SOAP Component

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The SOAP Component is a generic SOAP client supporting SOAP 1.1 that is used to communicate with SOAP servers.

Syntax

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Remarks

The SOAP Component supports both plaintext and SSL/TLS connections. When connecting over SSL/TLS the SSLServerAuthentication event allows you to check the server identity and other security attributes. The SSLStatus event provides information about the SSL handshake. Additional SSL related settings are also supported via the Config method.

The SOAP Component implements a standard SOAP client as specified in the SOAP 1.1 specification.

The component uses HTTP to communicate with SOAP servers, and an internal XML parser to process the results. The SOAP requests are specified by first setting the SOAP Method and MethodURI, as well as optional parameters in the Params collection. Then set the target URL and call the SendRequest method.

The results will be provided through the ReturnValue property and the Params collection (for output parameters). Additionally, properties such as XPath, XElement, XText, etc. allow for more granular traversal of the SOAP response.

If the server returns an error, the FaultCode, FaultString, and FaultActor properties will provide information about the error condition.

The component may also be used in offline mode. This is supported by methods such as BuildPacket and EvalPacket. The corresponding SOAP packet will be stored in the SOAPPacket property. Offline mode is important in cases where the underlying SOAP transport is not HTTP, but another mechanism (e.g. SMTP and POP for email).

By providing direct access to the SOAP packet in offline mode, the component allows for possible extension and full control over the SOAPPacket. The SendPacket method may then be used to send the custom-created SOAPPacket to the destination URL.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AcceptA list of acceptable MIME types for the request.
ActionURIThe value of the SOAP-Action header.
AuthorizationThe Authorization string to be sent to the server.
AuthSchemeThe authentication scheme to use when server authorization is required.
ConnectedShows whether the component is connected.
ContentTypeContent type for SOAP request data.
CookiesCollection of cookies.
FaultActorActor of any faults returned by the SOAP server.
FaultCodeCode of any faults returned by the SOAP server.
FaultStringTextual description of any faults returned by the SOAP server.
FirewallA set of properties related to firewall access.
FollowRedirectsDetermines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
IdleThe current status of the component.
IfModifiedSinceA date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
LocalFileThe path to a local file for downloading. If the file exists, it is overwritten.
LocalHostThe name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
MethodThe remote Method .
MethodURIThe URI corresponding to the SOAP Method .
NamespacesA collection of namespaces in the current stack.
OtherHeadersOther headers as determined by the user (optional).
ParamsA collection of parameters for the SOAP Method .
ParsedHeadersCollection of headers returned from the last request.
PasswordA password if authentication is to be used.
PragmaA browser/server specific header line (optional).
ProxyA set of properties related to proxy access.
RefererReferer URL/document (optional).
ReturnValueValue returned by the SOAP Method .
SOAPEncodingThe type of SOAP Encoding used for SOAP requests.
SOAPHeaderContents of the optional SOAP header sent to the server.
SOAPPacketFull contents of the SOAP packet.
SSLAcceptServerCertInstructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.
SSLCertThe certificate to be used during SSL negotiation.
SSLServerCertThe server certificate for the last established connection.
StatusLineThe first line of the last server response.
TimeoutA timeout for the component.
TransferredDataThe contents of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataLimitThe maximum of data to be transferred.
TransferredHeadersThe full set of headers as received from the server.
URLThe URL to fetch.
UserA user name if authentication is to be used.
ValueFormatFormat of data returned or set.
XAttributesA collection of attributes of the current element.
XChildrenCollection of child elements of the current element.
XElementThe name of the element pointed to by XPath .
XNamespaceThe namespace of the element pointed to by XPath .
XParentThe parent of the element pointed to by XPath .
XPathA path into the SOAPPacket received by the server.
XPrefixThe prefix of the element pointed to by XPath .
XTextThe text of the element pointed to by XPath .

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AddCookieAdds a cookie and the corresponding value to the outgoing request headers.
AddNamespaceAdds a namespace to the Namespaces properties.
AddParamAdds a parameter-value pair.
AttrReturns the value of the specified attribute.
BuildPacketBuild the request packet.
ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DoEventsProcesses events from the internal message queue.
EvalPacketEvaluate the packet in SOAPPacket .
HasXPathDetermines whether a specific element exists in the document.
InterruptInterrupt the current method.
ResetReset the component.
SendPacketSend the packet.
SendRequestSend the request.
TryXPathNavigates to the specified XPath if it exists.
ValueReturns the value of a parameter.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConnectedFired immediately after a connection completes (or fails).
ConnectionStatusFired to indicate changes in connection state.
DisconnectedFired when a connection is closed.
EndTransferFired when a document finishes transferring.
ErrorInformation about errors during data delivery.
HeaderFired every time a header line comes in.
LogFires once for each log message.
RedirectFired when a redirection is received from the server.
SetCookieFired for every cookie set by the server.
SSLServerAuthenticationFired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
SSLStatusShows the progress of the secure connection.
StartTransferFired when a document starts transferring (after the headers).
StatusFired when the HTTP status line is received from the server.
TransferFired while the response transfers.

