The SOAP Tool allows one to invoke call to webservice for integration purpose to return useful information from external sources into the process instance.
Figure 1: SOAP Tool Properties
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Enable the Debug Mode to for troubleshooting purpose. In the server's console, one will see the returned formatted data as the following.
INFO 07 Jun 2013 10:54:37 SoapTool - <ns1:GetGeoIPResult xmlns:ns1="http://www.webservicex.net/"><ns1:ReturnCode>1</ns1:ReturnCode><ns1:IP>8.8.8.8</ns1:IP><ns1:ReturnCodeDetails>Success</ns1:ReturnCodeDetails><ns1:CountryName>United States</ns1:CountryName><ns1:CountryCode>USA</ns1:CountryCode></ns1:GetGeoIPResult>INFO 07 Jun 2013 10:54:37 SoapTool - {"GetGeoIPResult":{"CountryName":"United States","ReturnCodeDetails":"Success","ReturnCode":"1","IP":"8.8.8.8","CountryCode":"USA"}} |
In the example above, we are making a webservice call to http://www.webservicex.net/geoipservice.asmx, calling the method GetGeoIP.
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