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SidharthSidharth 

Call SOAP

Hi

 

I need to call Soap, from my apex class, to fetch data and show in my VF page. How should i go about it.

I have got this sample SOAP request/response code from my vendor. I need to use mes:subscriberId and mes:scheduleId to get Data.

 

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:mes="http://XXXXX.net/ws/schemas/messages">

   <soapenv:Header>

      <wsse:Security soapenv:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">

         <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="XWSSGID-1261544568770-474929336" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">

            <wsse:Username>############</wsse:Username>

            <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">###########</wsse:Password>

         </wsse:UsernameToken>

      </wsse:Security>

</soapenv:Header>

   <soapenv:Body>

      <mes:GetCheckImageRequest>

         <!--You may enter the following 4 items in any order-->

         <mes:subscriberId>XXXXXX</mes:subscriberId>

         <!--Optional:-->

         <mes:scheduleId>XXXXXXX</mes:scheduleId>

      </mes:GetCheckImageRequest>

   </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

 

Response

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

   <SOAP-ENV:Header ver:CPIIDA-BUILD="build-30676" ver:CPIIDA-BUILD-TIME="03-01-2012 06:01" ver:CPIISRV-BUILD="build-30693" ver:CPIISRV-BUILD-TIME="03-01-2012 06:04" ver:CPIIWSRV-BUILD="build-30489" ver:CPIIWSRV-BUILD-TIME="03-01-2012 06:09" xmlns:ver="http://XXXXX.net/ws/schemas/header/version"/>

   <SOAP-ENV:Body>

      <ns3:GetCheckImageResponse xmlns:ns3="http://XXXXX.net/ws/scmas/mages" xmlns:ns2="http://XXXXX.net/ws/schemas/types">

         <ns3:subscriberId>XXXXXXX</ns3:subscriberId>

         <ns3:scheduleId>XXXXXXX</ns3:scheduleId>

         <ns3:transactionId>XXXXXXX</ns3:transactionId>

         <ns3:externalReferenceId>XXXXXXX</ns3:externalReferenceId>

         <ns3:checkImageFront>SUkqAAgAXXXX</ns3:checkImageFront>

         <ns3:checkImageBack xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>

         <ns3:commandStatus>1</ns3:commandStatus>

         <ns3:errorMessage xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>

      </ns3:GetCheckImageResponse>

   </SOAP-ENV:Body>

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

 

 

 

I am completely lost on how to do this, any kind of help will be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Sid

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
MattLacey.ax1065MattLacey.ax1065

You can often get some of these WSDLs to import successfully by removing certain things — for instance WSDL2Apex only supports 1.1, and doesn't support multiple bindings, so the first thing I usually do is remove anything referring to SOAP 12.

 

Either way, below is some code you can use to try and make this request via the HTTPRequest object, obviously strXML is the XML to send, strAction is the action you're calling (you should be able to find this in the WSDL), and strEndPoint is the URL you need to reach. You'll need to add this to the list of authorised end points in your security settings.

 

	public static void SendSOAPRequest(string strEndPoint, string strAction, string strXML, integer iTimeout)
	{
		http soap = new http();
		Httprequest soap_request = new Httprequest();
		Httpresponse soap_response = new Httpresponse();
	  
		soap_request.setEndpoint(strEndPoint);
		soap_request.setMethod('POST');
		soap_request.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/xml;charset=utf-8');
		soap_request.setHeader('SOAPAction', strAction);
		
		soap_request.setTimeout(iTimeout);
		soap_request.setBody(strXML);
		
		try
		{
			// send it
			soap_response = soap.send(soap_request);
			
			// Get what we want
			System.Debug(soap_response.getBody());
			System.Debug(soap_response.getStatusCode());
			System.Debug(soap_response.getStatus());
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			System.Debug('Exception thrown: ' + e.getMessage());
		}
	}

 

All Answers

Cory CowgillCory Cowgill

You can try to use the Apex2WSDL code generate to build Apex classes from WSDL.

