From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...>
Date: 2007-08-16T00:33:55+09:00
Subject: Re: wsdl2ruby help

On 8/15/07, Kelsen23@gmail.com <Kelsen23@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I've been trying to figure out if and what I need to modify to get
> Ruby to access these web services.  In lieu of those of us who would
> much rather see code than listen to someone rant about their problem,
> I provided a simplified version of the WSDLs I am using.
>
> My question is below the WSDL definitions~
>
> ####
> #  Security WSDL
> ####
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <definitions xmlns:s0="http://randomsite.com/wsapi/"
> xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
> xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
> xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:http="http://
> schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/" targetNamespace="http://
> randomsite.com/
> wsapi/" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
>   <types>
>     <s:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://
> randomsite.com/wsapi/">
>       <s:element name="Login">
>         <s:complexType>
>           <s:sequence>
>             <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="usrLogin"
> type="s:string" />
>             <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="usrPassword"
> type="s:string" />
>           </s:sequence>
>         </s:complexType>
>       </s:element>
>       <s:element name="LoginResponse">
>         <s:complexType>
>           <s:sequence>
>             <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="token"
> type="s:string" />
>           </s:sequence>
>         </s:complexType>
>       </s:element>
>     </s:schema>
>   </types>
>   <message name="LoginSoapIn">
>     <part name="parameters" element="s0:Login" />
>   </message>
>   <message name="LoginSoapOut">
>     <part name="parameters" element="s0:LoginResponse" />
>   </message>
>   <portType name="SecuritySoap">
>     <operation name="Login">
>       <documentation>Login to web service.</documentation>
>       <input message="s0:LoginSoapIn" />
>       <output message="s0:LoginSoapOut" />
>     </operation>
>   </portType>
>   <binding name="SecuritySoap" type="s0:SecuritySoap">
>     <soap:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
>     <operation name="Login">
>       <soap:operation soapAction="http://randomsite.com/wsapi/Login"
> style="document" />
>       <input>
>         <soap:body use="literal" />
>       </input>
>       <output>
>         <soap:body use="literal" />
>       </output>
>     </operation>
>   </binding>
>   <service name="Security">
>     <port name="SecuritySoap" binding="s0:SecuritySoap">
>       <soap:address location="https://randomsite.com/security.asmx" />
>     </port>
>   </service>
> </definitions>
>
> #####
> #  Contact WSDL
> #####
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <definitions xmlns:s0="http://randomsite.com/wsapi/"
> xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
> xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
> xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:http="http://
> schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/" targetNamespace="http://
> randomsite.com/
> wsapi/" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
>   <types>
>     <s:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://
> randomsite.com/wsapi/">
>       <s:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
>       <s:element name="GetContacts">
>         <s:complexType>
>           <s:sequence>
>             <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="bogusName"
> type="s:string" />
>           </s:sequence>
>         </s:complexType>
>       </s:element>
>       <s:element name="GetContactsResponse">
>         <s:complexType>
>           <s:sequence>
>             <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
> name="GetContactsResult">
>               <s:complexType>
>                 <s:sequence>
>                   <s:element ref="s:schema" />
>                   <s:any />
>                 </s:sequence>
>               </s:complexType>
>             </s:element>
>           </s:sequence>
>         </s:complexType>
>       </s:element>
>       <s:element name="Authentication" type="s0:Authentication" />
>       <s:complexType name="Authentication">
>         <s:sequence>
>           <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="token"
> type="s:string" />
>         </s:sequence>
>       </s:complexType>
>     </s:schema>
>   </types>
>   <message name="GetContactsSoapIn">
>     <part name="parameters" element="s0:GetContacts" />
>   </message>
>   <message name="GetContactsSoapOut">
>     <part name="parameters" element="s0:GetContactsResponse" />
>   </message>
>   <message name="GetContactsAuthentication">
>     <part name="Authentication" element="s0:Authentication" />
>   </message>
>   <portType name="ContactSoap">
>     <operation name="GetContacts">
>       <documentation>Retrieves contact information.</documentation>
>       <input message="s0:GetContactsSoapIn" />
>       <output message="s0:GetContactsSoapOut" />
>     </operation>
>   </portType>
>   <binding name="ContactSoap" type="s0:ContactSoap">
>     <soap:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
>     <operation name="GetContacts">
>       <soap:operation soapAction="http://randomsite.com/wsapi/
> GetContacts" style="document" />
>       <input>
>         <soap:body use="literal" />
>         <soap:header d5p1:required="true"
> message="s0:GetContactsAuthentication" part="Authentication"
> use="literal" xmlns:d5p1="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
>       </input>
>       <output>
>         <soap:body use="literal" />
>       </output>
>     </operation>
>   </binding>
>   <service name="Contact">
>     <port name="ContactSoap" binding="s0:ContactSoap">
>       <soap:address location="https://randomsite.com/contact.asmx" />
>     </port>
>   </service>
> </definitions>
>
> I downloaded the most recent (that I know of) gem of soap4r (1.5.7)
> and httpclient (2.1.0.90.20070807) and used wsdl2ruby on both WSDLs.
> I tested the security objects and everything worked great, no problems
> whatsoever.  When I tried to test the contact objects however there
> was no mechanism to pass in the authentication value.  As defined in
> the Contact WSDL, the authentication token must be provided via the
> SOAP header but it seems wsdl2ruby did not parse that out.
>
> Do I need to doctor up the WSDL in order for wsdl2ruby to parse it
> correctly or is this functionality not available at this time?  If
> it's not, do you have any idea where the best place to start would
> be.  I was diving into the SOAP::RPC::Driver and SOAP::RPC::Proxy
> classes but I wasn't sure where to start.
>
> Thanks in advance.

You might have better luck in http://groups.google.com/group/soap4r

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Felipe Contreras