Web Service Reply

[hertelt]

I am calling a web service with cfinvoke and I am trying to display the raw XML reply. If I just do a dump I only get the following output: org.tempuri.UserInfoListResult@b30ca4f5

I know I am getting a correct response because I can use the following code to get the data.

What I want is the RAW XML!

[dallaswebb]

if the web service returns an XML 'string' then you have have to cast that string as XML. If you veiw source you'll probably see xml, but the page will only render values. so,

<cfset tempXML = XmlParse(users)>

<cfdump var=#tempXML#>

[hertelt]

Thanks. Now it is telling me that content is not allowed in the prolog. I think it is sending back malformed XML...

[MorganWood]

I am having this same problem. I can only seem to get the Java Stub, but no returned (XML) information. Any ideas?

[ilssac]

Code?

Either you got an XML string that needed to be parsed into an XML object, thus you should be able to output the string.

OR

You are getting an XML string thet needs to be cast into a string with the toString() function.

[MorganWood]

#tostring(ret)# = com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult@364bd7

#ret# =

object of com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult

Class Name com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult

Methods

Method Return Type

equals(java.lang.Object) boolean

getDeserializer(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, javax.xml.namespace.QName) org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer

getSerializer(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, javax.xml.namespace.QName) org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer

getTypeDesc() org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc

get_any() org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement[]

hashCode() int

set_any(org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement[]) void

[ilssac]

SO are we dealing with XML data?  A web-service may or my not be XML and XML may or may not be a web service.

If you are looking for the WSDL, which is XML formated information, you would need to be using the WSDL url.

Otherwise, I would expect you to be looking at the results of a web service method that is expected to return XML data.

[MorganWood]

Let's try posting this again.

Any help is appreciated. I've been banging my head for a couple days now. The client publishing this WebService says that the server is generating and returning XML, it just seems to be getting stuck in this Java Stub for some reason.

<!------Code----->

<cfinvoke refreshWSDL="yes"  webservice="http://webservice?wsdl" method="Execute" returnvariable="ret">
    <cfinvokeargument name="Header" value="#myHeader#"/>
    <cfinvokeargument name="Data" value="#myData#"/>
</cfinvoke>

<cfdump var="#tostring(ret)#">
<cfdump var="#ret#">

<!------Code----->

tostring(ret) returns the Java Class/Stub name: com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult@364bd7

ret returns

object of com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult
Class Name	com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult
Methods	Method Return Type equals(java.lang.Object) boolean getDeserializer(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, javax.xml.namespace.QName) org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer getSerializer(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, javax.xml.namespace.QName) org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer getTypeDesc() org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc get_any() org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement[] hashCode() int set_any(org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement[]) void

[ilssac]

Have you tried what happens if you use some of those methods shown in your dump?

<cfdump var="#ret.getAny()#">

OR

<cfdump var="#ret.getTypeDesc()#>

I still find web services to be quite confusing and it usually takes me quite a bit of trial and error to get them working as expected.

[MorganWood]

