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Get simple response from SOAP service with classic asp

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your code should work ok with a few changes

<%
    Response.Write "<br>START<hr>"

    Set oXmlHTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
    oXmlHTTP.Open "POST", "http://www.crusaderb2b.co.uk/b2bservice.asmx", False 

    oXmlHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8" 
    oXmlHTTP.setRequestHeader "SOAPAction", "http://crusaderb2b.co.uk/TrackingId"

    SOAPRequest = _
      "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>" &_
      "<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"" xmlns:soap12=""http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope""&gt;" &_
        "<soap12:Body>" &_
          "<ourFunction xmlns=""http://ourNameSpace/""&gt;" &_
            "<Ccode>OurCode</Ccode>" &_
            "<Pword>1d2s45a</Pword>" &_
            "<OrderNo>9876</OrderNo>" &_
          "</ourFunction>" &_
        "</soap12:Body>" &_
      "</soap12:Envelope>"

    oXmlHTTP.send SOAPRequest    
    Response.Write oXmlHTTP.responseText

    Response.Write "<br>END<hr>"
%>

changes are

remove ?wdsl
change content type
method call needs to be the same server of the webservice as it's the method name

added

I changed the code as you provided the Web Service. All you need you have in the service page as:

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answer with the code above:

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balexandre 2010-10-11 10:19:13

Thanks Balexandre, this gets me further. I now get an error saying: "soap:ClientServer did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: http:// www.webservicehost.co.uk/ B2bservice." (without spaces - I just added those to prevent this editor parsing the URL) I'm not sure what the method name is/should be?

Dan 2010-10-11 10:27:10

what is the correct service URL and call method? so I can give you a live example

balexandre 2010-10-11 10:30:06

you can see here http://stackoverflow.com/editing-help how to use the Edit Boxes, for your example, just wrap it with the backtick

balexandre 2010-10-11 10:31:56

I know the web service URL, but have no idea what the call method is. Is that something I'd need to contact the SOAP feed providers for? Sorry if this is a stupid question, this is just very new to me.

Dan 2010-10-11 10:59:15

the WDSL will tell you all about that, what methods exist and what do you need to pass to each other, if the webservice was made in .NET the .asmx page will have something like this: http://www.27seconds.com/Holidays/US/Dates/USHolidayDates.asmx so you can click on every `method` and see what do you need to pass and what will you receive. That's what WDSL all about. **To use a Web Service**, you need to know the end point (URL) and the Method to use, if doing all by `hand` like you are doing, you also need to know what to send and what to expect from the server upon receive the answer.

balexandre 2010-10-11 11:15:29

The webservice documentation is here: http://www.crusaderb2b.co.uk/b2bservice.asmx?op=TrackingId. I've tried changing the asp code accordingly, but still get an error: soap:ClientServer did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: <http://www.crusaderb2b.co.uk/B2bservice>. Any ideas greatly appreciated, thanks!

Dan 2010-10-11 17:17:05

added the correct code to the answer as you provided the Web Service, as well an image explaining what goes where.

balexandre 2010-10-11 18:56:56

Brilliant, that is so helpful, thanks. I now get the same as you. Trouble is, when I use the live credentials (customer code, password and order number) I still get the same ("User login incorrect") - even though I know they're the right details. I even tested with soapclient.com and they work fine, but here, sadly not. Do you have any idea why this might be?

Dan 2010-10-11 20:00:35

without the correct credentials I cant help.

balexandre 2010-10-11 20:56:53

btw, if the answer helps, you should upvote it !

balexandre 2010-10-12 06:53:48

That's my issue now, I have the correct credentials (as proven by the test on soapclient.com) but when I run this script it always tells me the credentials are wrong. The web service provider swears they're correct too, so it has to be a fault with my code somewhere. By the way, I can't vote up as I don't have a reputation of 15 apparently. I would love to vote your answer up as it has been very useful - so until I'm able to vote, please just accept my sincere thanks.

Dan 2010-10-12 08:26:07

you can set the answer as the correct one for your question, the green confirmation icon below the vote count on the answer.Use Fiddler to check what are you passing to them, so you can verify if you have an encoding problem that is changing the the chars, once again, without the valid credentials I can't help further.

balexandre 2010-10-12 09:33:33

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