how to make http request from xml soap? - node.js

Question

I am implementing one of the payment gateway(Advance cash) in my application.Here is the link :
Adv documentaion
According to its documentation I have to made request for transaction. But the request mention in it in xml format.
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:wsm="http://wsm.advcash/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<wsm:sendMoney>
<arg0>
<apiName>api_name</apiName>
<authenticationToken>token</authenticationToken>
<accountEmail>name#example.com</accountEmail>
</arg0>
<arg1>
<amount>1.00</amount>
<currency>USD</currency>
<email>name#example.com</email>
<note>Some note</note>
<savePaymentTemplate>false</savePaymentTemplate>
</arg1>
</wsm:sendMoney>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
I think it is kind of soap request,I want to know how to request this and what are the parameters I have to send using my node js application using "request" npm module.Please help.

Answer 1

You should use node-soap package. There is a request option which override the request module.

Answer 2

I made a sample, take a look
service.ts:
const service = {
UserService: {
ServicePort: {
getUserById(args) {
const user = { id: args.id, name: faker.name.findName(), email: faker.internet.email() };
return user;
}
}
}
};
service.wsdl:
<definitions name="Service" targetNamespace="http://localhost:8001/get-started/service.wsdl"
xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:tns="http://localhost:8001/get-started/service.wsdl"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<message name="GetUserByIdInput">
<part name="id" type="xsd:string"></part>
</message>
<message name="GetUserByIdOutput">
<part name="id" type="xsd:string"></part>
<part name="name" type="xsd:string"></part>
<part name="email" type="xsd:string"></part>
</message>
<portType name="ServicePortType">
<operation name="getUserById">
<input message="tns:GetUserByIdInput"/>
<output message="tns:GetUserByIdOutput"></output>
</operation>
</portType>
<binding name="ServiceSoapBinding" type="tns:ServicePortType">
<soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<operation name="getUserById">
<soap:operation soapAction="getUserById"/>
<input message="tns:GetUserByIdInput">
<soap:body parts="id" use="literal"/>
</input>
<output message="tns:GetUserByIdOutput">
<soap:body parts="id" use="literal"/>
<soap:body parts="name" use="literal"/>
<soap:body parts="email" use="literal"/>
</output>
</operation>
</binding>
<service name="UserService">
<documentation>Get started service</documentation>
<port name="ServicePort" binding="tns:ServiceSoapBinding">
<soap:address location="http://localhost:8001/get-started"/>
</port>
</service>
</definitions>
request.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:tns="http://localhost:8001/get-started/service.wsdl">
<soap:Body>
<tns:getUserById>
<id>8104d3c3-de13-432f-b4a0-a62f84f6206a</id>
</tns:getUserById>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
server.spec.ts:
it('should get correct result using http request and static xml', async (done: jest.DoneCallback) => {
const xml = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, './static-xml.xml'), 'utf8');
const uuid = '8104d3c3-de13-432f-b4a0-a62f84f6206a';
const options = {
url,
method: 'POST',
body: xml,
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'text/xml;charset=utf-8',
'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip,deflate',
'Content-Length': xml.length
}
};
const rawXml = await request(options);
parser.parseString(rawXml, (err, actualValue) => {
if (err) {
done(err);
}
console.log('actualValue: ', JSON.stringify(actualValue));
expect(actualValue['soap:Envelope']['soap:Body']['tns:getUserByIdResponse']['tns:id']).toBe(uuid);
done();
});
});
The result:
actualValue: {"soap:Envelope":{"$":{"xmlns:soap":"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/","xmlns:tns":"http://localhost:8001/get-started/service.wsdl"},"soap:Body":{"tns:getUserByIdResponse":{"tns:id":"bf0f6172-2f53-4b33-94c8-9ff9ed8fd431","tns:name":"Theo Leannon","tns:email":"Brent.Berge#hotmail.com"}}}}
Here is the demo: https://github.com/mrdulin/nodejs-soap/tree/master/src/get-started