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Importing a Webservice into a project

Description and properties of a Webservice

Using a Webservice

Distributing a WINDEV application that is using a Webservice

Related examples

See also

Importing/Consuming Webservices

Overview

WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import Webservices into your applications.

A Webservice is a set of entry points made available to the users in order to perform different processes. For example, a service for remote access provides the processes used to access the data. The exchanges of information with a Webservice are performed in XML format and they use the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and HTTP protocols.

From the description in WSDL format (Web Services Description Language) of this service, WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile will automatically generate the WLanguage types and functions corresponding to the programming interface of Webservice.

Note: For backward compatibility with the earlier versions, you can also ask to generate a set of procedures or a class whose methods correspond to the Webservice operations. However, we recommend you that use the new mechanism for automatically generation of native types.

To use the Webservice, all you have to do is use the functions generated during the import.

This help page presents:

How to import a Webservice into a project.
How to update the description of a Webservice in a project.
How to use a Webservice in a project.
How to distribute a WINDEV application that is using a Webservice.

Versions 17 and later

This feature is now available for the Android applications.

This feature is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Using a Webservice in an Android project is available from Android version 2.2.

New in version 17

This feature is now available for the Android applications.

This feature is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Using a Webservice in an Android project is available from Android version 2.2.

This feature is now available for the Android applications.

This feature is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Using a Webservice in an Android project is available from Android version 2.2.

Versions 18 and later

This feature is now available for the applications in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This feature is now available for the applications in Windows Store apps mode.

Importing a Webservice into a project

Import

To import a Webservice:

Select the "Workshop .. Webservices (SOAP, .Net, J2EE) .. Import and use a Webservice in this project" option. The wizard for importing a Webservice starts.On the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, expand "Import" and select "A Webservice (Soap, .Net, J2EE)".
The wizard for importing a Webservice starts.On the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, expand "Import" and select "A Webservice (Soap, .Net, J2EE)". The wizard for importing a Webservice starts.On the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, expand "Import" and select "A Webservice".
The wizard for importing a Webservice starts.
In the wizard, the presentation screen is displayed. Go to the next step.
Specify the location of the WSDL. This file corresponds to the webservice description. It contains the description of each function found in the Webservice as well as their parameters.
Two methods can be used to locate the WSDL:
- from a URL, HTTP address where the WSDL is found.
  Notes:
  - You have the ability to specify the user name and the password if an authentication is required.
  - Versions 22 and later
    The "Proxy" button is used to configure the proxy options if necessary.
    New in version 22
    The "Proxy" button is used to configure the proxy options if necessary.
    The "Proxy" button is used to configure the proxy options if necessary.
- from an XML file found on the current computer.
Note: We do not advise you to check "Import in mode compatible with version 14". In this case, the management of the calls to the Webservice is more complex and the new types are not supported (arrays, structure, etc.). See Importing Webservices in compatible mode for more details.
Validate the wizard. A message is displayed, indicating that the import is ended.
The Webservice is automatically added into the "Project explorer" pane (in the "Webservices" branch). It is ready to use.

Project explorer: viewing a webservice

The imported Webservice is found in the "Webservices" folder of project explorer:

The structure includes:

the name of the Webservice.
the name of each function.
the name of a structure containing either the call parameters, or the return values.
the name of each variable in the structure.

Description and properties of a Webservice

Updating the description of a Webservice

When a Webservice evolves (corrections, new versions, etc.), its description may also evolve.

To update the description of a Webservice in your project:

Select the Webservice in the "Project explorer" pane.
Select "Update" from the popup menu.

Note: The Webservices imported by using the compatibility mechanism with the earlier versions cannot be updated.

Properties of a Webservice modifiable in the editor

To modify the properties of a Webservice in the editor:

Select the Webservice in the "Project explorer" pane.
Select "Description" from the popup menu.
The window of properties is displayed. The following properties can be modified in this window:
- The import address of Webservice: it is the URL used to reach the WSDL describing the Webservice.
- The user name and the password used to import the WSDL.

Using a Webservice

Principle

To use a Webservice, you must:

Declare 2 variables: a variable used to specify the call parameters and a variable used to retrieve the response.
Initialize each variable of the call structure.
Call the Webservice function by passing the call variable in parameter and retrieve the response variable in return.

