checkVatBinding / checkVat

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var
xml: HCkXml;
soapRequestBody: PWideChar;
endpoint: PWideChar;
soapAction: PWideChar;
contentType: PWideChar;
http: HCkHttp;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;
responseXml: HCkXml;
statusCode: Integer;
Envelope_xmlns: PWideChar;
countryCode: PWideChar;
vatNumber: PWideChar;
requestDate: PWideChar;
valid: PWideChar;
name: PWideChar;
address: PWideChar;

begin
xml := CkXml_Create();
CkXml_putTag(xml,'soapenv:Envelope');
CkXml_AddAttribute(xml,'xmlns:soapenv','http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
CkXml_AddAttribute(xml,'xmlns','urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types');
CkXml_AddAttribute(xml,'xmlns:impl','urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'soapenv:Header','');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'soapenv:Body|checkVat|countryCode','string');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'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. 
CkXml_putEmitXmlDecl(xml,False);
soapRequestBody := CkXml__getXml(xml);

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

CkHttp_ClearHeaders(http);
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader(http,'Content-Type',contentType);
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader(http,'SOAPAction',soapAction);

resp := CkHttp_PostXml(http,endpoint,soapRequestBody,'utf-8');
if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to send SOAP request.');
    Exit;
  end;

// Get the XML response body.
responseXml := CkXml_Create();
CkHttpResponse_GetBodyXml(resp,responseXml);

statusCode := CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp);
Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code: ' + IntToStr(statusCode));

CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

// If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
// which probably contains error information.
if (statusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(responseXml));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(responseXml));

// 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).

Envelope_xmlns := CkXml__getAttrValue(responseXml,'xmlns');
countryCode := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode');
vatNumber := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber');
requestDate := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate');
valid := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid');
name := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|name');
address := CkXml__getChildContent(responseXml,'*:Body|checkVatResponse|address');

CkXml_Dispose(xml);
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkXml_Dispose(responseXml);

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>