checkVatBinding / checkVat

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#include <CkXml.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkXml xml;
    xml.put_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.put_EmitXmlDecl(false);
    const char *soapRequestBody = xml.getXml();

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

    CkHttp http;

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

    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Failed to send SOAP request." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Get the XML response body.
    CkXml responseXml;
    resp->GetBodyXml(responseXml);

    int statusCode = resp->get_StatusCode();
    std::cout << "response status code: " << statusCode << "\r\n";

    delete resp;

    // If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
    // which probably contains error information.
    if (statusCode != 200) {
        std::cout << responseXml.getXml() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << responseXml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    // 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).

    const char *Envelope_xmlns = responseXml.getAttrValue("xmlns");
    const char *countryCode = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode");
    const char *vatNumber = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber");
    const char *requestDate = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate");
    const char *valid = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid");
    const char *name = responseXml.getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name");
    const char *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>