Newbie question about Soap APIs

[James Wagman]

I am dealing with an app sitting on a server which exposes a soap api
for extended functionality. There is documentation on the api, but I
need to know how to send the soap messages to this app. Where do i
start, using .Net? A big topic, I know, but we all have to start
somewhere. Please tell me where you need clarification to answer the
question.

Thanks

 

[Mujtaba Syed]

Hi James:

A SOAP service makes it messaging-API available via a WSDL (Web Services
Description Language) file. If you have access to the WSDL file (it would be
an XML file - take for instance <service-name>.wsdl), then you can use the
WSDL.EXE tool provided with the .NET Framework to create a proxy (which is a
class). The proxy can be created in the language of your choice (C#, VB.NET)
by using command line options provided with WSDL.EXE. Once you have the
proxy, you can instantiate it in your application and start using it.

Hope this answers your question.
Mujtaba.