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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.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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.
    const sb_xml_file_data = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_xml_file_data.deinit();
    sb_xml_file_data.loadFile("qa_data/xml/AL_SR_999802_test.xml", "utf-8") catch {
        std.debug.print("Failed to load XML file.\n", .{});
        return;
    };

    sb_xml_file_data.encode("base64", "utf-8") catch {};

    // Build the XMl that will be the body of the HTTP request.
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    xml.setTag("soapenv:Envelope");
    xml.addAttribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/") catch {};
    xml.addAttribute("xmlns:tem", "http://tempuri.org/") catch {};
    xml.addAttribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema") catch {};
    xml.addAttribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance") catch {};
    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") catch {};
    xml.updateChildContent("soapenv:Body|tem:NewSubmission|tem:File", try sb_xml_file_data.getAsString(alloc));

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    http.setRequestHeader("SoapAction", "NewSubmission");

    const sb_xml = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_xml.deinit();
    xml.getXmlSb(sb_xml) catch {};

    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpSb("POST", "https://mattest.alabama.gov/WebServices/MFET/", sb_xml, "utf-8", "text/xml", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("Response status code = {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});
    std.debug.print("Response body text:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});

    // 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:
    const xml_result = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml_result.deinit();
    xml_result.loadXml(try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)) catch {};
    const sb_result = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_result.deinit();
    sb_result.append(try xml_result.getChildContent(alloc, "s:Body|NewSubmissionResponse|NewSubmissionResult")) catch {};
    sb_result.decode("base64", "utf-8") catch {};
    std.debug.print("Decoded result:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_result.getAsString(alloc)});

    // 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>
}