Using CreateObject for Webservice with username and password

[Carmon Colvin]

When using createObject() to call a web service how do I pass in the user name and password required by the service?

If I do a cfdump on the webservice object I see it has setUserName() and setPassword() methods but they don't seem to be working.

I also see there are properties named "USERNAME_PROPERTY" and "PASSWORD_PROPERTY" but I can't seem to modify them in code. I suppose they are protected.

example:
ws = createObject("webservice", " http://url.to/wsdl.xml", "serviceport");
ws.setUserName("myawesomeusername");
ws.setPassword("myawesomepassword");
myReturn = ws.serviceMethodCall("bla");

[Carmon Colvin]

For anyone that encounters the same issue/question; apparently you can't apply a username/password to the object call like you can when using <cfinvoke> to make a web service call.

FYI Adobe: this is VERY limiting, I have to use a web service that uses in/out parameters which to the best of my knowledge requires the use of createObject() but at the same time the web service requires a username and password which I can only do with <cfinvoke>. Looks like I will be writing a compiled custom tag just for a workaround.

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

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Originally posted by: MACRStockHolder
For anyone that encounters the same issue/question; apparently you can't apply a username/password to the object call like you can when using <cfinvoke> to make a web service call.

FYI Adobe: this is VERY limiting, I have to use a web service that uses in/out parameters which to the best of my knowledge requires the use of createObject() but at the same time the web service requires a username and password which I can only do with <cfinvoke>. Looks like I will be writing a compiled custom tag just for a workaround.

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According to the docs you can provide a username and password by passing a struct containing these items to CreateObject
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions_c-d_18.html#4514398

If you like cfinvoke use it. You can get return values by using the returnVariable argument. I would assume mutliple output parameters would be returned in a struct.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_i_10.html#4001127

[Carmon Colvin]

Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention this, I am stuck using CFMX 7. Looks like what I need is in CFMX 8.

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

Options:
1. Use the cfinvoke tag
2. setup the web service's username and password in the CF administator and use CreateObject function

Either option should work on CF7.