Configuration Settings


The following is a list of configuration settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

EncodingStyleNamespacePrefixThe prefix to be used for the Encoding namespace.
MethodAttributesThe attributes to include in the method element.
MethodNamespacePrefixThe prefix to be used for the Method namespace.
RequestPacketThe SOAP packet that was sent to the server during the last request.
XSubTreeA snapshot of the current element in the document.
AcceptEncodingUsed to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AllowHTTPCompressionThis property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowHTTPFallbackWhether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1.
AllowNTLMFallbackWhether to allow fallback from Negotiate to NTLM when authenticating.
AppendWhether to append data to LocalFile.
AuthorizationThe Authorization string to be sent to the server.
BytesTransferredContains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.
ChunkSizeSpecifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
CompressHTTPRequestSet to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request.
EncodeURLIf set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.
FollowRedirectsDetermines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
GetOn302RedirectIf set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location.
HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexingHTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing.
HTTPVersionThe version of HTTP used by the component.
IfModifiedSinceA date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KeepAliveDetermines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.
KerberosSPNThe Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
LogLevelThe level of detail that is logged.
MaxHeadersInstructs component to save the amount of headers specified that are returned by the server after a Header event has been fired.
MaxHTTPCookiesInstructs component to save the amount of cookies specified that are returned by the server when a SetCookie event is fired.
MaxRedirectAttemptsLimits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
NegotiatedHTTPVersionThe negotiated HTTP version.
OtherHeadersOther headers as determined by the user (optional).
ProxyAuthorizationThe authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPortPort for the proxy server (default 80).
ProxyServerName or IP address of a proxy server (optional).
ProxyUserA user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
SentHeadersThe full set of headers as sent by the client.
StatusLineThe first line of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataThe contents of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataLimitThe maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.
TransferredHeadersThe full set of headers as received from the server.
TransferredRequestThe full request as sent by the client.
UseChunkedEncodingEnables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
UseIDNsWhether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names.
UsePlatformDeflateWhether to use the platform implementation to decompress compressed responses.
UsePlatformHTTPClientWhether or not to use the platform HTTP client.
UserAgentInformation about the user agent (browser).
CloseStreamAfterTransferIf true, the component will close the upload or download stream after the transfer.
ConnectionTimeoutSets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetectTells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHostName or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallListenerIf true, the component binds to a SOCKS firewall as a server (IPPort only).
FirewallPasswordPassword to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallTypeDetermines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUserA user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveIntervalThe retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
KeepAliveTimeThe inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
LingerWhen set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTimeTime in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLengthThe maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRateThe transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
ProxyExceptionsListA semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.
TCPKeepAliveDetermines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseIPv6Whether to use IPv6.
UseNTLMv2Whether to use NTLM V2.
CACertFilePathsThe paths to CA certificate files when using Mono on Unix/Linux.
LogSSLPacketsControls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.
SSLCheckCRLWhether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledCipherSuitesThe cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLEnableRenegotiationWhether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.
SSLIncludeCertChainWhether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLNegotiatedCipherReturns the negotiated ciphersuite.
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrengthReturns the negotiated ciphersuite strength.
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuiteReturns the negotiated ciphersuite.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrengthReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.
SSLNegotiatedVersionReturns the negotiated protocol version.
SSLProviderThe name of the security provider to use.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
SSLServerCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True.
TLS12SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroupsThe groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithmsThe allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
CacheContentIf true, the original XML is saved in a buffer.
ErrorOnEmptyAttrIf true, passing an invalid attribute to the Attr method will throw an exception.
IgnoreBadAttributePrefixesIf true, bad (unknown) attribute prefixes are ignored.
IgnoreBadElementPrefixesIf true, bad (unknown) element prefixes are ignored.
PreserveWhitespaceIf true, leading and trailing whitespace in element text is preserved.
BuildInfoInformation about the product's build.
GUIAvailableTells the component whether or not a message loop is available for processing events.
LicenseInfoInformation about the current license.
UseInternalSecurityAPITells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

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