Problems with SOAP::Lite client

thion has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks, I'm currently writing a soap client, that connects to an IBM tivoli data integrator. Here is the excerpt from the wsdl-file I got: Here are some excerpts from the wsdl-file:

...
<element name="updatePLZInformationen">
<complexType>
 <sequence>
  <element name="clientid" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="securitytoken" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"
   name="plzinfos" type="tns2:PLZInfo" />
 </sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
...
<complexType name="PLZInfo">
 <sequence>
  <element name="kurzname" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="plz" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="stadt" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="status" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="typ" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
  <element name="zusatz" nillable="true"
   type="xsd:string" />
 </sequence>
</complexType>
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And here is my test script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use SOAP::Lite +trace => 'debug';
my $plz = SOAP::Lite
    -> service('file:/home/orca/oracle/DataSyncTool/config/SKADataServ
+ice.wsdl');
 
$plz->updatePLZInformationen(SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name("cli
+entid" => "test")->value,
        SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name("securitytoken" => "test"
+)->value,
        SOAP::Data->type("tns2:PLZInfo")->name("plzinfos")->value(
              SOAP::Data->name("kurzname")->type("xsd:string")->value(
+"gargel"),
              SOAP::Data->name("plz")->type("xsd:string")->value("1234
+5"),
              SOAP::Data->name("stadt")->type("xsd:string")->value("Mu
+sterstadt"),
              SOAP::Data->name("status")->type("xsd:string")->value("0
+815"),
              SOAP::Data->name("typ")->type("xsd:string")->value("2"),
              SOAP::Data->name("zusatz")->type("xsd:string")->value("h
+inten rechts"))->value);
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And here goes the soap message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope 
xmlns:wsdlsoap="..." 
xmlns:tns2="...e" 
soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" 
xmlns:soap="..." 
xmlns:wsdl="..." 
xmlns:impl="..." 
xmlns:xsi="..." 
xmlns:soapenc="..." 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body><impl:updatePLZInformationen>
<clientid xsi:type="xsd:string">test</clientid>
<securitytoken xsi:type="xsd:string">test</securitytoken>
<plzinfos xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="tns2:PLZInfo" /> <-- here's the pro
+blem!!!
<plz xsi:type="xsd:string">12345</plz>
<stadt xsi:type="xsd:string">Musterstadt</stadt>
<status xsi:type="xsd:string">0815</status>
<typ xsi:type="xsd:string">2</typ>
<zusatz xsi:type="xsd:string">hinten rechts</zusatz>
</impl:updatePLZInformationen>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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As you can see, the complex type "plzinfos" closes before its variables and not after. What am I doing wrong here?!? Every hint, tip, etc. will be highly appreciated! :-)
Thanks in advance,
Thion

