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<?php
include("chilkat.php");
// Use "chilkat_9_5_0.php" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = new CkHttp();
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: Generate Code to Create XML
// The following XML is sent in the request body.
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
// <soapenv:Header>
// <tns:SessionHeader>
// <tns:sessionId>{{_accessToken}}</tns:sessionId>
// </tns:SessionHeader>
// </soapenv:Header>
// <soapenv:Body>
// <tns:describeValueType>
// <type>{http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}INSERT_METADATA_TYPE_NAME</type>
// </tns:describeValueType>
// </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>
//
$xml = new CkXml();
$xml->put_Tag('soapenv:Envelope');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:soapenv','http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:tns','http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Header|tns:SessionHeader|tns:sessionId','{{_accessToken}}');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|tns:describeValueType|type','{http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}INSERT_METADATA_TYPE_NAME');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','text/xml');
$http->SetRequestHeader('SOAPAction','login');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Accept','text/xml');
$http->SetRequestHeader('charset','UTF-8');
$sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);
// resp is a CkHttpResponse
$resp = $http->PTextSb('POST','https://domain.com/services/Soap/m/{{version}}',$sbRequestBody,'utf-8','text/xml',false,false);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
$sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$xmlResponse = new CkXml();
$xmlResponse->LoadSb($sbResponseBody,true);
print $xmlResponse->getXml() . "\n";
// Sample XML response:
// (Sample code for parsing the XML response is shown below)
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
// <soapenv:Body>
// <describeValueTypeResponse>
// <result>
// <apiCreatable>false</apiCreatable>
// <apiDeletable>false</apiDeletable>
// <apiReadable>false</apiReadable>
// <apiUpdatable>false</apiUpdatable>
// </result>
// </describeValueTypeResponse>
// </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>
// Sample code for parsing the XML response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: Generate XML Parsing Code
$soapenv_Envelope_xmlns_soapenv = $xmlResponse->getAttrValue('xmlns:soapenv');
$soapenv_Envelope_xmlns = $xmlResponse->getAttrValue('xmlns');
$apiCreatable = $xmlResponse->getChildContent('soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiCreatable');
$apiDeletable = $xmlResponse->getChildContent('soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiDeletable');
$apiReadable = $xmlResponse->getChildContent('soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiReadable');
$apiUpdatable = $xmlResponse->getChildContent('soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiUpdatable');
?>
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Content-Type: text/xml"
-H "charset: UTF-8"
-H "SOAPAction: login"
-H "Accept: text/xml"
-d '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<soapenv:Header>
<tns:SessionHeader>
<tns:sessionId>{{_accessToken}}</tns:sessionId>
</tns:SessionHeader>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<tns:describeValueType>
<type>{http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}INSERT_METADATA_TYPE_NAME</type>
</tns:describeValueType>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>'
https://domain.com/services/Soap/m/{{version}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "SOAP DescribeValueType",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "noauth"
},
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/xml",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "charset",
"value": "UTF-8"
},
{
"key": "SOAPAction",
"value": "login"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/xml",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:tns=\"http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata\">\n\t<soapenv:Header>\n\t<tns:SessionHeader>\n\t\t<tns:sessionId>{{_accessToken}}</tns:sessionId>\n\t</tns:SessionHeader>\n\t</soapenv:Header>\n\t<soapenv:Body>\n\t\t<tns:describeValueType>\n\t\t\t<type>{http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}INSERT_METADATA_TYPE_NAME</type>\n\t\t</tns:describeValueType>\n\t</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/Soap/m/{{version}}",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"Soap",
"m",
"{{version}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Status200-Success",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/xml"
},
{
"key": "charset",
"value": "UTF-8"
},
{
"key": "SOAPAction",
"value": "login"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/xml"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:tns=\"http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata\">\n\t<soapenv:Header>\n\t<tns:SessionHeader>\n\t\t<tns:sessionId>{{_accessToken}}</tns:sessionId>\n\t</tns:SessionHeader>\n\t</soapenv:Header>\n\t<soapenv:Body>\n\t\t<tns:describeValueType>\n\t\t\t<type>{http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}INSERT_METADATA_TYPE_NAME</type>\n\t\t</tns:describeValueType>\n\t</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/Soap/m/{{version}}",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"Soap",
"m",
"{{version}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "xml",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:25:45 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/xml; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Accept-Encoding"
},
{
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns=\"http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata\">\n <soapenv:Body>\n <describeValueTypeResponse>\n <result>\n <apiCreatable>false</apiCreatable>\n <apiDeletable>false</apiDeletable>\n <apiReadable>false</apiReadable>\n <apiUpdatable>false</apiUpdatable>\n </result>\n </describeValueTypeResponse>\n </soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"
}
]
}
