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HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

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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

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkXml soapXml;
    HCkHttpRequest req;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    HCkXml xmlResponse;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // 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>

    soapXml = CkXml_Create();
    CkXml_putTag(soapXml,"soapenv:Envelope");
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapXml,"xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    CkXml_AddAttribute(soapXml,"xmlns:smar","http://smartbear.com");
    CkXml_UpdateChildContent(soapXml,"soapenv:Header","");
    CkXml_UpdateChildContent(soapXml,"soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld","");

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

    req = CkHttpRequest_Create();
    CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,"POST");
    CkHttpRequest_putSendCharset(req,FALSE);
    CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8");
    CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"SOAPAction","http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld");
    CkHttpRequest_putPath(req,"/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx");
    success = CkHttpRequest_LoadBodyFromString(req,CkXml_getXml(soapXml),"utf-8");

    CkHttp_putFollowRedirects(http,TRUE);

    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpSReq(http,"secure.smartbearsoftware.com",443,TRUE,req,resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkXml_Dispose(soapXml);
        CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    xmlResponse = CkXml_Create();
    success = CkXml_LoadXml(xmlResponse,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xmlResponse));

    // 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>


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkXml_Dispose(soapXml);
    CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
    CkXml_Dispose(xmlResponse);

    }