(Unicode C) SOAP Web Service (HTTP POST)

Demonstrates how to call PostXml to call a SOAP web service.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkXmlW xml;
    const wchar_t *strXml;
    int responseStatusCode;
    HCkHttpW http;
    const wchar_t *endPoint;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    HCkXmlW xmlResp;

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

    // This example uses a live web service at:
    // http://www.webservicex.net/uklocation.asmx
    // It gets the UK town,Postcode and County by Postcode(First Section of Post Code)

    // The SOAP XML will look like this:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //   <soap:Body>
    //     <GetUKLocationByPostCode xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
    //       <PostCode>string</PostCode>
    //     </GetUKLocationByPostCode>
    //   </soap:Body>
    // </soap:Envelope>

    // For this example's sake, we'll load the XML from a file.  We'll test using PostCode "E3".  
    // The SOAP XML for this example may be downloaded from:
    // http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/ukPostCodeSoap.xml
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    success = CkXmlW_LoadXmlFile(xml,L"ukPostCodeSoap.xml");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_lastErrorText(xml));
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        return;
    }

    strXml = CkXmlW_getXml(xml);

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // We'll need to add this in the HTTP header:
    // SOAPAction: "http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetUKLocationByPostCode"
    CkHttpW_SetRequestHeader(http,L"SOAPAction",L"http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetUKLocationByPostCode");

    // The endpoint for this soap service is:
    endPoint = L"http://www.webservicex.net/uklocation.asmx";

    // Note: This particular web service was live and functioning at the time this example
    // was written.  It is possible that as time progresses, this web service will no longer
    // be availble...
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpStr(http,L"POST",endPoint,strXml,L"utf-8",L"text/xml",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    responseStatusCode = CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp);
    // You may wish to verify that the responseStatusCode equals 200...
    wprintf(L"Response Status Code: %d\n",responseStatusCode);

    // You may examine the exact HTTP header sent with the POST like this:
    wprintf(L"LastHeader:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastHeader(http));

    // Examine the XML returned by the web service:
    wprintf(L"XML Response:\n");
    xmlResp = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadXml(xmlResp,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xmlResp));

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from response XML: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from XML


    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);

    }