checkVatBinding / checkVat

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$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types")
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:impl","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Header",""
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Body|checkVat|countryCode","string"
$oXml.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. 
$oXml.EmitXmlDecl = False
Local $soapRequestBody = $oXml.GetXml()

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")

$oHttp.ClearHeaders 
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type",$sContentType
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "SOAPAction",$soapAction

Local $oResp = $oHttp.PostXml($sEndpoint,$soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to send SOAP request." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Get the XML response body.
$oResponseXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
$oResp.GetBodyXml($oResponseXml)

Local $iStatusCode = $oResp.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("response status code: " & $iStatusCode & @CRLF)

; If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
; which probably contains error information.
If ($iStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oResponseXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($oResponseXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

; 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).

Local $sEnvelope_xmlns = $oResponseXml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Local $sCountryCode = $oResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode")
Local $sVatNumber = $oResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber")
Local $sRequestDate = $oResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate")
Local $sValid = $oResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid")
Local $sName = $oResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name")
Local $sAddress = $oResponseXml.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>