SOAP Example

How to send a SOAP request and get the XML response.

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#include <C_CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkXml.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttpRequest req;
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    HCkXml soapReq;
    const char * domain;
    long port;
    BOOL ssl;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    HCkXml soapResp;
    HCkXml xmlResp;

    req = CkHttpRequest_Create();
    http = CkHttp_Create();

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = CkHttp_UnlockComponent(http,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        return;
    }

    //  Build this XML SOAP request:
    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    //  <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    //  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    //  xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //    <soap:Body>
    //      <GetQuote xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET/">
    //        <symbol>string</symbol>
    //     </GetQuote>
    //    </soap:Body>
    //  </soap:Envelope>
    soapReq = CkXml_Create();
    CkXml_putEncoding(soapReq,"utf-8");
    CkXml_putTag(soapReq,"soap:Envelope");
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapReq,"xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapReq,"xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapReq,"xmlns:soap","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");

    CkXml_NewChild2(soapReq,"soap:Body","");
    CkXml_FirstChild2(soapReq);
    CkXml_NewChild2(soapReq,"GetQuote","");
    CkXml_FirstChild2(soapReq);
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapReq,"xmlns","http://www.webserviceX.NET/");
    CkXml_NewChild2(soapReq,"symbol","MSFT");
    CkXml_GetRoot2(soapReq);

    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(soapReq));

    //  Build an SOAP request.
    CkHttpRequest_UseXmlHttp(req,CkXml_getXml(soapReq));
    CkHttpRequest_putPath(req,"/stockquote.asmx");

    CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"SOAPAction","http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetQuote");

    //  Send the HTTP POST and get the response.  Note: This is a blocking call.
    //  The method does not return until the full HTTP response is received.

    domain = "www.webservicex.net";
    port = 80;
    ssl = FALSE;

    resp = CkHttp_SynchronousRequest(http,domain,port,ssl,req);
    if (resp == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
    }
    else {
        //  The XML response is in the BodyStr property of the response object:
        soapResp = CkXml_Create();
        CkXml_LoadXml(soapResp,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

        //  The response will look like this:
        //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        //  <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        //  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        //  xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
        //    <soap:Body>
        //      <GetQuoteResponse xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET/">
        //        <GetQuoteResult>string</GetQuoteResult>
        //      </GetQuoteResponse>
        //    </soap:Body>
        //  </soap:Envelope>
        //  Navigate to soap:Body
        CkXml_FirstChild2(soapResp);
        //  Navigate to GetQuoteResponse
        CkXml_FirstChild2(soapResp);
        //  Navigate to GetQuoteResult
        CkXml_FirstChild2(soapResp);

        //  The actual XML response is the data within GetQuoteResult:
        xmlResp = CkXml_Create();
        CkXml_LoadXml(xmlResp,CkXml_content(soapResp));

        //  Display the XML response:
        printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xmlResp));

    }


    CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkXml_Dispose(soapReq);
    CkXml_Dispose(soapResp);
    CkXml_Dispose(xmlResp);

    }