alright...i think he's learned a nifty recovery tool on google. i usually
don't just blurt out code but i happen to have it just sitting around at
present.
merry christmas.
hth,
steve
' these are particluar to my app...not to making soap requests in general.
Private Const shopCode As String = "XYZ"
Private Const appId As String = "SOME_GENERATED _PUBLIC_KEY"
Private Const syncServer As String = "http://somecompany.com/websvc.php"
' wow...i thought people just used asp in the real world!
' this is as basic as it gets
' the method is getData(shopcod e, appid)
' this is how you'd wrap up the request in soap
Function sendWebRequest( ) As String
Dim webRequest As HttpWebRequest =
CType(webReques t.Create(syncSe rver), HttpWebRequest)
Dim webResponse As HttpWebResponse
Dim soapEnvelope As String
RaiseEvent CurrentProgress ("Creating remote data request", 5)
soapEnvelope &= "<SOAP:Envelope >" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " <SOAP:Body>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " <getData>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " <parameters>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " <shopcode xsi:type=""xsd: string"">" &
shopCode & "</shopcode>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " <appid xsi:type=""xsd: string"">" & appId
& "</appid>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " </parameters>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " </getData>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= " </SOAP:Body>" & vbCrLf
soapEnvelope &= "</SOAP:Envelope>" & vbCrLf
With webRequest
.ContentType = "text/xml"
.Headers.Add("S OAPMethodName", "getData")
.ContentLength = soapEnvelope.Le ngth
.Method = "POST"
.Timeout = 60 * 1000 ' milliseconds to seconds
Dim streamWriter As New StreamWriter(.G etRequestStream ())
streamWriter.Wr ite(soapEnvelop e)
streamWriter.Cl ose()
webResponse = CType(.GetRespo nse(), HttpWebResponse )
End With
Dim stream As Stream = webResponse.Get ResponseStream
Dim streamReader As New StreamReader(st ream)
Dim xmlStream As String = streamReader.Re adToEnd
streamReader.Cl ose()
stream.Close()
Return xmlStream
End Function
"Jason Carter" <ja**********@a gedwards.com> wrote in message
news:01******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .
A while ago I asked about how to use the HTTPRequest
object for sending a soap request. Somebody responded
with the code that I needed, but I recently lost it and I
really need it back now. Can anybody help me here? I
really this code for my app.
Thanks.
