Connecting to SOAP Web Services
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is protocol that uses an XML-based format for sending and receiving messages via web services. The SOAP XML structure can consist of:
<envelope>
element that identifies the XML document as a SOAP message.<header>
element that contains header information specific to the application, like security credentials or instructions for processing the request.<body>
element that contains call and response information.<fault>
element containing errors and status information.
To get started working with SOAP web services, let’s review a simple tutorial using a Postman public SOAP API. You can apply these concepts to your own integration projects:
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