Re: SOAP in Pike?

Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
>It helped.  Even though I originally didn't intend to, I got sidetracked and
>implemented something close to a full SOAP-wdsl parser.
>I'm currently determining what the most appropriate sync and/or async interface
>to Pike would be.

>Suggestions are welcome.

Maybe nobody cares, then again, maybe lyskom still has a treasuretrove of
messages on this SOAP-thread...

In any case, lo and behold, there now is usable SOAP in Pike 8.1:
- The wsdl parser works for a lot of types, but probably not all (yet).
  The parser is not a fullblown-faithful implementation according to the RFC,
  it's more like a minimal version that still allows meaningful communication.
  The RFC spec on SOAP is unwieldy, to say the least.
- It uses the fashionable Promise interface.

Sample code:

 Web.SOAP.Promise("https://foo.bar/Logon.svc?wsdl")
  .on_success(lambda(Web.SOAP.Client soap) {
   Web.SOAP.Arguments args, sh;
   args               = soap->getarguments("Logon");
   sh                 = args->LogonRequestMsg;
   sh->Username       = "foo";
   sh->Password       = "bar";
   sh->WebServiceType = "Publisher";

   soap->call(args)
    .on_success(lambda(mixed resp) {
     string token = resp->CredentialToken;
   });
 });

This was about as clean as I could get SOAP (pun intended).
-- 
Stephen.