checkVatBinding / checkVat

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Xml
string ls_SoapRequestBody
string ls_Endpoint
string ls_SoapAction
string ls_ContentType
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_Resp
oleobject loo_ResponseXml
integer li_StatusCode
string ls_Envelope_xmlns
string ls_CountryCode
string ls_VatNumber
string ls_RequestDate
string ls_Valid
string ls_Name
string ls_Address

loo_Xml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Xml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
loo_Xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
loo_Xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types")
loo_Xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:impl","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat")
loo_Xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","")
loo_Xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVat|countryCode","string")
loo_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. 
loo_Xml.EmitXmlDecl = 0
ls_SoapRequestBody = loo_Xml.GetXml()

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")

loo_Http.ClearHeaders()
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",ls_ContentType)
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",ls_SoapAction)

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostXml(ls_Endpoint,ls_SoapRequestBody,"utf-8")
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    Write-Debug "Failed to send SOAP request."
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

// Get the XML response body.
loo_ResponseXml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_ResponseXml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")

loo_Resp.GetBodyXml(loo_ResponseXml)

li_StatusCode = loo_Resp.StatusCode
Write-Debug "response status code: " + string(li_StatusCode)

destroy loo_Resp

// If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
// which probably contains error information.
if li_StatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug loo_ResponseXml.GetXml()
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_ResponseXml
    return
end if

Write-Debug loo_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).

ls_Envelope_xmlns = loo_ResponseXml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
ls_CountryCode = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode")
ls_VatNumber = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber")
ls_RequestDate = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate")
ls_Valid = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid")
ls_Name = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name")
ls_Address = loo_ResponseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|address")


destroy loo_Xml
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_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>