SoapHttpClient

A lightweight wrapper of an HttpClient (using IHttpClientFactory) for POSTing messages that allows the user to send the SOAP Body and Header (if needed) without caring about the envelope.

Changelog

3.0.0

• Replaced HttpClient with HttpClientFactory.

2.2.1

• Added support for Cancellation Tokens.

2.2.0

• Updated codebase.
• Migrated test project to .net core app.
• Fixed an error of SOAPAction not being sent.

2.1.0

• Updated to NetStandardLibrary 2.0
• Fixed a bug where an extension method was calling himself recursively

2.0.0

• Major refactor to the codebase.
• Added the functionality of adding more than one header and/or body in the envelope.
• The ctor will no longer determine the SoapVersion, since it is a message property and the API should be ignorant about this.
• [BREAKING CHANGE]: SoapVersion is now required for every message.
• [BREAKING CHANGE]: Removed methods where the endpoint was a string instead of an uri.

API

Constructors

SoapClient()

Initializes SoapClient with a default IHttpClientFactory that implements automatic decompression.

SoapClient(IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory)

Initializes SoapClient with a IHttpClientFactory provided by the caller. The IHttpClientFactory is the new interface used to manage HttpClient introduced on .NET Core 2.1.

Methods

All Methods and Extension Methods returns a Task of HttpResponseMessage

The interface makes the client implement the following method:

Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(
	Uri endpoint,
	SoapVersion soapVersion,
	IEnumerable<XElement> bodies,
	IEnumerable<XElement> headers = null,
	string? action = null,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = CancellationToken.Default);

Allowing us to send the following calls:

• Uri / Version / Bodies
• Uri / Version / Bodies / Headers
• Uri / Version / Bodies / Headers / Action

Then there are sugar sintax extension methods:

Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(
	this ISoapClient client,
	Uri endpoint,
	SoapVersion soapVersion,
	XElement body,
	XElement header = null,
	string? action = null,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = CancellationToken.Default);

Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(
	this ISoapClient client,
	Uri endpoint,
	SoapVersion soapVersion,
	IEnumerable<XElement> bodies,
	XElement header,
	string? action = null,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = CancellationToken.Default);

Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(
	this ISoapClient client,
	Uri endpoint,
	SoapVersion soapVersion,
	XElement body,
	IEnumerable<XElement> headers,
	string? action = null,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = CancellationToken.Default);

Allowing us to send the following calls:

• Uri / Version / Body
• Uri / Version / Body / Header
• Uri / Version / Body / Header / Action
• Uri / Version / Bodies / Header
• Uri / Version / Bodies / Header / Action
• Uri / Version / Body / Headers
• Uri / Version / Body / Headers / Action

With all of these variants we can send a message with:

• 1 Body - 1 Header
• 1 Body - N Headers
• N Bodies - 1 Header
• N Bodies - N Headers

There are also extension methods for sync calls: However we always recommend using async programming when you are able.

Their method name is Post and their return type is HttpResponseMessage

Finally, we have extensions methods for using bodies and headers as objects and using serialization the default or a custom IXElementSerializer to serialize those objects to XElement.

Usage Examples

Controlling the Media Type

As the SoapHttpClient wraps a HttpClient you can control all aspects of the HTTP Request using a HttpMessageHandler:

public class ContentTypeChangingHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
  public ContentTypeChangingHandler(HttpMessageHandler innerHandler) : base(innerHandler) { }

  protected async override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
    HttpRequestMessage request,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  {
    request.Content.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/xml; charset=utf-8");
    return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
  }
}

Call NASA

async Task CallNasaAsync()
{
    var soapClient = new SoapClient();
    var ns = XNamespace.Get("http://helio.spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/");

    var result =
        await soapClient.PostAsync(
            new Uri("http://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/WS/helio/1/HeliocentricTrajectoriesService"),
            SoapVersion.Soap11,
            body: new XElement(ns.GetName("getAllObjects")));

    result.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
}

Result of Calling NASA Heliocentric Trajectories Service

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <S:Body>
      <ns2:getAllObjectsResponse xmlns:ns2="http://helio.spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/">
         <return>
            <endDate>1993-01-01T00:00:00Z</endDate>
            <id>0001</id>
            <name>COMET GRIGG-SKJLP</name>
            <startDate>1992-01-01T00:00:00Z</startDate>
         </return>
         <return>
            <endDate>1996-03-02T00:00:00Z</endDate>
            <id>0002</id>
            <name>COMET H-M-P</name>
            <startDate>1996-01-01T00:00:00Z</startDate>
         </return>
         <return>
            <endDate>1997-12-31T00:00:00Z</endDate>
            <id>0003</id>
            <name>COMET HALE-BOPP</name>
            <startDate>1997-01-01T00:00:00Z</startDate>
         </return>
         .
         .
         .
      </ns2:getAllObjectsResponse>
   </S:Body>
</S:Envelope>

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