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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 <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkXml.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    CkHttp 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>

    CkXml soapXml;
    soapXml.put_Tag("soapenv:Envelope");
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:smar","http://smartbear.com");
    soapXml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","");
    soapXml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld","");

    std::cout << soapXml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_SendCharset(false);
    req.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/xml; charset=utf-8");
    req.AddHeader("SOAPAction","http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld");
    req.put_Path("/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx");
    success = req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.getXml(),"utf-8");

    http.put_FollowRedirects(true);

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq("secure.smartbearsoftware.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkXml xmlResponse;
    success = xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());
    std::cout << xmlResponse.getXml() << "\r\n";

    // 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>
    }