Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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 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.HttpRequest,
  Chilkat.HttpResponse,
  Chilkat.Xml;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  http: THttp;
  soapXml: TXml;
  req: THttpRequest;
  resp: THttpResponse;
  xmlResponse: TXml;

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

  http := THttp.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 := TXml.Create;
  soapXml.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','');

  WriteLn(soapXml.GetXml());

  req := THttpRequest.Create;
  req.HttpVerb := 'POST';
  req.SendCharset := False;
  req.AddHeader('Content-Type','text/xml; charset=utf-8');
  req.AddHeader('SOAPAction','http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld');
  req.Path := '/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx';
  success := req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.GetXml(),'utf-8');

  http.FollowRedirects := True;

  resp := THttpResponse.Create;
  success := http.HttpSReq('secure.smartbearsoftware.com',443,True,req,resp);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  xmlResponse := TXml.Create;
  success := xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);
  WriteLn(xmlResponse.GetXml());

  //  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>


  http.Free;
  soapXml.Free;
  req.Free;
  resp.Free;
  xmlResponse.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.