SOAP Client using C#

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I have Soap web service https://test-submit.health263.systems:8081/apacewebservices/AMF1_0?wsdl. This has a method called process. My question is how do I create soap client to send a request, that submits/Retrieves information from the server. The example XML for the request is shown below:



  
    
      1.0
      434252-342234-6765
      SYSTEM999
      APACE
      ZA
      20160601123456
      Y
      ProviderX/Jane Doe
    
    
      AFunder
      
        123456789

The response message is structured as follows :



  
    
      1.0
      434252-342234-6765
      S
      20160601123500
    
    
      AFunder
      123456789
      
        00
        P
        A
        Y
      
      
        01
        D
        A
        Y

Please help I am really stuck, Haven't used SOAP services with C#, I have tried examples online but the structure does not follow my message structures are more complicated

The actual message structure is structured as follows:


    
        Token66657752
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                            1.1
                            30074
                            LIFEHEALTH
                            HEALTH263
                            ZA
                            20200705123456
                            Y
                            CIMSZW/Jane Doe
                        
                        
                            Y
                            CIMSZWA
                            
                                11117374
                                00

Hw do I create the SOAP envelope and the Header part with the Security Key Token

Gilvar · Accepted Answer

You can use a couple different system libraries to create an HttpWebRequest, create custom xml, and insert that xml into your request before you send it. (system.net, system.xml.linq, system.io)

I was able to hit your web service but got a 500 error. (Hopefully you see a log or that wasn't yours!)

Here's a simple class that can call a SOAP web service. It's almost the xml that you need but might need some tweaking. If you're having issues making custom xml this may be a possible solution.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    /// 
    /// Random class
    /// 
    class Class1
    {
        /// 
        /// Function that calls a SOAP web service
        /// 
        public void CallSOAP()
        {
            try
            {
                // Construct http post request
                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(new Uri("https://test-submit.health263.systems:8081/apacewebservices/AMF1_0"));
                request.Method = "POST";
                request.ContentType = "application/xml";
                request.Accept = "application/xml";

                // Setting a namespace for your xml
                // I'm not sure the timezone one is set up properly
                XNamespace soap = "urn:apace:member:format:1.0";
                XNamespace timezone = "TimeZone=\"Africa/Johannesburg\"";

                // This constructs your xml using the LINQ library. I modeled after your demo, but needs tweaking as I get 500 error from server.
                XElement requestXML =
                    new XElement(soap + "Member",
                        new XElement("Request",
                            new XElement("Transaction",
                                new XElement("VersionNumber", "1.0"),
                                new XElement("Number", "434252 - 342234 - 6765"),
                                new XElement("SystemIdentifier", "SYSTEM999"),
                                new XElement("DestinationCode", "APACE"),
                                new XElement("ClientCountryCode", "ZA"),
                                new XElement(timezone + "Timestamp", "20160601123456"),
                                new XElement("TestIndicator", "Y"),
                                new XElement("User", "ProviderX/Jane Doe")
                            ),
                            new XElement("MembershipLookup",
                                new XElement("Funder", "AFunder"),
                                new XElement("WithMembershipNumber",
                                    new XElement("MembershipNumber", 123456789)
                                )
                            )
                        )
                    );

                // Convert the xml into a stream that we write to our request
                byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestXML.ToString());
                request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
                using (Stream putStream = request.GetRequestStream())
                {
                    putStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
                }

                // Execute the request and get an xml response "reader". You can read all xml at once or line by line
                using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
                {

                    var streamData = reader.ReadToEnd();

                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Write exception to console & wait for key press
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message + ex.StackTrace);
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
        }
    }
}

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