Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSbXmlFileData
LOCAL oXml
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oSbXml
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oXmlResult
LOCAL oSbResult

nSuccess := 0

//  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.
oSbXmlFileData := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oSbXmlFileData:LoadFile("qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml", "utf-8")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Failed to load XML file."
    oSbXmlFileData:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oSbXmlFileData:Encode("base64", "utf-8")

//  Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:Tag := "soapenv:Envelope"
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:tem", "http://tempuri.org/")
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header", "")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:UserName", "yourusername")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:Password", "yourpassword")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File", 1, "xsi:type", "xsd:base64Binary")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File", oSbXmlFileData:GetAsString())

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

oHttp:SetRequestHeader("SoapAction", "NewSubmission")

oSbXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oXml:GetXmlSb(oSbXml)

oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpSb("POST", "https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/", oSbXml, "utf-8", "text/xml", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oSbXmlFileData:destroy()
    oXml:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    oSbXml:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Response status code = " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
? "Response body text:"
? oResp: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:
oXmlResult := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXmlResult:LoadXml(oResp:BodyStr)
oSbResult := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbResult:Append(oXmlResult:GetChildContent("s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult"))
oSbResult:Decode("base64", "utf-8")
? "Decoded result:"
? oSbResult: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>

oSbXmlFileData:destroy()
oXml:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oSbXml:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oXmlResult:destroy()
oSbResult:destroy()