# SOAP request using raw XML query

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-request-using-raw-xml-query/71088>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-request-using-raw-xml-query/71088 "2006-10-05T08:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![scrajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@scrajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scrajesh)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-request-using-raw-xml-query/71088/1 "2006-10-05T08:46:03Z")

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Hi,

I’ve been trying to get to grips with a SOAP based webservice using  
soap4r and have come up against a wall; wsdl2ruby unfortunately  
doesn’t support xsd:ID which, of course, is being used in the  
webservice I’m trying to consume and thus I can’t use soap4r. So my  
question is: can I simply send a raw XML query to the service? I only  
want to do really simple stuff with it.

Here’s an example of what I mean (in PHP):  
[admin – Ernährung umstellen – searchnbn.net](http://www.searchnbn.net/library/webservices/wsGridMapPHP.jsp)

(That’s the webservice I’m trying to work with, btw)

Many thanks in advance for any help on this. I guess I’ll have to go  
back to PHP on this task if I can’t make any headway.

Charles