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peter bebok
7,841 PointsWebService can't login
Hello, I want to write an app that can login to magento (online store). link to wsdl on my serwer is ip adress/index.php/api/v2_soap?wsdl=1 but what to type in NAMESPACE and SOAP_ACTION , i want to call login method from megento API Please help. My code is below
public class WebService {
//Namespace of the Webservice - can be found in WSDL
private static String NAMESPACE = "???????????????";
//Webservice URL - WSDL File location
private static String URL = "ipadresindex.php/api/v2_soap?wsdl=1";//Make sure you changed IP address
//SOAP Action URI again Namespace + Web method name
private static String SOAP_ACTION = "??????????";
public static boolean invokeLoginWS(String userName,String passWord, String webMethName) {
boolean loginStatus = false;
// Create request
SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, webMethName);
// Property which holds input parameters
PropertyInfo unamePI = new PropertyInfo();
PropertyInfo passPI = new PropertyInfo();
// Set Username
unamePI.setName("admin");
// Set Value
unamePI.setValue(userName);
// Set dataType
unamePI.setType(String.class);
// Add the property to request object
request.addProperty(unamePI);
//Set Password
passPI.setName("******");
//Set dataType
passPI.setValue(passWord);
//Set dataType
passPI.setType(String.class);
//Add the property to request object
request.addProperty(passPI);
// Create envelope
SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
SoapEnvelope.VER11);
// Set output SOAP object
envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
// Create HTTP call object
HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(URL);
try {
// Invoke web service
androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION+webMethName, envelope);
// Get the response
SoapPrimitive response = (SoapPrimitive) envelope.getResponse();
// Assign it to boolean variable variable
loginStatus = Boolean.parseBoolean(response.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
//Assign Error Status true in static variable 'errored'
CheckLoginActivity.errored = true;
e.printStackTrace();
}
//Return booleam to calling object
return loginStatus;
}
}
1 Answer

Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherI haven't used a SOAP web service in a while; your best bet is to try searching for "Android SOAP client example" (or tutorial). Sorry I'm not more help here!