array

1

object of org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement Class Name org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement Methods Method Return Type addAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, javax.xml.namespace.QName) void addAttribute(javax.xml.soap.Name, java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void addAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void addChild(org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement) void addChildElement(java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addChildElement(javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addChildElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addChildElement(javax.xml.soap.Name) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addChildElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addMapping(org.apache.axis.utils.Mapping) void addNamespaceDeclaration(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement addTextNode(java.lang.String) javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement cloneNode(boolean) org.w3c.dom.Node detachAllChildren() void equals(java.lang.Object) boolean getAllAttributes() java.util.Iterator getAsDOM() org.w3c.dom.Element getAsDocument() org.w3c.dom.Document getAsString() java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String) java.lang.String getAttributeNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) java.lang.String getAttributeNode(java.lang.String) org.w3c.dom.Attr getAttributeNodeNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) org.w3c.dom.Attr getAttributeValue(javax.xml.soap.Name) java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String) java.lang.String getAttributesEx() org.xml.sax.Attributes getChildElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName) org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement getChildElements() java.util.Iterator getChildElements(javax.xml.namespace.QName) java.util.Iterator getChildElements(javax.xml.soap.Name) java.util.Iterator getChildren() java.util.List getCompleteAttributes() org.xml.sax.Attributes getDeserializationContext() org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext getElementName() javax.xml.soap.Name getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String) org.w3c.dom.NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) org.w3c.dom.NodeList getEncodingStyle() java.lang.String getEnvelope() org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope getFixupDeserializer() org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer getHref() java.lang.String getID() java.lang.String getLength() int getName() java.lang.String getNamespacePrefixes() java.util.Iterator getNamespaceURI(java.lang.String) java.lang.String getObjectValue(java.lang.Class) java.lang.Object getObjectValue() java.lang.Object getOwnerDocument() org.w3c.dom.Document getPrefix(java.lang.String) java.lang.String getQName() javax.xml.namespace.QName getRealElement() org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement getRecorder() org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder getTagName() java.lang.String getType() javax.xml.namespace.QName getValue() java.lang.String getValueAsType(javax.xml.namespace.QName) java.lang.Object getValueAsType(javax.xml.namespace.QName, java.lang.Class) java.lang.Object getVisibleNamespacePrefixes() java.util.Iterator hasAttribute(java.lang.String) boolean hasAttributeNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) boolean isRoot() boolean item(int) org.w3c.dom.Node output(org.apache.axis.encoding.SerializationContext) void publishContents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler) void publishToHandler(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler) void removeAttribute(javax.xml.soap.Name) boolean removeAttribute(java.lang.String) void removeAttributeNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void removeAttributeNode(org.w3c.dom.Attr) org.w3c.dom.Attr removeContents() void removeNamespaceDeclaration(java.lang.String) boolean setAllAttributes(org.xml.sax.Attributes) void setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void setAttributeNS(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) void setAttributeNode(org.w3c.dom.Attr) org.w3c.dom.Attr setAttributeNodeNS(org.w3c.dom.Attr) org.w3c.dom.Attr setContentsIndex(int) void setEncodingStyle(java.lang.String) void setEndIndex(int) void setEnvelope(org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope) void setFixupDeserializer(org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer) void setNSMappings(java.util.ArrayList) void setName(java.lang.String) void setNamespaceURI(java.lang.String) void setObjectValue(java.lang.Object) void setQName(javax.xml.namespace.QName) void setRecorder(org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder) void setType(javax.xml.namespace.QName) void setValue(java.lang.String) void toString() java.lang.String Fields Field Value short ATTRIBUTE_NODE 2 short CDATA_SECTION_NODE 4 short COMMENT_NODE 8 short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE 11 short DOCUMENT_NODE 9 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY 16 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS 8 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED 1 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING 4 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC 32 short DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING 2 short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE 10 short ELEMENT_NODE 1 short ENTITY_NODE 6 short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE 5 short NOTATION_NODE 12 short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE 7 short TEXT_NODE 3 java.util.ArrayList namespaces java.util.ArrayList Parent Class object org.apache.axis.message.NodeImpl Class Name org.apache.axis.message.NodeImpl Methods Method Return Type appendChild(org.w3c.dom.Node) org.w3c.dom.Node cloneNode(boolean) org.w3c.dom.Node detachNode() void getAttributes() org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap getChildNodes() org.w3c.dom.NodeList getFirstChild() org.w3c.dom.Node getLastChild() org.w3c.dom.Node getLocalName() java.lang.String getNamespaceURI() java.lang.String getNextSibling() org.w3c.dom.Node getNodeName() java.lang.String getNodeType() short getNodeValue() java.lang.String getOwnerDocument() org.w3c.dom.Document getParentElement() javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement getParentNode() org.w3c.dom.Node getPrefix() java.lang.String getPreviousSibling() org.w3c.dom.Node getValue() java.lang.String hasAttributes() boolean hasChildNodes() boolean insertBefore(org.w3c.dom.Node, org.w3c.dom.Node) org.w3c.dom.Node isDirty() boolean isSupported(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) boolean normalize() void output(org.apache.axis.encoding.SerializationContext) void recycleNode() void removeChild(org.w3c.dom.Node) org.w3c.dom.Node replaceChild(org.w3c.dom.Node, org.w3c.dom.Node) org.w3c.dom.Node setDirty(boolean) void setNodeValue(java.lang.String) void setOwnerDocument(org.w3c.dom.Document) void setParentElement(javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement) void setPrefix(java.lang.String) void setValue(java.lang.String) void

object of org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc
Class Name	org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc
Methods	Method Return Type addFieldDesc(org.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc) void getAnyContentDescriptor() org.apache.axis.utils.BeanPropertyDescriptor getAnyDesc() org.apache.axis.utils.BeanPropertyDescriptor getAttributeNameForField(java.lang.String) javax.xml.namespace.QName getElementNameForField(java.lang.String) javax.xml.namespace.QName getFieldByName(java.lang.String) org.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc getFieldNameForAttribute(javax.xml.namespace.QName) java.lang.String getFieldNameForElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName, boolean) java.lang.String getFields() org.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc[] getFields(boolean) org.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc[] getPropertyDescriptorMap() java.util.Map getPropertyDescriptors() org.apache.axis.utils.BeanPropertyDescriptor[] getTypeDescForClass(java.lang.Class) org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc getXmlType() javax.xml.namespace.QName hasAttributes() boolean registerTypeDescForClass(java.lang.Class, org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc) void setFields(org.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc[]) void setXmlType(javax.xml.namespace.QName) void
Fields	Field Value java.lang.Class[] noClasses java.lang.Class[] java.lang.Object[] noObjects java.lang.Object[]

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1. What is the signature in the WSDL? ie What type of object is returned?

