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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
' 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>
'
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.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")
Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PTextSb("POST","https://domain.com/services/Soap/m/{{version}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","text/xml",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim xmlResponse As New Chilkat.Xml
xmlResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody,True)
Debug.WriteLine(xmlResponse.GetXml())
' 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
Dim soapenv_Envelope_xmlns_soapenv As String = xmlResponse.GetAttrValue("xmlns:soapenv")
Dim soapenv_Envelope_xmlns As String = xmlResponse.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Dim apiCreatable As String = xmlResponse.GetChildContent("soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiCreatable")
Dim apiDeletable As String = xmlResponse.GetChildContent("soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiDeletable")
Dim apiReadable As String = xmlResponse.GetChildContent("soapenv:Body|describeValueTypeResponse|result|apiReadable")
Dim apiUpdatable As String = 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>"
}
]
}
