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Royal Mail OBA Web Service -- Get Contracts

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Royal Mail OBA Web Service -- Get the contracts for an account. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' Create the following XML:

' <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:epro="urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro">
'    <soapenv:Header>
'       <epro:Authentication>
'          <epro:Username>my_username</epro:Username>
'          <epro:Password>my_password</epro:Password>
'          <epro:AccessCode>my_accessCode</epro:AccessCode>
'          <epro:Version>1.0</epro:Version>
'          <epro:SecurityToken>mysecuritytoken</epro:SecurityToken>
'       </epro:Authentication>
'    </soapenv:Header>
'    <soapenv:Body>
'       <epro:GetContracts>
'         <epro:Account>account_number</epro:Account>
'       </epro:GetContracts>
'    </soapenv:Body>
' </soapenv:Envelope>

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.EmitXmlDecl = False
xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:epro","urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro")

' Replace my_username, my_password, and my_accessCode with your actual values.  Do not replace "mysecuritytoken".
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Username","my_username")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Password","my_password")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:AccessCode","my_accessCode")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:Version","1.0")

' Literally use the string "mysecuritytoken" here.
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header|epro:Authentication|epro:SecurityToken","mysecuritytoken")
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|epro:GetContracts|epro:Account","account_number")

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro/GetContracts")

' Use the sandbox endpoint:   http://interfaces.oba-v.royalmail.com/legacyws/EProImport.asmx 
' The live endpoint would be: http://www.epro.royalmail.com/WebServices/import/eproimport.asmx
Dim endpointUrl As String = "http://interfaces.oba-v.royalmail.com/legacyws/EProImport.asmx"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",endpointUrl,xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","text/xml",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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

' The response looks like this:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
' <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
'     <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
'     <SOAP-ENV:Body>
'         <ns1:GetContractsResponse xmlns:ns1="urn:schemas-royalmail-com/webservice/epro">
'             <ns1:GetContractsResult Version="1">
'                 <ns1:Contracts>
'                     <ns1:ContractDetails ServiceName="ADV MAIL + RESPONSE UNSORTED 2C" ServiceReg="AC2" ServiceLevel="01" Contract="DEMOTEST1"/>
'                     <ns1:ContractDetails ServiceName="PLANNED ENVELOPE POLL CARD MMK-2C      " ServiceReg="AG0" ServiceLevel="01" Contract=""/>
' 			...
'                 </ns1:Contracts>
'             </ns1:GetContractsResult>
'         </ns1:GetContractsResponse>
'     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
' </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

' 

xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

Dim serviceName As String
Dim serviceReg As String
Dim serviceLevel As String
Dim contract As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim numContracts As Integer = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetContractsResponse|ns1:GetContractsResult|ns1:Contracts|ns1:ContractDetails")
While i < numContracts
    xml.I = i
    serviceName = xml.ChilkatPath("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetContractsResponse|ns1:GetContractsResult|ns1:Contracts|ns1:ContractDetails[i]|(ServiceName)")
    serviceReg = xml.ChilkatPath("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetContractsResponse|ns1:GetContractsResult|ns1:Contracts|ns1:ContractDetails[i]|(ServiceReg)")
    serviceLevel = xml.ChilkatPath("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetContractsResponse|ns1:GetContractsResult|ns1:Contracts|ns1:ContractDetails[i]|(ServiceLevel)")
    contract = xml.ChilkatPath("SOAP-ENV:Body|ns1:GetContractsResponse|ns1:GetContractsResult|ns1:Contracts|ns1:ContractDetails[i]|(Contract)")
    Debug.WriteLine(serviceName)
    i = i + 1
End While