Using Portus to access Web Services

In this example we will use the web service http://footballpool.dataaccess.eu/data/info.wso.

• In the Control Centre Portus tab, select the chosen server. Under Services select the web service driver. Right-click and select Discover Service(s)

• Specify the Service WSDL URI and click the 'Discover' button:

  

• The Status section will display the progress of each stage of the web service discovery and the Service discovery section will display the following information retrieved from the service description:

  
• Use Select all to choose all operations or select on an individual basis. For clarity we have chosen the FullTeamInfo operation only. When chosen click the Generate button.

• The Status section will be updated with the progress of the generation process, listing the operations selected and the results for each one:

  
• The Wizard is still active and ready for further discovery, click Discover to start the process again, or Exit to dismiss the wizard.
• The generated Service(s) will be listed under the Web Service driver.

• To view the WSDL generated select 'WSDL URL is..' : which can be found in the Properties View for the service. This will open in your default browser e.g.

  

• Here we are using soapUI to demonstrate how this web service can be invoked. Open soapUI, right click on Projects and choose New soapUI Project :

  

• Enter the name of the project and set the WSDL to the value copied previously :

  

• When the import is complete double click on the Request 1 entry to open the dialog :

  

• For this request there is no need for the <soapenv:Header> so select all of this and delete it. Set "Germany" as the content of the <sTeamName> element and issue the request by selecting the play button :

  

• The results will be displayed as shown:

  

Congratulations! You have now accessed a Web Service using Portus !