checkVatBinding / checkVat

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$xml = New-Object 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
$soapRequestBody = $xml.GetXml()

$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 = New-Object Chilkat.Http

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

$resp = $http.PostXml($endpoint,$soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    $("Failed to send SOAP request.")
    exit
}

# Get the XML response body.
$responseXml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$resp.GetBodyXml($responseXml)

$statusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("response status code: " + $statusCode)

# If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
# which probably contains error information.
if ($statusCode -ne 200) {
    $($responseXml.GetXml())
    exit
}

$($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).

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