New to WSDL and need direction

[superrobb420]

Hello all. I am embarking on a work project to try to make everyone in my office a little bit happier. Right now we need travel rates between 2 zip codes, we have to go to a website, enter a csv file with all details (origin, destination, date, etc.) and it will return the same csv file with a rate amended. The problem with this method is that it is not efficient for large volumes of inquiries.

I did some digging and discovered in the user manual that it is possible for users to develop an interface to the service. The manual includes a WSDL address, that I can't link to here for confidentiality reasons, and also gives the base XML behind most of the web methods.

Right now I am trying to get the simplest of the methods to work. The system
performs authentication for every service request received. This requires the service consumer to pass an authentication token within the SOAP Header. I am not sure how to use this, but here is the XML behind it.

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://webservices.***.com">
<soapenv:Header>
<web:AuthenticationToken>
<web:licenseKey>licensekey</web:licenseKey>
<web:password>password</web:password>
<web:username>username</web:username>
</web:AuthenticationToken>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

The first thing that I am trying to get to work is a method named isReady that takes in no arguments and returns a boolean. This service is used to determine if the web service is accepting rating requests.

XML for the input:

<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:web="http://webservices.***.com">
<soapenv:Header>
<web:AuthenticationToken>
<web:licenseKey> string </web:licenseKey>
<web:password> string </web:password>
<web:username> string </web:username>
</web:AuthenticationToken>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<web:isReady/>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

XML for the output:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soap:Body>
<ns1:isReadyResponse xmlns:ns1="http://webservices.***.com">
<ns1:out> boolean </ns1:out>
</ns1:isReadyResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

This is what i tried to use in Access's VBA.

Public Sub GetXML()
  
  Dim objSClient As MSSOAPLib.SoapClient     
  Dim oXML As MSXML2.DOMDocument40             
  Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset                
  Dim str As New ADODB.Stream 
    
   Set objSClient = New SoapClient
   Set oXML = New DOMDocument40
   objSClient.mssoapinit "http://applications.***.com/AdminManager/services/**********?wsdl"
   oXML.loadXML (objSClient.isReady())
  str.Open
  oXML.Save str
  str.Position = 0
  rst.Open str
  
  Set oXML = Nothing
  Set objSClient = Nothing
  Set rst = Nothing
  Set Stream = Nothing
  
End Sub

Whenever I try that, I end up with an error that says:
Run Time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
Request must include a custom header and a AuthenticationToken.
Please see your user's guide for details: <soapenv:Header>
<web:AuthenticationToken><web:lisenceKey>??????</web:lisenceKey> <web:username>??????</web:username></web:AuthenticationToken>
</soapenv:Header>

Can anyone out there please point me in the right direction?

[abhijit]

Have you tried to use something Webservices Studio to test if the webservice is working?
This tool also gives you a sample request & sample response.

[superrobb420]

I just downloaded it, and I will mess around with WebServicesStudio for a couple hours today.

[abhijit]

I just downloaded it, and I will mess around with WebServicesStudio for a couple hours today.

This is what I had done in an earlier project when I had to call a webservice from my VB 6 code.

I wrote a .NET component to call the webservice.
Then I built a COM Wrapper around it.

I referenced this COM component in my VB 6 code as an activeX dll.
Then was able to complete the call.