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DaveKempDaveKemp 

Can I process xml results doc from webservice callout?

Hi,

I've imported a wsdl and generated the classes into apex.

I can call the web service ok, but the webservice returns an xml doc with content dependant on what xml doc you send it in the first place.

Is there a way I can generically process the response rather than it expecting the results to map directly to salesforce classes?

Thanks,
David

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DaveKempDaveKemp

Update:

 

So I finally got it to work by ditching the SOAP and just using a plain Http call as described here:

 

http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/General-Development/calling-WS-with-a-HTTP-request/td-p/483303

 

Thanks all

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Satish_SFDCSatish_SFDC
You can use the XMLStreamReader class to parse the xml document.

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_xml_XmlStream_reader.htm

Regards,
Satish Kumar
DaveKempDaveKemp

Hi,


Thanks for your response, I'm now using the Http class to call out and process the response as detailed here:

 

http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/NET-Development/How-to-call-net-web-service-from-salesforce/td-p/134795/page/2

 

But, when I put my values in, I'm getting an error returned in the HttpResponse from the webservice:

[Status=Internal Server Error, StatusCode=500]
Server did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/MBSGPQueryServices

I thought the SOAPAction was basically the name of the function being called (i.e. MBSGPQueryServices), what am I missing?

Many thanks for any responses as this is driving me crazy!

Regards,
David

Code shown below:

    Map<string,string> GPSXMLResponse = new Map<string,string>();
    
    string xmlLength=string.valueof(xmlDoc.length());
    
    HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
    req.setEndpoint('http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/MBSGPWebService/MBSGPService.asmx');
     req.setMethod('POST');
     req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml; charset=utf-8');
     req.setHeader('SOAPAction', 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/MBSGPQueryServices');
    
    string b = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>';
    b += '<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">';
    b += '<soap:Body>';
    b += '<MBSGPQueryServices xmlns="http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx">';
    b += '<ServiceDocType>' + xmlDoc + '</ServiceDocType>';
    b += '</MBSGPQueryServices>';
    b += '</soap:Body>';
    b += '</soap:Envelope>';

    System.debug('About to req.setBody(b):'+b);

    req.setBody(b);
    
    System.debug('After req.setBody(b):'+b);
    
    Http http = new Http();
    HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);

DaveKempDaveKemp

Update:

 

So I finally got it to work by ditching the SOAP and just using a plain Http call as described here:

 

http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/General-Development/calling-WS-with-a-HTTP-request/td-p/483303

 

Thanks all

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