checkVatBinding / checkVatApprox

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Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.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|checkVatApprox|countryCode","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|vatNumber","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderName","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderCompanyType","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderStreet","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderPostcode","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderCity","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|requesterCountryCode","string");
xml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|requesterVatNumber","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 = false;
string soapRequestBody = xml.GetXml();

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

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

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostXml(endpoint,soapRequestBody,"utf-8");
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to send SOAP request.");
    return;
}

// Get the XML response body.
Chilkat.Xml responseXml = new Chilkat.Xml();
resp.GetBodyXml(responseXml);

int statusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("response status code: " + Convert.ToString(statusCode));

// If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
// which probably contains error information.
if (statusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine(responseXml.GetXml());
    return;
}

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).

string Envelope_xmlns = responseXml.GetAttrValue("xmlns");
string countryCode = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|countryCode");
string vatNumber = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|vatNumber");
string requestDate = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|requestDate");
string valid = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|valid");
string traderName = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderName");
string traderCompanyType = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCompanyType");
string traderAddress = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderAddress");
string traderStreet = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderStreet");
string traderPostcode = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderPostcode");
string traderCity = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCity");
int traderNameMatch = responseXml.GetChildIntValue("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderNameMatch");
int traderCompanyTypeMatch = responseXml.GetChildIntValue("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCompanyTypeMatch");
int traderStreetMatch = responseXml.GetChildIntValue("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderStreetMatch");
int traderPostcodeMatch = responseXml.GetChildIntValue("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderPostcodeMatch");
int traderCityMatch = responseXml.GetChildIntValue("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCityMatch");
string requestIdentifier = responseXml.GetChildContent("*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|requestIdentifier");

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>
        <checkVatApprox>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
            <traderName>string</traderName>
            <traderCompanyType>string</traderCompanyType>
            <traderStreet>string</traderStreet>
            <traderPostcode>string</traderPostcode>
            <traderCity>string</traderCity>
            <requesterCountryCode>string</requesterCountryCode>
            <requesterVatNumber>string</requesterVatNumber>
        </checkVatApprox>
    </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>
        <checkVatApproxResponse>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
            <requestDate>date</requestDate>
            <valid>true</valid>
            <traderName>string</traderName>
            <traderCompanyType>string</traderCompanyType>
            <traderAddress>string</traderAddress>
            <traderStreet>string</traderStreet>
            <traderPostcode>string</traderPostcode>
            <traderCity>string</traderCity>
            <traderNameMatch>1</traderNameMatch>
            <traderCompanyTypeMatch>1</traderCompanyTypeMatch>
            <traderStreetMatch>1</traderStreetMatch>
            <traderPostcodeMatch>1</traderPostcodeMatch>
            <traderCityMatch>1</traderCityMatch>
            <requestIdentifier>string</requestIdentifier>
        </checkVatApproxResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>