Javascript example
<html>
<head>
<title>Soap Client</title>
<script>
var READY_STATE_UNINITIALIZED=0;
var READY_STATE_LOADING=1;
var READY_STATE_LOADED=2;
var READY_STATE_INTERACTIVE=3;
var READY_STATE_COMPLETE=4;
var xmlHttpRequest;
function getXmlHttpRequest()
{
var xRequest=null;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
xRequest=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined")
{
xRequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
return xRequest;
}
function handleEmptyString(value,userMessage)
{
var status=false;
if(value == "")
{
alert(userMessage);
}
else
{
status=true;
}
return status;
}
function sendRequest(url,soapActionHeaderName,
soapAction,params,httpMethod,contentType)
{
var status=false;
status=handleEmptyString(url,"Please enter the URL.");
if(status == true)
{
status=handleEmptyString(soapActionHeaderName,"Please enter the Soap action header name.");
if(status == true)
{
status=handleEmptyString(soapAction,"Please enter the Saop action.");
if(status == true)
{
status=handleEmptyString(params,"Please enter the soap request.");
if(status == true)
{
status=handleEmptyString(contentType,"Please enter the content type.");
}
}
}
}
if(status==true)
{
//Disable mozilla security restriction
if(window.netscape &&
window.netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege)
{
var pm=netscape.security.PrivilegeManager;
pm.enablePrivilege('UniversalBrowserRead');
}
// If method not set
if (!httpMethod)
{
httpMethod="GET";
}
xmlHttpRequest=getXmlHttpRequest();
if (xmlHttpRequest)
{
xmlHttpRequest.onreadystatechange=onReadyStateChange;
xmlHttpRequest.open(httpMethod,url,true);
xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(
"Content-Type",contentType);
xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader(soapActionHeaderName,soapAction);
xmlHttpRequest.send(params);
}
}
}
function onReadyStateChange()
{
var ready=xmlHttpRequest.readyState;
var data=null;
if (ready==READY_STATE_COMPLETE)
{
data=xmlHttpRequest.responseText;
//... do something with the data...
document.getElementsByName("taResponse")[0].value=data;
}
else
{
data="Loading...["+ready+"]";
document.getElementsByName("taResponse")[0].value=data;
}
}
function sendData()
{
var url=document.getElementsByName("txtURL")[0].value;
var params=document.getElementsByName("taRequest")[0].value;
var httpMethod=document.getElementsByName("txtMethod")[0].value;
var soapActionHeaderName;
soapActionHeaderName=document.getElementsByName("txtActionHeaderName")[0].value;
var soapAction=document.getElementsByName("txtAction")[0].value;
var contentType=document.getElementsByName("txtContentType")[0].value;
sendRequest(url,soapActionHeaderName,soapAction,params,httpMethod,contentType);
}
function clearData()
{
document.getElementsByName("taResponse")[0].value="";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Soap client</h1>
<table>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>URL: (e.g. http://xyz.com/service)</td>
<td><input type="text"
value="http://localhost:8080/CalculatorProj/services/Calculator"
name="txtURL" size="150"/></td>
</tr>
<td>Request:</td>
<td><textarea rows="12" cols="120" name="taRequest">
<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:q0="http://wtp" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Body>
<q0:add>
<q0:number1>5</q0:number1>
<q0:number2>6</q0:number2>
</q0:add>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Action header name:</td>
<td><input type="text" value="SOAPAction" name="txtActionHeaderName"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Action:</td>
<td><input type="text" value="add" name="txtAction"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content type:</td>
<td><input type="text" value="text/xml; charset=utf-8" name="txtContentType" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Method: (GET/POST)</td>
<td><input type="text" value="POST" name="txtMethod"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Response:</td>
<td><textarea rows="8" cols="120" name="taResponse"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value="Send" onclick="sendData()"/>
<input type="button" value="Clear Result" onclick="clearData()"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Note: This code sample works only with in your domain. If you want to try across domain then please refer Google AJAX APIs.
