SOAP method validation with xml input

You can invoke SOAP as below which is already supported by zerocode lib, or you can write your own SOAP executor using Java(optionally).

If you want to write custom handling- Then, read section "Calling java methods(apis) for specific tasks"

{
    "scenarioName": "GIVEN a SOAP end poinr WHEN I invoke a method with a request XML, THEN I will ge the SOAP response in XML",
    "steps": [
        {
            "name": "invoke_currency_conversion",
            "url": "http://<target-domain.com>/<path etc>",
            "method": "POST",
            "request": {
                "headers": {
                    "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
                    "SOAPAction": "<get this from WSDL file, this has the port or method or action name in the url>"
                    //"SOAPAction": "\"<or wrap it in double quotes as some SOAP servers understand it>\""
                },
                "body": "escaped request XML message ie the soap:Envelope message"
                -or- // pick from- src/test/resources/soap_requests/xml_files/soap_request.xml
                "body": "${XML.FILE:soap_requests/xml_files/soap_request.xml}" 
            },
            "verify": {
                "status": 200
            }
        }
    ]
}

e.g. below- This example invokes a free SOAP service over internet. Note: If this service is down, the invocation might fail. So better to test against an available SOAP service to you or a local stub service.

{
    "scenarioName": "GIVEN a SOAP end point WHEN I invoke a method with a request XML, THEN I will get response in XML",
    "steps": [
        {
            "name": "invoke_currency_conversion",
            "url": "http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx",
            "method": "POST",
            "request": {
                "headers": {
                    "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
                    "SOAPAction": "http://www.webserviceX.NET/ConversionRate"
                    //"SOAPAction": "\"http://www.webserviceX.NET/ConversionRate\""
                },
                "body": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">\n  <soap:Body>\n    <ConversionRate xmlns=\"http://www.webserviceX.NET/\">\n      <FromCurrency>AFA</FromCurrency>\n      <ToCurrency>GBP</ToCurrency>\n    </ConversionRate>\n  </soap:Body>\n</soap:Envelope>"
                // -or- 
                // "body": "${XML.FILE:soap_requests/xml_files/soap_request.xml}"
            },
            "verify": {
                "status": 200
            }
        }
    ]
}

You should received the below-

Response:
{
  "status" : 200,
  "headers" : {
    "Date" : [ "Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:38:27 GMT" ],
    "Server" : [ "Microsoft-IIS/7.0" ]
  },
  
  "rawBody" : "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><soap:Body><ConversionRateResponse xmlns=\"http://www.webserviceX.NET/\"><ConversionRateResult>-1</ConversionRateResult></ConversionRateResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>"
}
*responseTimeStamp:2018-02-16T05:38:35.254
*Response delay:653.0 milli-secs