Dim xml As NewChilkat.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 = FalseDim soapRequestBody As String = xml.GetXml()
Dim endpoint As String = "http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService"Dim soapAction As String = ""' For SOAP requests, the standard Content-Type is usually set to "text/xml" or "application/soap+xml"Dim contentType As String = "text/xml"Dim http As NewChilkat.Http
http.ClearHeaders()
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",contentType)
http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",soapAction)
Dim resp AsChilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed to send SOAP request.")
Exit SubEnd If' Get the XML response body.Dim responseXml As NewChilkat.Xml
resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml)
Dim statusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("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.WriteLine(responseXml.GetXml())
Exit SubEnd If
Debug.WriteLine(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 = responseXml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Dim countryCode As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|countryCode")
Dim vatNumber As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber")
Dim requestDate As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate")
Dim valid As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid")
Dim name As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name")
Dim address As String = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|address")