 

You can invoke the Web Service from the Apex Controller via the generated classes from Apex2WSDL.

 

You'll need the WSDL for the Web Service to get started. 

 

Take a look at the developer documenation http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/index.htm and look at the section "

SOAP Services: Defining a Class from a WSDL Document"
SidharthSidharth

So you mean i need my Vendor WSDL?

Without that its not possible to extract their data?
MattLacey.ax1065MattLacey.ax1065

Obtaining the WSDL is definitely the easiest way to go about doing this, the only snag however, is that the WSDL2Apex functionality can be a little.. flakey ;) 

 

For simple services with one call like this, you can actually use the HttpRequest class to make the request and send the XML data in the body. Try to get the WSDL first, but if you get stuck I can provide some sample code I've used for sending XML requests. 
SidharthSidharth

Thanks Matt. I have my vendore WSDl, but it has some tags which are not supported in Apex, like Annotation, due to which its not allowing me to create WSDL2Apex.

Also i just have to make 1 simple call, so if there is any workaround, to do that without WSDl, please provide me sample code. I tried to do that with HttpRequest, but i am not able to create HTTP header.

Thanks again for your time.
MattLacey.ax1065MattLacey.ax1065

You can often get some of these WSDLs to import successfully by removing certain things — for instance WSDL2Apex only supports 1.1, and doesn't support multiple bindings, so the first thing I usually do is remove anything referring to SOAP 12.

 

Either way, below is some code you can use to try and make this request via the HTTPRequest object, obviously strXML is the XML to send, strAction is the action you're calling (you should be able to find this in the WSDL), and strEndPoint is the URL you need to reach. You'll need to add this to the list of authorised end points in your security settings.

 

	public static void SendSOAPRequest(string strEndPoint, string strAction, string strXML, integer iTimeout)
	{
		http soap = new http();
		Httprequest soap_request = new Httprequest();
		Httpresponse soap_response = new Httpresponse();
	  
		soap_request.setEndpoint(strEndPoint);
		soap_request.setMethod('POST');
		soap_request.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/xml;charset=utf-8');
		soap_request.setHeader('SOAPAction', strAction);
		
		soap_request.setTimeout(iTimeout);
		soap_request.setBody(strXML);
		
		try
		{
			// send it
			soap_response = soap.send(soap_request);
			
			// Get what we want
			System.Debug(soap_response.getBody());
			System.Debug(soap_response.getStatusCode());
			System.Debug(soap_response.getStatus());
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			System.Debug('Exception thrown: ' + e.getMessage());
		}
	}

 

This was selected as the best answer
SidharthSidharth

Thanks Matt

 

Couple of questions

 

1. If i use HttpRequest, i dont need WSDL. Right?

2. If this is my SOAP Request

 

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:mes="http://XXXXX.net/ws/schemas/messages">

   <soapenv:Header>

      <wsse:Security soapenv:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">

         <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="XWSSGID-1261544568770-474929336" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">

            <wsse:Username>############</wsse:Username>

            <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">###########</wsse:Password>

         </wsse:UsernameToken>

      </wsse:Security>

</soapenv:Header>

   <soapenv:Body>

      <mes:GetCheckImageRequest>

         <!--You may enter the following 4 items in any order-->

         <mes:subscriberId>XXXXXX</mes:subscriberId>

         <!--Optional:-->

         <mes:scheduleId>XXXXXXX</mes:scheduleId>

      </mes:GetCheckImageRequest>

   </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

 

What will be the strXML?

strAction = GetCheckImageRequest

What will be the strEndPoint? Do i need to ask my vendor about strEndPoint?

 

Thanks Again for your time.


 
MattLacey.ax1065MattLacey.ax1065

That will be your XML, just fill in the right values in the appropriate places - give it a go and see what the results are.
SidharthSidharth

Thanks. Tried that.

 

getting this error:

 

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find SAAJ on the classpath