Java

Alabama Motor Fuel Excise Tax E-Filing SOAP XML POST (NewSubmission)

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Demonstrates how to post a NewSubmission to the Alabama MFET (Motor Fuel Excise Tax) e-File. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean 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.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Here is an example of an HTTP POST Request we'll be sending:

    // POST /WebServices/MFET/ HTTP/1.1
    // Content-Type: text/xml
    // SOAPAction: NewSubmission
    //  
    // <soapenv:Envelope
    //   xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    //   xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/"
    //   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    //   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    //   <soapenv:Header/>
    //   <soapenv:Body>
    //     <tem:NewSubmission>
    //       <tem:UserName>yourusername</tem:UserName>
    //       <tem:Password>yourpassword</tem:Password>
    //       <tem:File xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary">TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64</tem:File>
    //     </tem:NewSubmission>
    //   </soapenv:Body>
    // </soapenv:Envelope>

    // In the above XML, the "TRANSMISSION_XML_FILE_CONTENTS_AS_BASE64" contains the base64 encoded
    // string of the XML file that contains "<Transmission> ... </Transmission>"
    // First let's load the transmission XML file and get the contents as base64.
    CkStringBuilder sbXmlFileData = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = sbXmlFileData.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml","utf-8");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println("Failed to load XML file.");
        return;
        }

    sbXmlFileData.Encode("base64","utf-8");

    // Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.put_Tag("soapenv:Envelope");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:tem","http://tempuri.org/");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:UserName","yourusername");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:Password","yourpassword");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",true,"xsi:type","xsd:base64Binary");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File",sbXmlFileData.getAsString());

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.SetRequestHeader("SoapAction","NewSubmission");

    CkStringBuilder sbXml = new CkStringBuilder();
    xml.GetXmlSb(sbXml);

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSb("POST","https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/",sbXml,"utf-8","text/xml",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode());
    System.out.println("Response body text:");
    System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());

    // The response will look like this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //     <s:Body>
    //         <NewSubmissionResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
    //             <NewSubmissionResult i:type="a:base64Binary" xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">BASE64_RESULT</NewSubmissionResult>
    //         </NewSubmissionResponse>
    //     </s:Body>
    // </s:Envelope>

    // We can get the base64 result like this:
    CkXml xmlResult = new CkXml();
    xmlResult.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());
    CkStringBuilder sbResult = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbResult.Append(xmlResult.getChildContent("s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult"));
    sbResult.Decode("base64","utf-8");
    System.out.println("Decoded result:");
    System.out.println(sbResult.getAsString());

    // A sample of a decoded error response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <!--ADOR Acknowledgement 1-->
    // <Transmission xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/efile">
    //   <Jurisdiction>ALABAMA</Jurisdiction>
    //   <TransmissionId>2018-09-1019:14R000000001</TransmissionId>
    //   <Timestamp>2018-09-10T19:14:12Z</Timestamp>
    //   <Transmitter>
    //     <ETIN>00000</ETIN>
    //   </Transmitter>
    //   <ProcessType>P</ProcessType>
    //   <AgentIdentifier>ACK</AgentIdentifier>
    //   <AcknowledgementID>0</AcknowledgementID>
    //   <AcknowledgementTimeStamp>2018-09-11T21:16:34-05:00</AcknowledgementTimeStamp>
    //   <Errors>
    //     <Error>Process Type must be 'T' when submitted to Testing Web Service</Error>
    //   </Errors>
    // </Transmission>
  }
}