(Classic ASP) Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' The XML we loaded looks like this:

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
'     <s:Body>
'         <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
'             <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
'                 <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
'                 <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
'                 <a:ErrorDetallado />
'                 <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
'                 <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
'                 <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
'                 <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
'                 <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
'                 <a:XML i:nil="true" />
'             </ObtenerPDFResult>
'         </ObtenerPDFResponse>
'     </s:Body>
' </s:Envelope>

' pdfElement is a Chilkat.Xml
Set pdfElement = xml.FindChild("s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Did not find the PDF element at the expected location.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = pdfElement.SaveBinaryContent("qa_output/out.pdf",0,0,"")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Successfully extracted and saved the PDF.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>