Example:

trackingSearch is trackSearch
trackingSearchRes is resultTrackSearch
trackingSearch.accountNumber = 99999999
trackingSearch.consigneesCountry = "FR"
trackingSearch.consigneesZipCode = "37100"
trackingSearch.sendersRef = "111111"
trackingSearchRes = TrackingServiceWSService.trackSearch(trackingSearch)

IF ErrorOccurred() THEN
Trace("Failed to call the Webservice: " + ErrorInfo(errFullDetails))
ELSE
Trace("Webservice successfully run")
END

In most cases, the result returned by the Webservice is in XML format. Therefore, the XML functions must be used to decode the response.

Properties associated with the Webservice

To handle a Webservice by programming, all you have to do is use the name of the Webservice (found in the project explorer).

Note: A Drag and Drop can be performed from the project explorer to the code editor in order to insert the Webservice name.

The following properties can be modified by programming:

Name	Type used	Effect

Address	Character string	Used to replace the call address of Webservice described in the WSDL by another URL. This property is useful if the Webservice is hosted on different servers. This property has the following format: "http://server:port/webservice_path". For a Webservice generated with WINDEV and deployed on a WEBDEV Application Server, it is the URL of the file whose extension is "awws". Notes: The modification of this property replaces all the URLs described in the WSDL. If this property corresponds to an empty string (""), the URLs described in the WSDL will be re-used.
	Integer constant	Used to force the HTTP authentication method: auAutomatic (default value): automatic authentication method. auBasic: Basic authentication method. auNegotiate: Negotiate authentication method.
IgnoreError	Combination of constants	Used to ignore the certificate errors. the following constants can be used: httpIgnoreInvalidCertificate: Used to ignore an invalid certificate or a certificate coming from an unknown company. httpIgnoreInvalidCertificateName: Used to ignore the name of the site found in the certificate. httpIgnoreExpiredCertificate: Used to ignore the date of the certificate. httpIgnoreRedirectToHTTP: Used to redirect to a non-secure server. httpIgnoreRedirectToHTTPS: Used to redirect to a secure server. httpIgnoreRevocation: Used to ignore the check in the list of revoked certificates. Notes: The errors regarding the security of transactions are ignored. IgnoreError is not available. Notes: The errors regarding the security of transactions are ignored. IgnoreError is not available. Before version 200057, the errors regarding the security of transactions were ignored. IgnoreError was not available. From version 200057, the following errors are supported: httpIgnoreExpiredCertificate, httpIgnoreInvalidCertificate, httpIgnoreInvalidCertificateName, httpIgnoreRevocation. The other errors are ignored. For backward compatibility, all the errors are ignored by default.
Versions 18 and later MethodHTTP New in version 18 MethodHTTP MethodHTTP	Integer constant	HTTP method used to call the Webservice: httpPost (default value): POST method httpPut: PUT method
Port	Character string	Name of the port defined in the WSDL. It is the port used to communicate with the server that is hosting the Webservice. See your network manager or the owner of the Webservice.
User	Character string	User name that will be used to perform the authentication during the HTTP requests to the Webservice. This name is used only if an authentication is required to access the server on which the Webservice is hosted. With the Negotiate authentication method, the domain must be added to the user depending on the configuration: myWebservice..User = "DOMAIN\User" or myWebservice..User = "User@DOMAIN"
Password	Character string	Password used to perform the authentication during the HTTP requests to the Webservice. This name is used only if an authentication is required to access the server on which the Webservice is hosted.

Note:

If a user name and a password are specified, the authentication of the HTTP requests will be done by using the "Basic" authentication schema, in which the parameters are in clear in the HTTP request. We recommend that you use HTTPS requests if the authentication is required.
If the server that hosts the Webservice requires a Windows authentication in HTTP, HTTPParameter must be called before consuming the Webservice (in order for Internet Explorer to be used for the HTTP requests).

Caution: The properties modifiable in the editor and the properties modifiable by programming have no link.

