#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use SOAP::Lite;
use SOAP::WSDL;
use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;

BEGIN { warn "Started...\n" }

my $soap =
  SOAP::WSDL->new( wsdl => 
      'http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/InventoryAvailability.
+asmx?WSDL'
  );
$soap->wsdlinit(
    caching         => 1,
    cache_directory => '/tmp'
);
$soap->servicename('InventoryAvailability');
$soap->portname('InventoryAvailabilitySoap');

my $som = $soap->call('CheckInventory');

warn "Loaded...\n";
print Dumper($som);
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By all means, please elaborate! Point me in the right direction (by means of this thread...) because I know that obviously I am overlooking something. Tell me, here in this thread, exactly where to find what I am looking for. (Where are “developer releases” if not in search.cpan.org, for example?)

Like I said, I know that there is a piece missing ... (awright, no wisecracks from the peanut-gallery...) ... and it must be out there and I haven't stumbled-upon it yet. I have no desire to waste time “stumbling.”

AtDhVaAnNkCsE   = “thanks in advance!”

:-/

Duh.

I wasn't paying attention to the words “developer release.” And so, I was continually re-fetching the previous version of the code. Which doesn't have all these nice new goodies.

Finally ... the little light ... blinked on ... and I re-read the last few lines of what is ... quite ... clearly ... spelled-out here:

http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/lib/CPAN.html#The_four_C_CPAN_Classes_Aut

and did this, to install the latest (development...) version:

install MKUTTER/SOAP-WSDL-2.00_32.tar.gz

So what I was reading about on http://search.cpan.org, versus what I was installing on my box, was not the same thing.

“Doh!   :-)   Me bad.” Oh well, I don't mind “fessin' up” here, because maybe somebody else out there is scratchin' his head too, or soon would have.

When I get to a success on this little effort, I'll be sure to come back to summarize it here.

“Well, that was quick!”   :-(

After downloading the development version and trying to use wsdl2perl.pl, the script immediately died with:
XML Schema element <enumeration> is not implemented yet

The script produced no output at all.

So I seem to be pretty much “dead in the water” on this one. I can only hope that Martin Kutter won't release the new version with this crucial-to-me omission:   “it's not finished yet...”

It seems that, without it, I cannot practically use Perl to access this service. If there is a practical way to issue the necessary Perl calls without this, I can't see my way clear to find it. Furthermore, I must conclude that it the schema-parser omits this feature, it won't work properly even if (as it seemed to be...) wsdlinit() “completed without error.”

As far as I can tell, to get this job done I'm going to have to bludgeon XML-strings and pick the information that I need to get out of it. In other words, “brute force.” How very disappointing to be forced to use a cudgel when a delicate key should have worked.

The problem isn't a Perl problem. First, Baker & Taylor requires that you open an account, then they will give you a username and password. Your script won't work without them. Second, you'll need an account to access the documentation on the allowed methods. Have you checked the documentation? Third, post some code...good luck!