WSDL webservices
 

Hi all

Can i write a script that uses the WSDL so i can check on webservices??
I know little about this al, but i know that WSDL and SOAP are compatible with each other.
I need to check if the webservices are running or available

Can someone guide me in this?

Thanks in advance

Brownie

If I understand you correctly, you want a script that does a POST or a GET to a webservice and that it conforms to that webservice's wsdl, so that the correct SOAP request is sent to that webservice?

euh :p i geuss so xD
i really know little about it!
we've got here some webservices and they need to be checked
and i get a WSDL (some kind of XML) and it also had to do something with SOAP

so i geuss you're right ;)
do you know of anything that i can use?

thanks in advance

brownie

You can use the curl command, see this link.

This worked for an IIS Hosted web service:

where soaprequest.xml is a file containing my SOAP request.

This obviously does not validate your SOAP request to the wsdl, if the wsdl is unlikely to change then I would validate it manually. You could also use XmlSpy.

What web server are you using? You can normally navigate to the web service page and get a sample SOAP request for each operation.

Hope this helps.


edit:

Are you thinking about wsdl validation because the wsdl changes or because you are unsure about whether the SOAP request you are sending is correct?

okay, when i've got time i'll check in to that, i've got other issues to handle first ;)
but thanks for the info !!!