Reading the SOAP Request

markdibley has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a SOAP Lite server that does the usual thing - a CGI program that uses SOAP::Transport::HTTP::CGI ->dispatch_to(module) ->handle to pass the request on to the correct method.

However, this relies on the the XML being formed in such a way that the variables are always in the correct order with nothing missing. I would like to extract the variables from the XML myself so that I can be sure I know what each value is representing.

I have looked around and I can't find anything that seems to be concerned with this. Can anyone point me in the right direction. I have read various SOAP::Lite pages with no luck.

Thanks. Mark

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Re: Reading the SOAP Request (SOAP::Server::Parameters) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 30, 2013 at 22:35 UTC
https://metacpan.org/module/SOAP::Server#SOAP::Server::Parameters My soap tips (I hate soap), SOAP::Lite is too much work, SOAP::Simple is less work (but its simple, when stuck go to XML::Compile::SOAP, more verbose, but you want verbose with SOAP ) ... its built on XML::Compile::SOAP/http://perl.overmeer.net/xml-compile/#doc , see my treasure trove of soap examples and lost knowledge,$soap->transport->add_handler("request_send", \&pp_dump );, http://cookbook.soaplite.com/, SOAP endpoint , Re^3: SOAP::Lite login setup, Re: I do not understand how to write a SOAP server., An XML Overview Towards Understanding SOAP, Re^3: SOAP::Lite and custom envelopes, The XML FIles: Understanding XML Namespaces, How to Call a .NET-based Web Service Using the SOAP::Lite Perl Library (don't use XML::Compile )	[reply]
Re^2: Reading the SOAP Request (SOAP::Server::Parameters) by hpham01 (Initiate) on Jul 31, 2013 at 07:01 UTC
I think you can turn on debugging by: use SOAP::Lite 'trace', 'debug'; When you execute it you, should be able to see the SOAP message for your debugging	[reply]
Re^3: Reading the SOAP Request (SOAP::Server::Parameters) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 31, 2013 at 07:44 UTC
Well, that doesn't have much of anything to do with retrieving the request object	[reply]
Re^2: Reading the SOAP Request (SOAP::Server::Parameters) by markdibley (Sexton) on Jul 31, 2013 at 11:01 UTC
Thanks for the pointer to https://metacpan.org/module/SOAP::Server#SOAP::Server::Parameters So, essentially all I have to do is add the following to the top of my module and it adds a SOAP::SOM object to the variables passed to any method called as a SOAP service. `use vars qw(@ISA); @ISA = qw(Exporter SOAP::Server::Parameters);` [download] The additional variable allows access to the envelope which has a whole load of useful stuff in there including access to the request. And access to the request can be done like in the following example `sub mymethod{ my $envelope = pop(@_); my $sample_id = $envelope->dataof("//sample_id")->value if(defined + $envelope->dataof("//sample_id")); my $match_id = $envelope->dataof("//match_id")->value if(defined $ +envelope->dataof("//match_id")); }` [download] This is great as that means I can do my own verifying of the request data. Thanks again for the pointer.	[reply] [d/l] [select]