# Actionwebservice as a SOAP client to .NET services

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-as-a-soap-client-to-net-services/153965>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-as-a-soap-client-to-net-services/153965 "2008-11-24T03:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tim_U)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-as-a-soap-client-to-net-services/153965/1 "2008-11-24T03:51:05Z")

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I have read the (scant) documentation on the datanoise  
actionwebservice gems and can’t figure out how you are supposed to  
structure the SOAP client.

Has anybody ever used actionwebservice as a client? If so could  
somebody please put a sample someplace?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tim_U)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-as-a-soap-client-to-net-services/153965/2 "2008-11-24T16:39:10Z")

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On Nov 23, 9:50 pm, “Tim U.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I have read the (scant) documentation on the datanoise  
> actionwebservice gems and can’t figure out how you are supposed to  
> structure the SOAP client.

You probably want SOAP4R. See [http://rubyforge.org/projects/soap4r/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/soap4r/)  
and also my tutorial at  
[markthomas.org](http://markthomas.org/2007/09/12/getting-started-with-soap4r)

– Mark.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tim_U)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-as-a-soap-client-to-net-services/153965/3 "2008-11-24T23:19:43Z")

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> You probably want SOAP4R. See [http://rubyforge.org/projects/soap4r/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/soap4r/)  
> and also my tutorial at [markthomas.org](http://markthomas.org/2007/09/12/getting-started-with-soap4r)

Thanks. I have written a stand alone ruby script that fetches the data  
I want. The next step is to see if I can make it work in rails.