import sys
import chilkat
xml = chilkat.CkXml()
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)
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 = chilkat.CkHttp()
http.ClearHeaders()
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",contentType)
http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",soapAction)
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
print("Failed to send SOAP request.")
sys.exit()
# Get the XML response body.
responseXml = chilkat.CkXml()
resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml)
statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("response status code: " + str(statusCode))
# If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
# which probably contains error information.if (statusCode != 200):
print(responseXml.getXml())
sys.exit()
print(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")