From: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nakahiro@...>
Date: 2005-07-20T19:39:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with SOAP

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Hi,

Ben Myles wrote:
> I'm trying to write some code to connect to a SOAP webservice. I only
> need to call one method: SendMessage (see
> http://webservices.xpedite.com.au/xpeditemessaging/faxreach/1-0-0/faxreach.asmx?op=SendMessage).
> 
> I've been reading PickAxe but it's pretty thin on this stuff. I've got
> the outline of my code done, but am stuck on what arguments to send
> the method call.
> 
> result = soap.SendMessage(...)
> 
> I realise I need to send the arguments along, but how do I send
> complex datatypes (in the definition URL above you will see there are
> destinations containing recipients etc.). Also, do I need to specify
> every parameter or are some optional? Is it possible to query the web
> service for this information in Ruby?

You should use WSDL file located at
http://webservices.xpedite.com.au/xpeditemessaging/faxreach/1-0-0/faxreach.asmx?WSDL

At first, generate class definition from the WSDL as follows.

 % wsdl2ruby.rb --wsdl
'http://webservices.xpedite.com.au/xpeditemessaging/faxreach/1-0-0/faxreach.asmx?WSDL'
- --type client --force
 I, [2005-07-20T14:40:25.503516 #32113]  INFO -- app: Creating class
definition.
 W, [2005-07-20T14:40:25.504452 #32113]  WARN -- app: File 'default.rb'
exists but overrides it.
 F, [2005-07-20T14:40:25.570157 #32113] FATAL -- app: Detected an
exception. Stopping ... undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass
(NoMethodError)

Oops.  I found the bug and fixed it at subversion repository.  Please
obtain the latest soap4r source from its subversion repository, or
download the latest snapshot tarball from http://dev.ctor.org/download/

With the latest soap4r source, wsdl2ruby.rb should run fine and the
following script should work.

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby
  require 'defaultDriver.rb'
  obj = FaxProcessorSoap.new
  parameters = SendMessage.new(FaxMessage.new(...), 'NaHi', 'passwd')
  puts obj.sendMessage(parameters)

class FaxMessage is very big.  Good luck with you and soap4r...

Regards,
// NaHi
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