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'Cannot read property methodName of undefined' consuming a NodeJS SOAP method with document style


I have a NodeJS (node-soap) SOAP web service and it works good with rpc style when I consume it by POSTMAN, but I need to make it works with document style. When I change the style I have an exception with no much information. Next details:

WSDL (It works with style rpc):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions
  name="files_service"
  targetNamespace="http://localhost:4205/files_service"
  xmlns:http="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/"
  xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
  xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:tns="http://localhost:4205/files_service">
  <wsdl:types>
    <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://localhost:4205/files_service" xmlns="http://localhost:4205/files_service" attributeFormDefault="qualified" elementFormDefault="qualified">

      <xs:element name="GetFilesRequest">
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="User" type="xs:string"/>
            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="Password" type="xs:string"/>
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
      </xs:element>

      <xs:element name="GetFilesResponse">
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
              <xs:any/>
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
      </xs:element>

    </xs:schema>
  </wsdl:types>
  <wsdl:message name="GetFilesSoapIn">
    <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:GetFilesRequest"/>
  </wsdl:message>
  <wsdl:message name="GetFilesSoapOut">
    <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:GetFilesResponse"/>
  </wsdl:message>
  <wsdl:portType name="pull_files">
    <wsdl:operation name="GetFiles">
      <wsdl:input message="tns:GetFilesSoapIn"/>
      <wsdl:output message="tns:GetFilesSoapOut"/>
    </wsdl:operation>
  </wsdl:portType>
  <wsdl:binding name="pull_files_binding" type="tns:pull_files">
    <s:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" style="rpc"/>
    <wsdl:operation name="GetFiles">
      <s:operation soapAction="GetFiles"/>
      <wsdl:input>
        <s:body use="literal" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/>
      </wsdl:input>
      <wsdl:output>
        <s:body use="literal" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/>
      </wsdl:output>
    </wsdl:operation>
  </wsdl:binding>
  <wsdl:service name="files">
    <wsdl:port binding="tns:pull_files_binding" name="pull">
      <s:address location="http://localhost:4205/files_service"/>
    </wsdl:port>
  </wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>

Response is something like that:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"  xmlns:tns="http://localhost:4205/files_service">
    <soap:Body>
        <tns:GetFilesResponse>
            <tns:GetFilesResult>
                <tns:File>
                    <Name></Name>
                    <Dir></Dir>
                </tns:File>
            </tns:GetFilesResult>
        </tns:GetFilesResponse>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

POSTMAN request:

<?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:tns="http:localhost:4205/files_service">
  <soap:Body>
    <tns:GetFiles>
      <tns:User>myusername</tns:User>
      <tns:Password>mypassword</tns:Password>
    </tns:GetFiles>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Error when I change the style for document in the WSDL <s:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" style="document"/>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"  xmlns:tns="http://localhost:4205/files_service">
    <soap:Body>
        <soap:Fault>
            <soap:Code>
                <soap:Value>SOAP-ENV:Server</soap:Value>
                <soap:Subcode>
                    <soap:value>InternalServerError</soap:value>
                </soap:Subcode>
            </soap:Code>
            <soap:Reason>
                <soap:Text>TypeError: Cannot read property &apos;methodName&apos; of undefined</soap:Text>
            </soap:Reason>
        </soap:Fault>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

I don't have any idea why this fails with document style. Other thing is if I consume the method from a node-soap client I don't have the exception, I get the data correctly.


Solution

  • Answering my question, in the request I don't need to define the method, I need to define the request. I use SoapUI to get the correct request.

    <?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:tns="http:localhost:4205/files_service">
      <soap:Body>
        <tns:GetFilesRequest>
          <tns:User>myuser</tns:User>
          <tns:Password>mypass</tns:Password>
        </tns:GetFilesRequest>
      </soap:Body>
    </soap:Envelope>