From: Nick Black <nickblack1@...>
Date: 2007-02-07T21:31:16+09:00
Subject: Ruby and SOAP

Hello,

I'm trying to access a SOAP webservice written in C# .NET from Ruby
(running on Ubuntu).  The server has two classes within its namespace:

AddressSearch
ServiceAuthentication

The namespace is

http://local/blah/AddressSearch.asmx

The problem is that the client only knows about one method,
findAddress - a method of the AddressSearch class.  I cannot get it to
see the ServiceAuthentication class.  Apparently I need to pass an
instance of the  Service Authentication class to a method of the
Address search class.  I'm basing this on some sampel C# .NET client
code.  I have been told that the response I am getting from the server
is because I am not authenticated.

My problem is that in all the examples of SOAP I have seen, looking
through the ruby mailing list archives, there is only one class dealt
with at a time.  Basically, I need to know if my understanding of what
I am trying to do is wrong, if one SOAP namespace can contain multiple
classes, and if so, how I can use these two different classes in the
same ruby code.

My client code is:


    def soap_me(postcode, streetname, town)

      @postcode = postcode
      @streetname = streetname
      @town = town

      wsdl_url = "http://10.0.0.35/iedirectimage/AddressSearch.asmx?WSDL"

      soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url).create_rpc_driver

      auth = soap.ServiceAuthentication(:login => "addresstest",
:password => "password")
     #The above line gives a undefined method `ServiceAuthentication' error

      res =  soap.findAddress(:postcode => @postcode, :streetName =>
@streetname, :town => @town)
      puts res.inspect

    end

soap_me("SW15 6JH", "Upper Richmond Road", "London")


The WSDL is posted here:

http://www.blacksworld.net/projects/stuff/wsdl.xml

Thanks for the help - I know my post is slightly confused - it
reflects my state of mind!


-- 
Nick Black
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