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[cornell2]

I searched but could not find much on the subject: And at the risk of sounding a little naive (but savvy enough to know I need to ask) here's the background and my question:

For part of an application, I need to send a SOAP request and process the response ... I already do something similar with XML/REST request responses via AutoHotkey's urldownload, and it works just fine. I am diving into trying to understand this animal called SOAP, and praying that I can get it working quickly in AHK. So far, it seems like the task is about understanding all the wraparound syntax/protocols, and not going blind while reading the documentation.

But - after reading the threads, here is my naive question: Do I really need a DLL or other external utility to communicate via SOAP? I mean, with my XML requests now, I merely contruct the proper tag/code and send/recieve via successive urldownload calls. no DLL or anything.

I searched and could not find any SOAP functions, or examples here ... but surely there are some here who use AHK to send/rec SOAP requests?

Any advice, insights, insults, pity? Anything?

Thanks!

[Titan]

You could try curl and XPath.
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[cornell2]

Thanks ... I already use CURL and something like xpath - but my question was more specific about using SOAP ... (ie ... I can "try" lots of things)

I am asking on the forum if anyone has experience and examples of using SOAP and ahk to avoid trial and error using a protocol that I am not too familiar with in the first place. I won't know if any problems are due to my sub-knowledge of SOAP, AHK limitations, or use with the particular server-app. An answer here could eliminate 2 out of 3 so I can test.

Thanks

[Payam]

This would also be helpful for me...any pointers appreciated thanks.

Cornell: Can you post an example of how to use XML/REST with AHK? How do you"send" the xml request? (URLDownloadToFile I believe just retreives, does not send).

Thx
Payam

[ahklerner]

[Payam]

Ahh ok thx, so its like a GET request.

Now a way to do this with SOAP?

[cornell2]

[Payam]

Yes cornell, it works, thank you.

Regarding, SOAP however, which requires I believe sending XML over HTTP....any advise/experience?

[cornell2]

No. But I too would love some insights as to getting AHK to work with SOAP protocol ...