Properties available on the types of variables

The types of variables automatically declared when importing the WSDL propose several properties:

Name	Type used	Effect

Exist	Boolean	True if the type of variable exists in the Webservice response, False otherwise.
Occurrence	Integer	Number of elements of this type in the response of the Webservice. A Webservice can return arrays of variables. ..Occurrence is used to find out the size of returned array and the [ ] operator is used to access the array elements.
Type	Character string	Name of the variable type. This property is used when a Webservice is likely to return responses of different types.
Value	Variant	Value of variable. Note: This property is accessed by default when only the variable name is used. For example: myWebservice.RequestVariable = EDT_Value is equivalent to: myWebservice.RequestVariable..Value = EDT_Value

You cannot use a method that manages a shared context.

Advanced operations of the XML stream of the Webservice

In some cases, you may have to handle the XML data stream exchanged with the Webservice. Some Webservices ask for example to add headers into their XML stream to allow the authentication or return meta information in the response headers.

The following functions can be used to respond to these particular requests:


SOAPPrepare	Builds the request to the Webservice for a given function and parameters but it does not send it.
SOAPAddHeader	Adds custom headers into a call to a Webservice.
SOAPGetHeader	Re-reads the information found in the header of the Webservice response.
SOAPAddAttribute	Declares the additional attributes (not found in the WSDL) on a Webservice variable automatically generated. It is used in advanced programming when the WSDL returned by the Webservice does not exactly correspond to the expected type.

Special case: the Webservice returns a result whose type is not recognized by WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile

The types of variables available in WINDEV and the ones available in a SOAP Webservice can differ.

The simple types (boolean, integer, etc.) and the complex types (datetime, duration, structures, arrays of simple types and array of structures, nested structures, etc.) used in the Webservice are automatically converted into the WLanguage format (and conversely) when the service is imported into a project. The Array types are also supported.

The most evolved types (classes, advanced types of WLanguage, etc.) are processed as character strings in the WLanguage code. These character strings contain the XML code corresponding to the type of variable returned by the Webservice and to its content.

Therefore, if a Webservice returns a result as a class instance, this result will be processed in the procedure as a character string in XML format. Then, you will have to process this character string (in WLanguage) in order to extract the requested information. See the XML functions for more details.

Notes:

If the Webservice returns a structure, the name of the members found in the return structure is case sensitive.
If you are using a structure in parameter of a Webservice function and if a DATE member is not assigned, the following error will be displayed: "The 0000-00-00 value does not respect the XSD schema".

Distributing a WINDEV application that is using a Webservice

To distribute an application that is using a Webservice, all you have to do is include the file describing the Webservice (.wsdl file) in the library of the application.

In order for the application to be able to run the Webservice, the end-user computers must have an access to Internet.

Note: Before distributing an application that is using a Webservice, we recommend that you check the license and the distribution rights of this service (in case there is a free for the service).

Related Examples:

Training (WINDEV): WD Webservice Client

[ + ] This example illustrates the use of WebServices.
It explains how to retrieve, from a WebService, images according to keywords.
This project is the client that connects to the "WD Webservice Server" WebService.

Training (WINDEV): WD Webservice Server

[ + ] This example illustrates the use of the WebServices.
It explains how to create a WebService by providing some images according to keywords.
This project is the WebService that is used th the WD Webservice Client project.

See also

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Comments

Alterando o endereço do Webservice

localurl is boolean//

IF localurl = False THEN
WebserviceJson..Address = "http://DESKTOP-C6804SU/WEBSERVICESOAP_WEB/awws/WebserviceJson.awws"
ELSE
WebserviceJson..Address = "http://200.203.134.1/WEBSERVICESOAP_WEB/awws/WebserviceJson.awws"
END

varx is string = WebserviceJson..Address

envio01 is a ws_select_clientesResponse //inicia o metodo

envio01 = ws_select_clientes("Adriano") //passagem de parametros

sResultado is string = envio01.ws_select_clientesResult // pegando o resultado

stArrClientes is Structure
clientesID is 8-bytes int
nome is string
telefone is string
status is boolean
avatar is string
token is string
END

arrClientes is array of stArrClientes

arrClientes = JSONToVariant(sResultado)

FOR EACH stcliente OF arrClientes

TableAdd(TABLE_Clientes,stcliente.nome +TAB+ stcliente.telefone +TAB+ stcliente.status)

