VBScript

HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

See more HTTP Examples

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 VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' 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>

set soapXml = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
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",""

outFile.WriteLine(soapXml.GetXml())

set req = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
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"
success = req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.GetXml(),"utf-8")

http.FollowRedirects = 1

set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpSReq("secure.smartbearsoftware.com",443,1,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set xmlResponse = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
outFile.WriteLine(xmlResponse.GetXml())

' 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>

outFile.Close