Consuming WSDL

Report · Jan 28, 2008

I need to jump into making requests of a WSDL feed - yesterday. Specifically I am trying to help a client using Netsuite to access their inventory at https://webservices.netsuite.com/wsdl/v2_5_0/netsuite.wsdl

I am clueless and it is taking me way too long to find the plethora of info on web services.

So I am looking around for a specific course/ tut / ONLINE anything that will help me fast track to some WSDL consumption. Paid is ok - I don't always expect free training:) If anyone has worked with Netsuite before I would be eternally grateful for any advice you could offer on this front.

Thanks so much for anything you can do to point me in the right direction.
Chris

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Use the cfinvoke tag. Details are in the cfml reference manual. If you don't have one, the internet does.

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Tutorial on EasyCFM
http://tutorial239.easycfm.com/

Ben Forta's CFWACK books
http://www.forta.com/books/0321515471/

CF documentation
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=webservices_01.html#1141005

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Oddly enough I think my trouble is not with how at this point. I think I understand how - but I can not interpret my responses well enough. It would seem that when I call the service - it does in fact call the correct service - b/c I can dump the object and get a list of all the methods available(including the one I want to use) However I am consistantly getting a miserable error that makes no sense to me....

Web service operation "login" with parameters {{PASSWORD={xxx},EMAIL={xxx},ACCOUNT={xxx},ROLE={31},}} could not be found.

I mean it looks simple enough - the method "login" is not available. However if I dump the object you can see that login is in fact an accepted method....

object of com.netsuite.webservices.platform_2_5.NetSuiteBindingStub
Methods
add (returns com.netsuite.webservices.platform.messages_2_5.WriteResponse)
get (returns com.netsuite.webservices.platform.messages_2_5.ReadResponse)
.
.
login (returns com.netsuite.webservices.platform.messages_2_5.SessionResponse)
.
.etc

So I gues I really need to know how do I interpret this? The message says no method called login - but the object says "Hey I have the method login - go ahead try it."

I'm pulling what little hair I have left - out at the roots

Thanks again all - and great link Bob - I did not see that one on the cfdocs - dunno how I missed it.

Chris

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Post both your code and the WSDL.

Report · Jan 28, 2008

I am hoping this load correctly for you - it is currently taking forever to run on my server the first time.

http://www.echowebs.com/wsdl.cfm

here is the code - minus the vitals....

Report · Jan 28, 2008

quote:

Originally posted by: echowebs
Oddly enough I think my trouble is not with how at this point. I think I understand how - but I can not interpret my responses well enough. It would seem that when I call the service - it does in fact call the correct service - b/c I can dump the object and get a list of all the methods available(including the one I want to use) However I am consistantly getting a miserable error that makes no sense to me....

Web service operation "login" with parameters {{PASSWORD={xxx},EMAIL={xxx},ACCOUNT={xxx},ROLE={31},}} could not be found.
Chris

When I get that error it's because the function had an argument that I didn't provide. This happens even when the argument is declared optional in the webservice code.

It also appears that your cfinvoke tag does not have the same syntax that I remember from the manual.

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Little did I realize that posting that file put the user info out there for the world to see. I had to remove the user info - but the error message is exactly as you will see it - except the user info is invalid. know that this is not the trouble b/c you see the exact same error as I do with the correct user info

Report · Jan 28, 2008

I am not using the cfinvoke that section is commented out. I am using the cfscript vars. I will look into the extra args thought that could very well be.

Report · Jan 28, 2008

When you create a structure for your arguments, you need to use the argumentcollection keyword.

Report · Jan 28, 2008

Disclaimer: I am not the world's greatest SOAP expert so I might not be on the right track, but here's my thoughts.

It looks like the service expects some data to be passed in the SOAP headers.

(from wsdl)
<message name="headers">
<part name="applicationInfo" element="platformMsgs:applicationInfo"/>
<part name="partnerInfo" element="platformMsgs:partnerInfo"/>
<part name="documentInfo" element="platformMsgs:documentInfo"/>
<part name="sessionInfo" element="platformMsgs:sessionInfo"/>
<part name="preferences" element="platformMsgs:preferences"/>
<part name="searchPreferences" element="platformMsgs:searchPreferences"/>
</message>

See objects defined in https://webservices.netsuite.com/xsd/platform/v2_5_0/messages.xsd

I have not used this feature in CF, but take a look at the AddSOAPRequestHeader function to provide info within the headers.

References:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Part_4_CF_DevGuide_1.html

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions_a-b_03.html#5050827

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Consuming WSDL