
'         </add:SearchProfessionalsRequest>
'     </soapenv:Body>
' </soapenv:Envelope>

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Header|wsse:Security",True,"xmlns:wsse","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",True,"ValueType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.0#SAMLAssertionID")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",True,"EncodingType","http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary")

xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|wsse:Security|wsse:BinarySecurityToken",base64_saml_token)

xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|add:SearchProfessionalsRequest",True,"Id","bdc38ae62-3e7f-4f80-80f7-c3e745500fa3")

Dim dt As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|add:SearchProfessionalsRequest",True,"IssueInstant",dt.GetAsTimestamp(True))

xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|add:SearchProfessionalsRequest",True,"Offset","0")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|add:SearchProfessionalsRequest",True,"MaxElements","100")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|add:SearchProfessionalsRequest|urn:SSIN","74062423769")

Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())


Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

success = http.SetSslClientCert(cert)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml")
http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","urn:be:fgov:ehealth:addressbook:protocol:v1:searchProfessionals")

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostXml("https://services.ehealth.fgov.be/AddressBook/v1",xml.GetXml(),"utf-8")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)
Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)