8.4

Web services, a SOAP class of applications, expose their services via the Internet in a manner that lets
other applications access them, as well as use and combine them as required.
In order to access and successfully use Web services, client applications must know how to get them, what
operations they support, what parameters they expect, as well as what they return. SOAP servers make this
information available via WSDL (Web Service Description Language) files.
To configure a given SOAP Client Plug-In task in the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program, you
must first get its WSDL file (note that you cannot download the WSDL file over an HTTPS connection, so
you should use an HTTP connection to get the file and then switch back to a secure connection). This lets
you know which services the SOAP server provides, as well as each service’s methods and name spaces.
If firewalls control communication between the SOAP client and the Web servers, they must be configured
so as not to block client-server communication.
In the case of "string" type data, SOAP Client Plug-In tasks normalize all line endings to a single line feed
character.
Properties
General tab
l WSDL address: Enter the URL address of the WSDL file, or choose a previously selected address
from the drop-down list.
Note
The WSDL Address of a PlanetPress Workflow SOAP server is the following:
http://127.0.0.1:8080/wsdl/isoapact (assuming you are on the same machine and did not
change the default HTTP port).
l Get: Click to get the WSDL file from the SOAP server and populate the Service box below.
l Service: Choose an available Web service from this drop-down list to populate the Method box below.
You may also enter the service name directly if the WSDL file cannot be found.
l Method: Choose an available method from this drop-down list. This populates the Namespace box
below. You may also enter the method name directly.