END

BOLLER

07 Aug. 2018

Consumir WebService - Cotação Dolar

//Buscar em Json
// http://api.promasters.net.br/cotacao/
s_url is string="http://api.promasters.net.br/cotacao/v1/valores"
IF HTTPRequest(s_url) THEN
SAI_Resultado= HTTPGetResult()
END
let jz=JSONToVariant(SAI_Resultado)
TableDeleteAll(TABLE_indices)
FOR EACH _m OF jz..Member
TableAddLine(TABLE_indices,_m..Name+TAB+" = "+_m..Value)
TableAddLine(TABLE_indices,"=========================")
mebros(_m)
END
INTERNAL PROCEDURE mebros(x)
FOR EACH _m2 OF x..Member
TableAddLine(TABLE_indices,_m2.nome,_m2.valor,_m2.fonte,_m2.ultima_consulta)
END
END

//

//Buscal em Xml
s_url is string="http://api.promasters.net.br/cotacao/v1/valores?alt=xml"
IF HTTPRequest(s_url) THEN
SAI_Resultado= HTTPGetResult()
END
TableDeleteAll(TABLE_indices) // Elimina Dados da Tabela
XMLDocument("XML1",SAI_Resultado)
_status is string=XMLRead("XML1","/Root/status")
TableAddLine(TABLE_indices,"Status",_status)
s_nome is string=""
s_valor is string=""
s_fonte is string=""
s_ultima_consulta is string=""
s_nome_tag is string=""
XMLFind("XML1",Null,XMLElément+XMLChildItem,XMLStartWith)
WHILE XMLFound("XML1") //Percorrer xml
SWITCH XMLElementType("XML1")
CASE XMLTag :
s_nome_tag = XMLElementName("XML1") // vou pegar nome da tag
IF s_nome_tag="nome" THEN s_nome=XMLData("XML1")
IF s_nome_tag="valor" THEN s_valor=XMLData("XML1")
IF s_nome_tag="ultima_consulta" THEN s_ultima_consulta=XMLData("XML1")
IF s_nome_tag="fonte" THEN s_fonte=XMLData("XML1")
END
IF s_fonte<>"" THEN
TableAddLine(TABLE_indices,s_nome,s_valor,s_fonte,s_ultima_consulta)
s_nome=""
s_valor=""
s_fonte=""
s_ultima_consulta=""
END
XMLNext("XML1")
END
XMLClose("XML1")
//Fim Buscal em Xml

// Blog com Video E Exemplo

http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2017/02/aula-1055-webservice-007-consumir.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQPRcX5iVE

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21 Feb. 2017

Consumir WebService - Cnpj Receita

//Retorno Json
{
"atividade_principal": [
{
"text": "Desenvolvimento e licenciamento de programas de computador customizÃ¡veis",
"code": "62.02-3-00"
}
],
"data_situacao": "03/11/2005",
"complemento": "SALA 15",
"nome": "MATOS INFORMATICA - EIRELI - EPP",
"uf": "RS",
"telefone": "(51) 3595-1132 / (51) 3595-2474",
"atividades_secundarias": [
{
"text": "Desenvolvimento e licenciamento de programas de computador nÃ£o-customizÃ¡veis",
"code": "62.03-1-00"
}
],
"qsa": [
{
"qual": "65-Titular Pessoa FÃsica Residente ou Domiciliado no Brasil",
"nome": "AMARILDO DE MATOS"
}
],
"situacao": "ATIVA",
"bairro": "PATRIA NOVA",
"logradouro": "R PARAIBA",
"numero": "198",
"cep": "93.410-130",
"municipio": "NOVO HAMBURGO",
"abertura": "23/05/1989",
"natureza_juridica": "230-5 - Empresa Individual de Responsabilidade Limitada (de Natureza EmpresÃ¡ria)",
"cnpj": "92.715.978/0001-58",
"ultima_atualizacao": "2017-01-04T22:35:08.977Z",
"status": "OK",
"tipo": "MATRIZ",
"fantasia": "",
"email": "",
"efr": "",
"motivo_situacao": "",
"situacao_especial": "",
"data_situacao_especial": "",
"capital_social": "100000.00",
"extra": {}
}
//
//Buscar em Json
// https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/NumeroCnpj
//https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/92715978000158
s_url is string="https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/"+SAI_Cnpj
IF HTTPRequest(s_url) THEN
SAI_resultado= HTTPGetResult()
//Vai retornar os dados do cnpj em Json
END

