SOAP requests are requests to a SOAP service. This section describes how to work with them in ReadyAPI.
To open the SOAP Request editor:
Select the desired request in the Navigator panel.
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Right-click the related SOAP Request test step in the Navigator and select Show Operation.
To configure the SOAP request use one of the following panels:
Tip
The Raw shows the actual content of the last sent request.
To validate the displayed XML message content:
Right-click in the XML editor and select Validate:
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Click
in the Form editor:
In case of an error, ReadyAPI shows its description below the editor:
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You can also autoformat the XML message content for easier viewing:
Right-click in the editor.
Select Format XML.
ReadyAPI indents child elements:
In ReadyAPI you can add the following WS-* specifications:
The Request Editor contains several helper panels, specific for SOAP requests:
The XML Schema Definition (XSD) panel shows the current nodes corresponding to the XML Schema definition. For simple types such as sequences, the complex type containing them is displayed instead. The title contains the name of the current type, if it is available. The screenshot below shows schema information for the selected element.
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Note
The panel requires the message to comply with the currently imported WSDL file. For example, if the received response has an updated namespace, the panel will not be able to display schema information.
The Doc panel shows schema annotations for the currently selected type. These annotations are also available as tooltips in the Outline panel. This feature is useful as the source editor.
The Table panel displays a tabular view of siblings and children of the item selected on the Outline panel.
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Siblings are shown as table rows, children are shown as table columns. If siblings have the same children as the selected node, these children are also displayed.