SOAP MTOM attachments with Linux CURL - linux

Question

So far I've been sending attachments with SOAP using simple base64 encoding and placing them inline - all done by CURL. Now I have a new request, where attachments need to be sent as MTOM attachments, the question is: is it possible with linux curl? Probably I would need a content-type of multipart/related or similar.
I can see that it is possible using JAX-WS, but in order to do this we would have to develop a new client which isn't actually the best option for us.
Please, tell me if it is possible, and if yes, give me any hints how to do it.

Answer 1

You can include the file content in base64 encoding and using curl post.
Here is one example:
Have mtom sample from axis2 installed and working for you
Construct the following sample req.xml
$ cat req.xml
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:mtom="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/mtomsample/" xmlns:xm="http://www.w3.org/2005/05/xmlmime">
<soap:Header/>
<soap:Body>
<mtom:AttachmentRequest>
<mtom:fileName>one.txt</mtom:fileName>
<mtom:binaryData xm:contentType="application/txt">SSBhbSB0aGUgZ3JlYXRlc3Qu</mtom:binaryData>
</mtom:AttachmentRequest>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
post the request using curl
$ cat req.xml | curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/soap+xml' -d #-
http://yourmachine.com:8080/axis2/services/MTOMSample.MTOMSampleSOAP12port_http/
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soapenv:Body>
<ns2:AttachmentResponse xmlns:ns2="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/mtomsample/">
File saved succesfully.
</ns2:AttachmentResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Does this work for you?