# LolSoap #

A library for dealing with SOAP requests and responses. We tear our hair
out so you don't have to.

* Code: https://github.com/loco2/lolsoap
* Gem: http://rubygems.org/gems/lolsoap
* Docs: http://rubydoc.info/gems/lolsoap/frames

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## Aims ##

* A collection of classes to make dealing with SOAP requests and
  responses, and WSDL documents, easier.
* The classes are intended to be loosely coupled and non-prescriptive
  about how they are used.
* LolSoap does not know anything about what HTTP library you want to
  use, and does not care whether you're doing the IO in a synchronous or
  asynchronous fashion. This does mean you have to provide a little bit
  of glue code, but the benefit is flexibility.
* No monkey-patching.
* Runs without warnings.

## Synopsis ##

``` ruby
# You will need your own HTTP client
http = MyHttpClient.new

# LolSoap::Client is just a thin wrapper object that handles creating
# other objects for you, with a given WSDL file
client = LolSoap::Client.new(File.read('lolapi.wsdl'))

# Create a request object
request = client.request('getLols')

# Populate the request with some data. Namespacing is taken care of
# using the type data from the WSDL.
request.body do |b|
  b.lolFactor '11'
  b.lolDuration 'lolever'
  ...
end

# See the full request XML
puts request.content

# Send that request!
raw_response = http.post(request.url, request.headers, request.content)

# Create a response object
response = client.response(request, raw_response)

# Get access to the XML structure (a Nokogiri::XML::Document)
p response.doc

# Get access to the first node inside the Body
p response.body

# Turn the body into a hash. The WSDL schema is used to work out which
# elements are supposed to be collections and which are just singular.
p response.body_hash
```

## Bugs/Features ##

* SOAP 1.1 is not supported. Patches to add support will be considered
  if they don't add too much extra complexity.
* WSSE is not supported.
* Assumes that you are able to supply a WSDL document for the service.

## Overview ##

These are some of the key classes. If you want, you can require them
directly (e.g. `require 'lolsoap/request'` rather than having to
`require 'lolsoap'`).

The main ones:

* `LolSoap::Request` - A HTTP request to be sent
* `LolSoap::Envelope` - The SOAP envelope in the body of a request
* `LolSoap::Response` - The API's response
* `LolSoap::WSDL` - A WSDL document

The others:

* `LolSoap::WSDLParser` - Lower level representation of the WSDL
  document
* `LolSoap::Builder` - XML builder object that knows about types, and
  therefore how elements should be namespaced.
* `LolSoap::Fault` - A SOAP 'fault' (error)
* `LolSoap::HashBuilder` - Builds hashes from the API response, using
  the WSDL type data to determine which elements are collection
  elements.

## Authors ##

* [Jon Leighton](http://jonathanleighton.com/)

Development sponsored by [Loco2](http://loco2.com/).

## License ##

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Loco2 Ltd.

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