SOAP 1.2 web service

Overview

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is an XML-based protocol for accessing web services over HTTP.

SOAP allows applications running on different operating systems to communicate using different technologies and programming languages. You can use SOAP APIs to create, retrieve, update or delete records, such as passwords, accounts, leads, and custom objects, from a server.

The SOAP 1.2 Web Service source supports batch syncs.

Info tab

You can find the parameters in the Info tab below (Image 1).

Values

Parameter	Description	Example
Title	Mandatory. Input a name for your data sync	SOAP Sync
Variables	Optional. Review our documentation on Variables here for more information about this field.
Permissions	Data syncs are role based access systems where you can give specific groups read, write, execute, and/or all of the above with admin access. Inputting at least an Admin Group is mandatory.

Image 1: The Info Tab

Source tab

The following table outlines the mandatory and optional parameters you will find on the Source tab (Image 2).

Source Details

Namespaces

You are required to define every Namespace present in your SOAP request, or in the SOAP response. You must define an envelope schema in the Namespace section. Use the following schema as a default:

• Name: soapenv

• Value: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

Parameter	Description	Example
Namespaces - Name	Name of your SOAP namespace tags in request and response.	"soapenv"
Namespaces - Value	URL describing this namespace in the response.	"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

SOAP 1.2 parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
authType	Mandatory. Select the type of authentication you wish to use in this sync: None, WSSE, Basic.	Basic
Use Password Digest	Use only with WSSE authType and Password Type as PasswordDigest. Otherwise, leave unchecked.
Request Timeout	Mandatory. Set a timeout in milliseconds. No maximum value. Minimum greater than 0. Default is 100 milliseconds.	2000
Endpoint	Mandatory. Contains your SOAP 1.2 Web Service API endpoint.
Has Mtom Response	Required to be true if SOAP API response contains an attachment outside the message.
Record Xpath	Mandatory. The Xpath to select records to extract from the SOAP response. Starts with ‘//’ followed by the tag name.
Envelope Namespace	Namespace prefix for SOAP request elements. Make sure the envelope matches the Namespace definition for the envelope.	"soapenv"

Image 2: The Source Tab

Schema

The Schema section is where you define which source columns you want to sync in your connection. You can repeat the values for multiple columns.

Parameter	Description	Example
Name	Mandatory. The name of your column as it appears in the source.	Name
Alias	Optional. You may choose to use an alias on your column so that it has a different name in the data sync.
Data Type	Mandatory. The data type of the column values.	Text
Description	Optional. You may choose to add a description to your column.

Select Show Advanced for more options for the Schema section.

Parameter	Description	Example
Mandatory	If both Mandatory and Validated are checked on a column, then rows where the column is empty are rejected If just Mandatory is checked on a column, then all rows are synced with the execution log status of failed, and the source error of "Mandatory Rule Violation" If just Validated is checked on a column, then all rows are synced.
Validate Data	If both Mandatory and Validated are checked on a column, then rows where the column is empty are rejected If just Validated is checked on a column, then all rows are synced.
Trim Whitespace	Optional if data type = text. For Text data types, you can choose whether to trim the whitespace.
Max Length	Optional if data type = text. You can input a numerical value in this field that represents the maximum length of the data that can be synced in your column. If the value is exceeded, the row will be rejected (you can find this error in the Execution Log).

You can choose to add in a Transformation > String Replacement by inputting the following:

Parameter	Description	Example
Pattern	Mandatory if using a Transformation. The pattern for your string replacement.
Replacement	What you want to replace your pattern with.

Note that you can have more than one String Replacement

Image 2: The Source Tab

Next steps

• Configure your Destination

• Define your Sync Actions.

• Add in your Post Sync Scripts, if required.

• Click Jobs > Start a Job to begin your sync.

1. Namespace Value