checkVatBinding / checkVat

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Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope";
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types");
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:impl","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVat|countryCode","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVat|vatNumber","string");

// In a SOAP HTTP request, including the XML declaration (<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>) in the XML body is generally not required. 
xml.EmitXmlDecl = false;
string soapRequestBody = xml.GetXml();

string endpoint = "http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService";
string soapAction = "";
//  For SOAP requests, the standard Content-Type is usually set to "text/xml" or "application/soap+xml"
string contentType = "text/xml";

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

http.ClearHeaders();
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",contentType);
http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",soapAction);

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8");
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to send SOAP request.");
    return;
}

// Get the XML response body.
Chilkat.Xml responseXml = new Chilkat.Xml();
resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml);

int statusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("response status code: " + Convert.ToString(statusCode));

// If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
// which probably contains error information.
if (statusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine(responseXml.GetXml());
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(responseXml.GetXml());

// Parse the successful SOAP response XML.

// This is a sample of the response XML, but the namespace prefixes will be different.
// We can parse the result using "*" for the namespace prefixes (see below).

string Envelope_xmlns = responseXml.GetAttrValue("xmlns");
string countryCode = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode");
string vatNumber = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber");
string requestDate = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate");
string valid = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid");
string name = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name");
string address = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|address");

Request XML

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types" xmlns:impl="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <checkVat>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
        </checkVat>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response XML

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types" xmlns:impl="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <checkVatResponse>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
            <requestDate>date</requestDate>
            <valid>true</valid>
            <name>string</name>
            <address>string</address>
        </checkVatResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>