Dim xml As NewChilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"Dim success As Boolean
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 = FalseDim 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 NewChilkat.Http
http.ClearHeaders
http.SetRequestHeader"Content-Type",contentType
http.SetRequestHeader"SOAPAction",soapAction
Dim resp AsChilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
System.DebugLog("Failed to send SOAP request.")
ReturnEnd If// Get the XML response body.Dim responseXml As NewChilkat.Xml
success = resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml)
Dim statusCode As Int32
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
System.DebugLog("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) Then
System.DebugLog(responseXml.GetXml())
ReturnEnd If
System.DebugLog(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")