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How to create a SOAP request with JavaScript for Acrobat Pro 9

Hi all,

I've created a soap request using the soap.connect method - but what I really need is a way to create a soap request with the soap.request method. I need to pass authentication, and this seems to be the only way to pass in the oAuthenticate object.

Does anyone know how I can create the code for this - using a weather wsdl as an example here is my connect code:

      var strURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?wsdl";
      var service = SOAP.connect(strURL);
      var sCountryName = "United States";
      var sCityName = "New York";
      var result = {
soapType: "xsd:string",
CountryName: sCountryName,
CityName: sCityName
//soapValue:
};
      var results = service.GetWeather(result);
      app.alert(results);

This works fine - however I want to do something like this for the soap.request

var myURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?wsdl";
var echoStringRequest = {
"http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx/GetWeather" {
CityName: "New York"
CountryName: "United States"

}
};

var mySOAPAction = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx";

var response = SOAP.request ({
cURL: myURL,
oRequest: echoStringRequest,
cAction: mySOAPAction
});

var responseString = "http://www.example.com/methods:echoStringResponse";
var result = response[responseString]["return"];

console.println("Result is " + result);

However, i'm getting this error:

missing : after property id
3:Console:Exec
undefined

I dont think my code is right - and there is not much resources out there. Can anyone help please? Or if anyone knows how to write an async version?

leakim971

After CityName: "New York"

you miss somes commas no ?
Replace :
var myURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?wsdl";
var echoStringRequest = {
"http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx/GetWeather" { // <----- here
CityName: "New York" // <----- here
CountryName: "United States"

}
};

By :

var myURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?wsdl";
var echoStringRequest = { "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx/GetWeather", { CityName: "New York", CountryName: "United States" } };

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leakim971

Check this page too :

http://www.verydoc.com/documents/acrojsguide/pg_0254.htm

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lp84

ASKER

still having the same error. Do you know how I can setup the syntax? - that page is a bit confusing, in terms of syntax. Just need some proper working examples to follow. thanks a lot though.

leakim971

What about :

var myURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?wsdl";
var echoStringRequest = { cURL:"http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx/GetWeather", oRequest:{ CityName: "New York", CountryName: "United States" } };

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leakim971

>that page is a bit confusing, in terms of syntax. Just need some proper working examples to follow. thanks a lot though.
page 664 here : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/js_api_reference.pdf

leakim971

the example with SOAP.request start at page 670

lp84

ASKER

SOAPError: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx.
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.Soap11ServerProtocolHelper.RouteRequest()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.RouteRequest(SoapServerMessage message)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.Initialize()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocol.SetContext(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocolFactory.Create(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, Boolean& abortProcessing)
SOAP.request:13:Console undefined:Exec

undefined

Bit closer...

I actually am on that PDF - that is what i used to follow

lp84

ASKER

Still trying a simple synchronous request and I cant see mto get past the http header error

mohan_sekar

Do you just want to know how to make an aync SOAP call?

leakim971

You get the last error after following example on page 664 ?

lp84

ASKER

well I was trying to do the synchronous way thinking it would be easier - but I cannot even do that. If you can show me how to do the async one that will be very appreciated.

No I wasn't sure how to setup the header..tried a few times but kept getting undefined errors

leakim971

Seems it have a bug : http://www.ms-news.net/f1075/acrobat-elements-server-6807062.html

leakim971

The following :

var cURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.webserviceX.NET:GetWeather":{CityName:"New York",CountryName:"United States"}};
var cAction = "http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetWeather";
var ver = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,bEncoded:false,cVersion:ver});

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leakim971

produce :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<SOAP-ENV:Body>
		<ns0:GetWeather xmlns:ns0="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
			<CityName>New York</CityName>
			<CountryName>United States</CountryName>
		</ns0:GetWeather>
	</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

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leakim971

A good one :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<SOAP-ENV:Body>
		<ns0:GetWeather xmlns:ns0="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
			<ns0:CityName>New York</ns0:CityName>
			<ns0:CountryName>United States</ns0:CountryName>
		</ns0:GetWeather>
	</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

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leakim971

The following "run" fine because the parameter "name" is optional :

//
var cURL = "http://www.guru4.net/articoli/javascript-soap-client/demo/webservicedemo.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.guru4.net:HelloTo":{name:"leakim971"}};
var cAction = "http://www.guru4.net/HelloTo";
var cVersion = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,bEncoded:false,cVersion:cVersion});
app.alert(response);

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leakim971

The response is not the good :

(return "Hello !" and not "Hello leakim971!")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
	<soap:Body>
		<HelloToResponse xmlns="http://www.guru4.net/">
			<HelloToResult>Hello !</HelloToResult>
		</HelloToResponse>
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

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lp84

ASKER

Thanks Leakim! They both work well!

One last question. I went thru the java doc for acrobat and used the oAuthenticate object to add in the authentication header, did it for both examples:

var oAuthenticator ={ Username: "test", Password: "test"};
var cURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.webserviceX.NET:GetWeather":{CityName:"New York",CountryName:"United States"}};
var cAction = "http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetWeather";
var ver = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,oAuthenticate:oAuthenticator,bEncoded:false,cVersion:ver});

var oAuthenticator ={ Username: "test", Password: "test"};
var cURL = "http://www.guru4.net/articoli/javascript-soap-client/demo/webservicedemo.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.guru4.net:HelloTo":{name:"leakim971"}};
var cAction = "http://www.guru4.net/HelloTo";
var cVersion = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,oAuthenticate:oAuthenticator,bEncoded:false,cVersion:cVersion});
app.alert(response);

I am wondering if that will work for NTLM?

leakim971

page 550 set UsePlatformAuth to true
So you don't need Username and Password are ignored.

lp84

ASKER

Awesome!! Like this? I ran it, seems to work

var oAuthenticator ={ UsePlatformAuth: "true"};
var cURL = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.webserviceX.NET:GetWeather":{CityName:"New York",CountryName:"United States"}};
var cAction = "http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetWeather";
var ver = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,oAuthenticate:oAuthenticator,bEncoded:false,cVersion:ver});

var oAuthenticator ={ UsePlatformAuth: "true"};
var cURL = "http://www.guru4.net/articoli/javascript-soap-client/demo/webservicedemo.asmx";
var oRequest = {"http://www.guru4.net:HelloTo":{name:"leakim971"}};
var cAction = "http://www.guru4.net/HelloTo";
var cVersion = SOAPVersion.version_1_2;
SOAP.wireDump = "true";
var response = Net.SOAP.request({cURL:cURL,oRequest:oRequest,cAction:cAction,oAuthenticate:oAuthenticator,bEncoded:false,cVersion:cVersion});
app.alert(response);

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lp84

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Ah..thanks a lot for all your help!