From: mid <mid@...>
Date: 2007-02-03T00:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to send a soap message directly at a server

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:46:17 +0900, Max Russell wrote:

> Can anyone please tell me the simplest way of sending a SOAP message
> directly at an address and port. I don't need the WSDL as I already know
> the available methods, and just want to write a test stub.
>

Here's what I do in the console (for testing purposes):

require "soap/wsdlDriver"
wsdl_url = "http://webservices.globaladdress.net/globaladdress.asmx?WSDL"
factory = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url)
driver = factory.create_rpc_driver

This allows me to use the SOAP services available on the GlobalAddress
server.

I can do a driver.methods to find out what methods (services) are
available but in reality I already know what methods are available to me.

Do you have a WSDL file to reference?


Disclosure: I'm new to all this too so this may be a case of the blind
leading the blind but I am successfully consuming services except I've
also hit a snag too but that's the topic of another thread :)