2. Have you tried dumping the response with GetSoapResponse()?

[MorganWood]

1. WSDL Signature? It appears to be a Java Class/Stub?

2. Yeah, it returns:

struct
EVENTNAME	[empty string]
EXCEPTION	struct Message com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult StackTrace java.lang.ClassCastException: com.millinfo.webservices.SubmitInspection.ExecuteResponseExecuteResult      at coldfusion.runtime.Cast._cast(Cast.java:243)      at cfws2ecfm1654921867.runPage(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm:15)      at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:231)      at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:416)      at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)      at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:342)      at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:48)      at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)      at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:87)      at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:70)      at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)      at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)      at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:46)      at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)      at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)      at coldfusion.filter.CachingFilter.invoke(CachingFilter.java:53)      at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:200)      at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86)      at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)      at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101)      at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106)      at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)      at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:286)      at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)      at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)      at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) TagContext array 1 struct COLUMN 0 ID CF_CAST LINE 15 RAW_TRACE at cfws2ecfm1654921867.runPage(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm:15) TEMPLATE C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm TYPE CFML Type java.lang.ClassCastException

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1. WSDL Signature? It appears to be a Java Class/Stub?

No, I mean what is the actual xml code from the WSDL that defines what objects are expected and returned from the method you are calling

2. Yeah, it returns:

Did you pass in an instance of the webservice and call the method after invoking it? Something like:

<cfdump var="#res#"

[MorganWood]

1.

CALL

POST /SubmitInspection/Submitinspection.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: webservicestest.millinfo.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://webservice/Execute"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <Execute xmlns="http://webservice/">
      <Header>string</Header>
      <Data>string</Data>
    </Execute>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

RESPONSE
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <ExecuteResponse xmlns="http://webservice/">
      <ExecuteResult>xml</ExecuteResult>
    </ExecuteResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

2. I sure did. Here's my code:

<cfinvoke refreshWSDL="yes"  webservice="http://webservice/Submitinspection.asmx?wsdl" method="Execute" returnvariable="ret"> 
     <cfinvokeargument name="Header" value="#myHeader#"/> 
     <cfinvokeargument name="Data" value="#myData#"/> 
</cfinvoke> 

<cfdump var="#GetSoapResponse(ret)#">

[-__cfSearching__-]

It looks like the code snippet in my last response got cut off. Here is the full response:

> 2. Yeah, it returns:

Did you pass in an instance of the  webservice and call the method _after_ invoking it? Something like:

<!--- create the webservice object  --->
<cfset ws = createObject("webservice", "yourWebservice?wsdl")>
<!---  call the method --->
<cfset ret =  ws.yourMethodName(someParametersHere)>
<!--- check the response using the webservice object  --->
<cfset res = GetSoapResponse(ws)>
<cfdump  var="#res#">

[MorganWood]

I ran the code you supplied and got the following returned:

struct
EVENTNAME	[empty string]
EXCEPTION	struct Detail There was an error while retrieving the SOAP envelope from the web service engine: ; nested exception is:       org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Comment must start with "<!--". ErrNumber 0 Message Unable get the SOAP envelope. StackTrace coldfusion.runtime.SOAPFunc$NoEnvelopeException: Unable get the SOAP envelope.      at coldfusion.runtime.SOAPFunc.getSOAPResponse(SOAPFunc.java:102)      at coldfusion.runtime.CFPage.GetSOAPResponse(CFPage.java:5624)      at cfws2ecfm1654921867.runPage(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm:17)      at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:231)      at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:416)      at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)      at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:342)      at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:48)      at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)      at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:87)      at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:70)      at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)      at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)      at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:46)      at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)      at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)      at coldfusion.filter.CachingFilter.invoke(CachingFilter.java:53)      at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:200)      at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86)      at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)      at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)      at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101)      at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106)      at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)      at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:286)      at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)      at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)      at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)      at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) TagContext array 1 struct COLUMN 0 ID CF_CFPAGE LINE 17 RAW_TRACE at cfws2ecfm1654921867.runPage(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm:17) TEMPLATE C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cfc\test\ws\ws.cfm TYPE CFML Type Expression errormsg ; nested exception is:       org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Comment must start with "<!--".

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MorganWood wrote:

1.

CALL

POST /SubmitInspection/Submitinspection.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: webservicestest.millinfo.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://webservice/Execute"

Is that the request/response from a SOAP call or defintions from the actual wsdl file?

[MorganWood]

It's the definitions from the actual WSDL file.

[MorganWood]

It almost looks like getSOAPResponse won't work because the service is returning straight XML instead of SOAP...

[-__cfSearching__-]

Weird. I was under the impression the function works for any webservice response

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/webservices_27.html

What happens if you try calling one of the methods on the ret.getAny() array? It looks like it contains xml nodes.

[MorganWood]

If I call <cfdump var="#ret.get_any().getLength()#"> I get:

Error Message: Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types or the getLength method is overloaded with argument types that ColdFusion cannot decipher reliably. ColdFusion found 0 methods that match the provided arguments. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity.

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It looks like ret.get_any() returns an array. So it should behave the same as a CF array. Try grabbing the first element. Then testing the methods.

<cfdump var="#arr[1].someMethodName()#"

[MorganWood]

Found it! It's at: #ret.get_any()[1].GetAsString())#.

Thanks for the help!

[ilssac]

Trial and error I tell you.

That is what I have allways have to go through to conume other web services like this.  Fetch, dump, experienment, fetch dump repeat over and over.

Glad you got it figured out.

[-__cfSearching__-]

Trial and error I tell you.

Test. Dump. (Lather. Rinse. Repeat.)