# Soap complex type example

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**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-complex-type-example/64861 "2006-08-15T14:19:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francois\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Francois\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_P)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-complex-type-example/64861/1 "2006-08-15T14:19:55Z")

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Hi,

i’ve got very limited soap experience and i’m currently stuck on how to  
get a ruby soap client up and running.

the wsdl of the service i am trying to access is here:  
[https://www.encryptedserver2.com/alturawebservicedev/storewebservice.asmx?WSDL](https://www.encryptedserver2.com/alturawebservicedev/storewebservice.asmx?WSDL)

and the specific method i want to call looks like this:

\<s:element name=“PlaceOrderV1”\>  
\<s:complexType\>  
\<s:sequence\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“StorefrontID”  
type=“s:int”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“Username” type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“Password” type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“AccessPwd”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“PlaceOrderRequest”  
nillable=“true” type=“tns:PlaceOrderRequest”/\>  
\</s:sequence\>  
\</s:complexType\>  
\</s:element\>

```
<s:complexType name="PlaceOrderRequest">

<s:complexContent mixed="false">

<s:extension base="tns:BaseRequest">

```

\<s:sequence\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“StorefrontOrderID”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToFirstName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToMiddleName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToLastName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToAddress”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToAddress2”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToCity”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToState”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToZip”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToCountryID”  
type=“s:int”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToPhone”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipToEmail”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToFirstName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToMiddleName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToLastName”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToAddress”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToAddress2”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToCity”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToState”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToZip”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToCountry”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToPhone”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“BillToEmail”  
type=“s:string”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ShipMethodID”  
type=“s:int”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“1” name=“LineItemArray”  
type=“tns:ArrayOfLineItem”/\>  
\</s:sequence\>  
\</s:extension\>  
\</s:complexContent\>  
\</s:complexType\>

```
<s:complexType name="ArrayOfLineItem">

<s:sequence>

```

\<s:element minOccurs=“0” maxOccurs=“unbounded” name=“LineItem”  
nillable=“true” type=“tns:LineItem”/\>  
\</s:sequence\>  
\</s:complexType\>

```
<s:complexType name="LineItem">

<s:sequence>

```

\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“ProductID” type=“s:int”/\>  
\<s:element minOccurs=“1” maxOccurs=“1” name=“Qty” type=“s:int”/\>  
\</s:sequence\>  
\</s:complexType\>

from various simple examples i get this far:  
wsdl\_url =  
“[https://www.encryptedserver2.com/alturawebservicedev/storewebservice.asmx?WSDL](https://www.encryptedserver2.com/alturawebservicedev/storewebservice.asmx?WSDL)”  
soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl\_url).create\_rpc\_driver  
soap.wiredump\_file\_base = “soapresult”

```
param = {
    'StorefrontID' => '112',
    'Username' => 'wszaadz',
    'Password' => 'wsdev',
    'AccessPwd' => 'zaadzda',
 }
result = soap.PlaceOrderV1(param)

```

but i can’t for the life of me figure out how to send the values for  
the PlaceOrderRequest and ArrayOfLineItems and LineItem types?

If there is no support for complex types in the standard soap libraries,  
what would be the simplest way to make a soap request to such a complex  
method?

any help would be much appreciated.

regards,

Francois

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**Author:** ![Francois\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Francois\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_P)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-complex-type-example/64861/2 "2006-08-27T04:54:40Z")

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Hi,

Sorry for late reply.

Francois P. wrote:

> ```
> 'AccessPwd' => 'zaadzda',
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> result = soap.PlaceOrderV1(param)
> 
> but i can’t for the life of me figure out how to send the values for  
> the PlaceOrderRequest and ArrayOfLineItems and LineItem types?

Please try this;

param = {  
‘StorefrontID’ =\> ‘112’,  
‘Username’ =\> ‘wszaadz’,  
‘Password’ =\> ‘wsdev’,  
‘AccessPwd’ =\> ‘zaadzda’,  
‘PlaceOrderRequest’ =\> {  
‘ShipToCountryID’ =\> 99,  
‘ShipMethodID’ =\> 99,  
‘LineItemArray’ =\> {  
‘LineItem’ =\> [  
{  
‘ProductID’ =\> 99,  
‘Qty’ =\> 99  
},  
{  
‘ProductID’ =\> 98,  
‘Qty’ =\> 98  
}  
]  
}  
}  
}

Regards,  
// NaHi  
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