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Re: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by alexlc (Beadle) on Dec 12, 2008 at 03:20 UTC
SOAP::WSDL is worth a try. It removes the necessity to hand encode each value. It doesn't parse all wsdl files though, so your mileage may vary. There is a 1.27 branch, and 2.0 branch. 2.0 looks promising, though I typically have better luck with 1.27. -- AlexLC	[reply]
Re: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2008 at 15:07 UTC
Here's one way #!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use SOAP::Lite; use SOAP::Lite 0.65 +trace => 'debug'; my $soap = SOAP::Lite->proxy( 'http://localhost/blah/DummyService' ); my $serializer = $soap->serializer(); print $serializer->envelope( method => 'updatePLZInformationen', SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name( "clientid" => "test" ), SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name( "securitytoken" => "test" ), SOAP::Data->type("tns2:PLZInfo")->name("plzinfos")->value( \SOAP::Data->value( SOAP::Data->name("kurzname")->type("xsd:string")->value("gargel"), SOAP::Data->name("plz")->type("xsd:string")->value("12345"), SOAP::Data->name("stadt")->type("xsd:string")->value("Musterstadt" +), SOAP::Data->name("status")->type("xsd:string")->value("0815"), SOAP::Data->name("typ")->type("xsd:string")->value("2"), SOAP::Data->name("zusatz")->type("xsd:string")->value("hinten rech +ts") ) ) ); __END__ perl soap.lite.729686.pl \| xml_pp <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <soap:Envelope soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/enc +oding/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns: +soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http:/ +/www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSche +ma-instance"> <soap:Body> <updatePLZInformationen> <clientid xsi:type="xsd:string">test</clientid> <securitytoken xsi:type="xsd:string">test</securitytoken> <plzinfos xsi:type="tns2:PLZInfo"> <kurzname xsi:type="xsd:string">gargel</kurzname> <plz xsi:type="xsd:string">12345</plz> <stadt xsi:type="xsd:string">Musterstadt</stadt> <status xsi:type="xsd:string">0815</status> <typ xsi:type="xsd:string">2</typ> <zusatz xsi:type="xsd:string">hinten rechts</zusatz> </plzinfos> </updatePLZInformationen> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by thion (Initiate) on Dec 12, 2008 at 07:54 UTC
Hi, thanks for the example. I tried to build it into my "real" code, but I'm messing up something. I'm reading data from a database here and generate an array of hashes: `while($sth->fetch()) { my %hash; # Hash zusammenbasteln $hash{"kurzname"} = $kurzname; $hash{"plz"} = $plz; $hash{"stadt"} = $stadt; $hash{"status"} = $status; $hash{"typ"} = $typ; $hash{"zusatz"} = $zusatz; push(@ary,%hash); } $sth->finish(); $dss->updatePLZInformationen(@ary);` [download] And here is the function that's called and is doing the actual SOAP stuff: sub updatePLZInformationen() { my @data = shift; my $plz = SOAP::Lite -> service('file:/home/orca/oracle/DataSyncTool/config/SKADataServ +ice.wsdl'); my $serializer = $plz->serializer(); print($serializer->envelope( method => 'updatePLZInformationen', SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name( "c +lientid" => "test" ), SOAP::Data->type("xsd:string")->name( "s +ecuritytoken" => "test" ), SOAP::Data->type("tns2:PLZInfo")->name(" +plzinfos")->value( \SOAP::Data->value(&format_plz_infos(@ +data))))); $plz->updatePLZInformationen(); } # -------------------------------------------------------------------- +---------------------------- # sub format_plz_infos() { my @plz = shift(); my @plz_info; foreach(@plz) { my $hash = $_; push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("kurzname")->value($hash->{"ku +rzname"})->type("xsd:string")); push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("plz")->value($hash->{"plz"})- +>type("xsd:string")); push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("stadt")->value($hash->{"stadt +"})->type("xsd:string")); push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("status")->value($hash->{"stat +us"})->type("xsd:string")); push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("typ")->value($hash->{"typ"})- +>type("xsd:string")); push(@plz_info,SOAP::Data->name("zusatz")->value($hash->{"zusa +tz"})->type("xsd:string")); } return(@plz_info); } # -------------------------------------------------------------------- +---------------------------- # [download] And this is my SOAP-message: ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body><updatePLZInformationen> <clientid xsi:type="xsd:string">test</clientid> <securitytoken xsi:type="xsd:string">test</securitytoken> <plzinfos xsi:type="tns2:PLZInfo"> <kurzname xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> <plz xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> <stadt xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> <status xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> <typ xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> <zusatz xsi:nil="true" xsi:type="xsd:string" /> </plzinfos> </updatePLZInformationen> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> [download] The message looks good, but it has no values... I'm reading my code for about an hour now, but I don't seem to get the mistake. :-( Thanks in advance, Thion	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by Anonymous Monk on Dec 12, 2008 at 15:41 UTC
That is confusing. Instead of this `push(@ary,%hash);` [download] you probably meant `push @ary, \%hash;` [download] but then you probably meant `$dss->updatePLZInformationen(%hash);` [download] instead. I could probably guess what you're really after, but its better if you pseudocode/diagram what you wish to accomplish, before writing actual code.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by thion (Initiate) on Dec 15, 2008 at 08:06 UTC
Re^5: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by Anonymous Monk on Dec 15, 2008 at 15:58 UTC
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Re: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by klekker (Pilgrim) on Dec 15, 2008 at 08:44 UTC
Have you tried SOAP::Data::Builder already? I have had similar problems with a 'complex' data structure and could solve it by using this module. k	[reply]
Re^2: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by thion (Initiate) on Dec 15, 2008 at 10:09 UTC
No, that would have been my next move, but the example provided by AnonymousMonk already did the job, so I stuck with it. Regards, Thion	[reply]
Re^3: Problems with SOAP::Lite client by syerrave (Initiate) on Mar 04, 2010 at 03:07 UTC
My basic question is how does request know the proxy address when we give just the wsdl file name/location.?	[reply]


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