Testing the imported SOAP API by using curl

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You can test the SOAP API by starting the gateway endpoint in the curl. SOAP messages must be specified completely as curl is a tool for transferring data from or to a server by using any of the following protocols: DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET or TFTP. The following section decries the steps to test the NumberConverter SOAP API, which is imported by using a file. In this example, with the imported SOAP API, you can convert a number to the word format.

Procedure

  1. Start the command prompt.
  2. Add the following request body in a file as curl is a tool to transfer data from or to a server without SOAP support. Therefore, messages must be specified completely.

  3. Save the file as c:\Test\curl-test.xml.

    <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
   <web:NumberToWords>
      <web:ubiNum>25</web:ubiNum>
   </web:NumberToWords>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
    Note: You can copy the XML content in the soapstone: Body from either of the following - webMethods API Gateway > Operations > NumberToWords > SOAP11 > Input Message OR webMethods API Gateway > Operations > NumberToWords > SOAP12 > Input Message.

  4. In the command prompt, run the following command.

    curl -v -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" 
-d @ c:\Test\curl-test.xml -X POST http://hostname:5555/ws/NumberConverter/1.0
  5. The SOAP API is started successfully and returns the status code as 200. The number that is converted into words is displayed in the response body.