_dados_atividade is Structure
text is string
code is string
FIN
_dados_qsa is Structure
qual is string
nome is string
FIN
_dados_cnpj is Structure
atividade_principal is array of _dados_atividade
atividades_secundarias is array of _dados_atividade
qsa is array of _dados_qsa
data_situacao is string
complemento is string
nome is string
uf is string
telefone is string
situacao is string
bairro is string
logradouro is string
numero is string
cep is string
municipio is string
abertura is string
natureza_juridica is string
cnpj is string
ultima_atualizacao is string
status is string
tipo is string
fantasia is string
email is string
efr is string
motivo_situacao is string
situacao_especial is string
data_situacao_especial is string
capital_social is string
END

_estrutura_dados_cnpj is _dados_cnpj
Deserialize(_estrutura_dados_cnpj,SAI_resultado,psdJSON)

FOR EACH _atividade OF _estrutura_dados_cnpj.atividade_principal
Info(_atividade.text+CR+_atividade.code)
END
FOR EACH _atividade_secundaria OF _estrutura_dados_cnpj.atividades_secundarias
Info(_atividade_secundaria.text+CR+_atividade_secundaria.code)
END
FOR EACH _dados_qsa OF _estrutura_dados_cnpj.qsa
Info(_dados_qsa.qual+CR+_dados_qsa.nome)
END
Info(_estrutura_dados_cnpj.nome+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.data_situacao+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.complemento+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.nome+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.uf+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.telefone+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.situacao+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.bairro+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.logradouro+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.numero+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.cep+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.municipio+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.abertura+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.natureza_juridica+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.cnpj+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.ultima_atualizacao+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.status+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.tipo+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.fantasia+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.email+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.efr+CR+...
_estrutura_dados_cnpj.capital_social)

// Blog com Video e Exemplo

http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2017/02/aula-1056-webservice-008-consumir.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F16h1Z3Lm-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIdnH82ru_4

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21 Feb. 2017

Buscar Cep WebService

//Buscar Cep WebService

_url is string="http://correiosapi.apphb.com/cep/"+EDT_cep
solicitacao is a httpRequest //Inicia uma solicitacao HTTP em um Servidor.
resposta is a httpResponse // Recuperar a resposta do httprequest
solicitacao..URL=_url
solicitacao..Method=httpGet
resposta=RESTSend(solicitacao) // Envia uma solicitação e aguarda a resposta do servidor
IF resposta..StatusCode=200 THEN
ELSE
Info(resposta..StatusCode+CR+resposta..DescriptionStatusCode)
END
retorno is ANSI string=UTF8ToString(resposta..Content)
SAI_TextoJson=Utilitarios_matos_wdk.remove_acento_util_wdk(retorno)
// Estou colocando retorno no meu texto Json
_cep_ is Structure
cep is string
tipoDeLogradouro is string
logradouro is string
bairro is string
cidade is string
estado is string
END
//Criando uma Estrutura Cep
Estrutura_json is _cep_
Deserialize(Estrutura_json,SAI_TextoJson,psdJSON)
EDT_rua=Estrutura_json.logradouro
EDT_bairro=Estrutura_json.bairro
EDT_Cidade=Estrutura_json.cidade
EDT_Estado=Estrutura_json.estado
EDT_TipodeLogradouro=Estrutura_json.tipoDeLogradouro

//{"cep":"93410130","tipoDeLogradouro":"Rua","logradouro":"Paraíba",
//"bairro":"Pátria Nova","cidade":"Novo Hamburgo","estado":"RS"}
//200: solicitacao processada com êxito
//301: documento movido permanentemente
//302: Documento mudou temporariamente
//403: O servidor entendeu o pedido, mas recusa-se a executá-lo.
//404: não encontrado
//500: erro interno do servidor
//503: Serviço temporariamente indisponível ou manutenção

// Blog com Video E Exemplo

http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2017/02/aula-1058-windev-webservice-010-buscar.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnNOAHIBa4

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21 Feb. 2017

Additional links

http://forum.pcsoft.fr/fr-FR/pcsoft.br.windev/546-webdev-webservice-funcoes-internas-para-auxilizar-criacao-xml/read.awp

http://forum.pcsoft.fr/fr-FR/pcsoft.br.windev/443-was-webdev-aplicativo-server-494/read.awp

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17 Jun. 2016

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