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doedje / jquery.soap

This script uses $.ajax to send a SOAP:Envelope. It can take XML DOM, XML string or JSON as input and the response can be returned as either XML DOM, XML string or JSON too.
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WSDL and Soap for beginner #89

Closed funnix closed 8 years ago

funnix commented 8 years ago

Hi i have build an SOAP Client by PHP on my home computer it works well, on my server not.;-( That`s why i want to try by client side js ;-) I do not realy understand SOAP , think too old for that;-) I found your fork but no explanation how to do with WSDL ?!

I have an Service Provider , really undocumented, where i need to get an WSDL by an auth call.

Can you Help me how to use ?!

doedje commented 8 years ago

A WSDL is nothing more than a machine-readable description of the service provided: it tells you (or a program) what methods you can call and which elements are expected as input (the request) and what you can expect in return (the response).

So when you want to work with $.soap you don't need to use a WSDL programmatically (you could if you want) but you can just use it as a reference, think of it as a really nerdy way to write a manual for a service.

Further reading about WSDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language