Web Services Issue

Ruby
1

I am currently working on a simple WS Client and have run across a very
odd and frustrating issue. My fruitless hours of googling have brought
me here in the hopes someone might help shed light on the situation.

The following code connects to the WSDL listed and attempts to run a
function called getBPList with the last three parameters being left
blank as they are optional.

require ‘soap/wsdlDriver’

wsdl_url = “http://usint.skire.com/ws/services/mainservice?WSDL”

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(‘skire.wsdl’).create_rpc_driver

soap.wiredump_file_base=“soapresult”

result = soap.getBPList(“one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, “five”, “six”,
“seven”)

I have replaced the actual values because they contain private data, but
none the less the issue remains. The real issue is that the fourth
value as well as the subsequent values are not included in the request
generated by the WSDLDriver. What follows is the erroneous request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=“XML Schema”
xmlns:env=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”
xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
env:Body
<n1:getBPList
xmlns:n1=“http://general.service.webservices.messenger.skire.com”
env:encodingStyle=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/”>
one
two
three






</n1:getBPList>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

You see that the line “” contains no
value, even though it is explicitly set in the function call.

I have run myself ragged modifying these values to highlight where this
goes wrong. I’ve even run this through the Ruby debugger to no avail.
I simply cannot find where this value as well as the subsequent values
are being ignored.

If anyone has any help I would greatly appreciate it. Feel free to look
at the WSDL and run the test code as you see fit. If run from the ‘irb’
and you receive an error back from Skire you can simply ignore it. I’ve
safely ruled out any issue on their end as the request file proves that
it was not formed correctly.

Thanks,
Chris

2

On May 31, 2006, at 5:17 PM, chris Johansen wrote:

require ‘soap/wsdlDriver’

wsdl_url = “http://usint.skire.com/ws/services/mainservice?WSDL”

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(‘skire.wsdl’).create_rpc_driver

soap.wiredump_file_base=“soapresult”

result = soap.getBPList(“one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, “five”, “six”,
“seven”)

Chuck R.
[email protected]
www.familyvideovault.com (not yet live!)

I didn’t actually run this code, but just eyeballing it I think I see
an error. You are fetching the WSDL and storing it as ‘wsdl_url’ but
I don’t see you using it to create your soap driver. I think the line
ought to be:

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url).create_rpc_driver

Or maybe I’m wrong. Give it a try and see.

cr

3

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Chris Johansen wrote:

I don’t see you using it to create your soap driver. I think the line
the
wsdl to rule out there being any issues on the network. You are
correct
that the line should infact read:

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url).create_rpc_driver

The issue continues regardless of which one I am using (local or from
the site). Thanks for catching my mistake. The issue is still
exists,
however.

Chris,

I got it to work. Here’s what I did.

I downloaded the wsdl file to a local file and looked at the method
call in detail. I noticed something interesting and out of place.
Look at this definition and take a close look at capitalization:

<wsdl:message name="getBPListRequest">

   <wsdl:part name="shortname" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="authcode" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="projectNumber" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="BPName" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="fieldnames" type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="filterCondition" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="filterValues" type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_string"/>

</wsdl:message>

Please notice that the fourth element, the one that is consistently
screwed up, has a name starting with a cap letter. So what I did was
create an edited version of the wsdl and changed that name from
“BPName” to “bpName” in both places it shows up (for that specific
method definition). I then ran your code again and it produced the
correct soap request as shown below:

<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”
xmlns:env=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”
xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
env:Body
<n1:getBPList xmlns:n1=“http://
general.service.webservices.messenger.skire.com”
env:encodingStyle=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/”>
one
two
three
four

five

six

seven

</n1:getBPList>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

I don’t know if the SOAP standard allows for those names to start
with capitals, but for sure the ruby code doesn’t handle it correctly.

I imagine the right way to fix this is to check the SOAP standard to
see what it says (or if it’s mute on the topic of capitalization) and
then, depending on that answer, modify the SOAP library to downcase
these strings or just the first letter.

Anyway, mystery solved!

cr

4

unknown wrote:

On May 31, 2006, at 5:17 PM, chris Johansen wrote:

require ‘soap/wsdlDriver’

wsdl_url = “http://usint.skire.com/ws/services/mainservice?WSDL”

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(‘skire.wsdl’).create_rpc_driver

soap.wiredump_file_base=“soapresult”

result = soap.getBPList(“one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, “five”, “six”,
“seven”)

Chuck R.
[email protected]
www.familyvideovault.com (not yet live!)

