checkVatBinding / checkVat

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load ./chilkat.dll

set xml [new_CkXml]

CkXml_put_Tag $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_put_EmitXmlDecl $xml 0
set soapRequestBody [CkXml_getXml $xml]

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_ClearHeaders $http
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "Content-Type" $contentType
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "SOAPAction" $soapAction

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PostXml $http $endpoint $soapRequestBody "utf-8"]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    puts "Failed to send SOAP request."
    delete_CkXml $xml
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

# Get the XML response body.
set responseXml [new_CkXml]

CkHttpResponse_GetBodyXml $resp $responseXml

set statusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "response status code: $statusCode"

delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

# If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
# which probably contains error information.
if {$statusCode != 200} then {
    puts [CkXml_getXml $responseXml]
    delete_CkXml $xml
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkXml $responseXml
    exit
}

puts [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).

set Envelope_xmlns [CkXml_getAttrValue $responseXml "xmlns"]
set countryCode [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode"]
set vatNumber [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber"]
set requestDate [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate"]
set valid [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid"]
set name [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|name"]
set address [CkXml_getChildContent $responseXml "*:Body|checkVatResponse|address"]

delete_CkXml $xml
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkXml $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>