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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| WSDL URL | Webservice WSDL URL to be called. |
| Operation Name | Operation Name |
| Username | Credential - Username |
| Password | Credential - Password |
| Parameters | Values in sequence order of the operation parameters. |
SOAP Body (XML) | The XML content of <soap:Body> tag. Parameters setting is ignored when SOAP Body is used. |
SOAP Action | SOAP Action is required when SOAP Body is used and SOAP version is 1.1 |
Figure 2: SOAP Tool Properties - Store to Form
| Name | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form | Target form to store data. | ||||||
| Base XML Object Name for Multirow Data | If returned data is intended to an array / multirow data, define the path to the array. | ||||||
| Field Mapping |
|
Figure 3: SOAP Tool Properties - Store to Workflow Variable
| Name | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow Variable Mapping |
|
Figure 4: SOAP Tool Properties - Advanced
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Debug Mode | When checked, debug messages will be printed out in the server log for troubleshooting purpose. |
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></n
s1:GetGeoIPResult>
INFO 07 Jun 2013 10:54:37 SoapTool - {"GetGeoIPResult":{"CountryName":"United States","ReturnCodeDetails":"Success","ReturnCode":"1","IP":"8.8.8.8",
"CountryCode":"USA"}}
Example 1
In the example above, we are making a webservice call to http://www.webservicex.net/geoipservice.asmx , calling the method GetGeoIP.
Below is a sample app to make a webservice call to http://www.webservicex.net/airport.asmx?op=GetAirportInformationByCountry.
APP_soapToolSample-2-20131126170202.zip
Example 2
The sample app below contains a SOAP call to the operation name GetStockQuote from http://www.restfulwebservices.net/wcf/StockQuoteService.svc?wsdl.
APP_webservice1-1-20161123115423.jwa
When Debug Mode is enabled, the output will be similar to the following:
INFO 23 Nov 2016 18:51:47 SoapTool - <ns1:GetStockQuoteResult xmlns:a="http://www.restfulwebservices.net/DataContracts/2008/01" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns1="http://www.restfulwebservices.net/ServiceContracts/2008/01"><a:Symbol>IBM</a:Symbol><a:Last>162.67</a:Last><a:Date>11/22/2016</a:Date><a:Time>4:01pm</a:Time><a:Change>-0.10</a:Change><a:Open>163.00</a:Open><a:High>163.00</a:High><a:Low>161.95</a:Low><a:Volume>2770899</a:Volume><a:MktCap>154.68B</a:MktCap><a:PreviousClose>162.77</a:PreviousClose><a:PercentageChange>-0.06%</a:PercentageChange><a:AnnRange>116.90 - 165.00</a:AnnRange><a:Earns>12.27</a:Earns><a:PE>13.25</a:PE><a:Name>International Business Machines</a:Name></ns1:GetStockQuoteResult>
INFO 23 Nov 2016 18:51:47 org.joget.plugin.enterprise.SoapTool - {"GetStockQuoteResult":{"High":"163.00","Earns":"12.27","MktCap":"154.68B","Symbol":"IBM","Time":"4:01pm","Change":"-0.10","Date":"11/22/2016","PreviousClose":"162.77","Open":"163.00","Name":"International Business Machines","Last":"162.67","Low":"161.95","Volume":"2770899","PE":"13.25","PercentageChange":"-0.06%","AnnRange":"116.90 - 165.00"}}
INFO 23 Nov 2016 18:51:47 org.joget.workflow.shark.WorkflowAssignmentManager - [processId=134992_webservice1_process1, processDefId=webservice1#6#process1, participantId=requester, next user=[admin]]