I didn’t actually run this code, but just eyeballing it I think I see
an error. You are fetching the WSDL and storing it as ‘wsdl_url’ but
I don’t see you using it to create your soap driver. I think the line
ought to be:

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url).create_rpc_driver

Or maybe I’m wrong. Give it a try and see.

cr

OOPS! No that’s a mistake in my not checking it closely enough when I
posted it. I appologize. At some point I had made a local copy of the
wsdl to rule out there being any issues on the network. You are correct
that the line should infact read:

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl_url).create_rpc_driver

The issue continues regardless of which one I am using (local or from
the site). Thanks for catching my mistake. The issue is still exists,
however.

Chris

5

Chris,

I got it to work. Here’s what I did.

I downloaded the wsdl file to a local file and looked at the method
call in detail. I noticed something interesting and out of place.
Look at this definition and take a close look at capitalization:

<wsdl:message name="getBPListRequest">

   <wsdl:part name="shortname" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="authcode" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="projectNumber" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="BPName" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="fieldnames" type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="filterCondition" type="xsd:string"/>

   <wsdl:part name="filterValues" type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_string"/>

</wsdl:message>

Please notice that the fourth element, the one that is consistently
screwed up, has a name starting with a cap letter. So what I did was
create an edited version of the wsdl and changed that name from
“BPName” to “bpName” in both places it shows up (for that specific
method definition). I then ran your code again and it produced the
correct soap request as shown below:

<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”
xmlns:env=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”
xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
env:Body
<n1:getBPList xmlns:n1=“http://
general.service.webservices.messenger.skire.com”
env:encodingStyle=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/”>
one
two
three
four

five

six

seven

</n1:getBPList>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

I don’t know if the SOAP standard allows for those names to start
with capitals, but for sure the ruby code doesn’t handle it correctly.

I imagine the right way to fix this is to check the SOAP standard to
see what it says (or if it’s mute on the topic of capitalization) and
then, depending on that answer, modify the SOAP library to downcase
these strings or just the first letter.

Anyway, mystery solved!

cr

CR,
Terrific! I had briefly wondered if that was causing the issue but
thank you for checking it for me. I will continue pursue the issue by
verifying the SOAP standard and if it is supposedly case-insensitive
I’ll open a ticket with ‘soap4r’.

Again thank you very much.

Chris

p.s. Incidentally I have another solution which I just completed before
checking the forum here. It simply involves not using the WSDLDriver
and instead just using ‘soap/driver’ which I believe is the RPC driver.
I’ve attached that code for completeness.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require ‘soap/driver’

wsdl_url = “http://usint.skire.com/ws/services/mainservice?WSDL”
namespace = “http://general.service.webservices.messenger.skire.com”

soap = SOAP::Driver.new(nil, nil, namespace, wsdl_url)

soap.wiredump_file_base=“soapresult”

soap.addMethodWithSOAPAction(‘getBPList’, namespace, “shortName”,
“authCode”, “projectNumber”, “bpName”, “nil”, “nil”, “nil”)

result = soap.getBPList(“one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, ‘’, ‘’, ‘’)

puts result.xmlcontents

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Hi,

chris Johansen wrote:

To finalize and clarify as I followed up on the sensitivity issue I
considered the standard for XML which is case sensitive. As the SOAP
standard doesn’t mention case-sensitivity but is based on the XML
standard we can assume it is transitive. As such, by section 4.3.3 of
the XML 1.3 standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition) case
sensitivity should be respected.

It appears that the WSDLDriver is not adhering to this. I will open
a ticket with ‘soap4r’.

Thanks. I tried to download WSDL at
http://usint.skire.com/ws/services/mainservice?WSDL but browser
complains. Can you please send me a WSDL by e-mail? I want to
reproduce the problem on my side to fix the problem.

Regards,
// NaHi

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All,
To finalize and clarify as I followed up on the sensitivity issue I
considered the standard for XML which is case sensitive. As the SOAP
standard doesn’t mention case-sensitivity but is based on the XML
standard we can assume it is transitive. As such, by section 4.3.3 of
the XML 1.3 standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition) case
sensitivity should be respected.

It appears that the WSDLDriver is not adhering to this. I will open
a ticket with ‘soap4r’.

Thank you all.
Chris.