A SOAP Envelope Examples

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A.1 Sample Encoding of Call Requests

Example 5

Similar to Example 1 but with a Mandatory Header

 POST /StockQuote HTTP/1.1 Host: www.stockquoteserver.com Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn SOAPAction: "Some-URI" <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <t:Transaction xmlns:t="some-URI" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1"> 5 </t:Transaction> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:GetLastTradePrice xmlns:m="Some-URI"> <symbol>DEF</symbol> </m:GetLastTradePrice> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

Example 6

Similar to Example 1 but with multiple request parameters

 POST /StockQuote HTTP/1.1 Host: www.stockquoteserver.com Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn SOAPAction: "Some-URI" <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:GetLastTradePriceDetailed xmlns:m="Some-URI"> <Symbol>DEF</Symbol> <Company>DEF Corp</Company> <Price>34.1</Price> </m:GetLastTradePriceDetailed> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

A.2 Sample Encoding of Response

Example 7

Similar to Example 2 but with a Mandatory Header

 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <t:Transaction xmlns:t="some-URI" xsi:type="xsd:int" mustUnderstand="1"> 5 </t:Transaction> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:GetLastTradePriceResponse xmlns:m="Some-URI"> <Price>34.5</Price> </m:GetLastTradePriceResponse> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

Example 8

Similar to Example 2 but with a Struct

 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:GetLastTradePriceResponse xmlns:m="Some-URI"> <PriceAndVolume> <LastTradePrice> 34.5 </LastTradePrice> <DayVolume> 10000 </DayVolume> </PriceAndVolume> </m:GetLastTradePriceResponse> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

Example 9

Similar to Example 2 but Failing to honor Mandatory Header

 HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <SOAP-ENV:Fault> <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:MustUnderstand</faultcode> <faultstring>SOAP Must Understand Error</faultstring> </SOAP-ENV:Fault> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> 

Example 10

Similar to Example 2 but Failing to handle Body

 HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <SOAP-ENV:Fault> <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode> <faultstring>Server Error</faultstring> <detail> <e:myfaultdetails xmlns:e="Some-URI"> <message> My application didn't work </message> <errorcode> 1001 </errorcode> </e:myfaultdetails> </detail> </SOAP-ENV:Fault> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>