Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Http,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.HttpResponse,
  Chilkat.Xml;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  sbXmlFileData: TStringBuilder;
  xml: TXml;
  http: THttp;
  sbXml: TStringBuilder;
  resp: THttpResponse;
  xmlResult: TXml;
  sbResult: TStringBuilder;

begin
  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.
  sbXmlFileData := TStringBuilder.Create;
  success := sbXmlFileData.LoadFile('qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml','utf-8');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Failed to load XML file.');
      Exit;
    end;
  sbXmlFileData.Encode('base64','utf-8');

  //  Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
  xml := TXml.Create;
  xml.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());

  http := THttp.Create;

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

  sbXml := TStringBuilder.Create;
  xml.GetXmlSb(sbXml);

  resp := THttpResponse.Create;
  success := http.HttpSb('POST','https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/',sbXml,'utf-8','text/xml',resp);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Response status code = ' + resp.StatusCode);
  WriteLn('Response body text:');
  WriteLn(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:
  xmlResult := TXml.Create;
  xmlResult.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);
  sbResult := TStringBuilder.Create;
  sbResult.Append(xmlResult.GetChildContent('s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult'));
  sbResult.Decode('base64','utf-8');
  WriteLn('Decoded result:');
  WriteLn(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>


  sbXmlFileData.Free;
  xml.Free;
  http.Free;
  sbXml.Free;
  resp.Free;
  xmlResult.Free;
  sbResult.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.