SOAP is not difficult to understand if you already know how to use XML. In short a SOAP web service works as follows

The connection is really an HTTP connection in which you have to specify an URL (composed by address of server and name of the service you require) and a XML namespace. Both URL and namespace are application dependant so you should get them from the service provider.

The request and response streams are XML files, using the specified namespace, and contain the data you are exchanging with the server.

The structure of request and response streams are usually described in a WSDL document which is a XML schema document. WSDL too shoud be obtained from the service provider, as it completely describe the service itself.

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In reply to Re: Help getting started with SOAP by psini
in thread Help getting started with SOAP by dolavoie

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