checkVatBinding / checkVat

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Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types")
success = 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 = 0
Dim soapRequestBody As String
soapRequestBody = xml.GetXml()

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

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

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Debug.Print "Failed to send SOAP request."
    Exit Sub
End If

' Get the XML response body.
Dim responseXml As New ChilkatXml
success = resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml)

Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "response status code: " & statusCode

' If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
' which probably contains error information.
If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print responseXml.GetXml()
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.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).

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