Hi monks,

I need some help with SOAP::Lite. It seems that SOAP::Lite returns a 404 error if my proxy ("endpoint URL") has a forward slash in it.

Here's my troubleshooting... I have a real web service and a mock web service that use the same WSDL (but have different host/port/service names). I can use XML Spy to successfully call both the real and the mock web service.

In XMLSpy, the real web service uses:
http://real.host.name:18082/Processes/ServiceRequest
and the mock web service uses:
http://localhost:8088/mockPortTypeEndpointBinding

In my Perl script I am able to successfully connect to the mock service using: 

$soap = SOAP::Lite                                  
    -> uri('http://.../')
    -> proxy('http://localhost:8088/mockPortTypeEndpointBinding');

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but when I try with the real service: 
$soap = SOAP::Lite                                  
    -> uri('http://.../')
    -> proxy('http://real.host.name:18082/Processes/ServiceRequest');

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I get a "404 Not Found" error on the proxy line.

Figuring it has to be the extra forward slash in the service name part of the proxy, I tried to escape it with a backslash -> I get the 404 error; I tried to replace it with "%2F" -> I get "400 Bad Request".

Unfortunately I don't have any control over the name of the real service.

Any ideas to try or suggestions for troubleshooting this?

Thanks

In reply to SOAP::Lite Doesn't like services with slashes? by jdudleyh

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