# Soap [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Downloads][downloads-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Coveralls Status][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] [![Gitter chat][gitter-image]][gitter-url] > A SOAP client and server for node.js. This module lets you connect to web services using SOAP. It also provides a server that allows you to run your own SOAP services. - [Features:](#features) - [Install](#install) - [Support](#support) - [Module](#module) - [soap.createClient(url[, options], callback) - create a new SOAP client from a WSDL url. Also supports a local filesystem path.](#soapcreateclienturl-options-callback---create-a-new-soap-client-from-a-wsdl-url-also-supports-a-local-filesystem-path) - [soap.createClientAsync(url[, options]) - create a new SOAP client from a WSDL url. Also supports a local filesystem path.](#soapcreateclientasyncurl-options---create-a-new-soap-client-from-a-wsdl-url-also-supports-a-local-filesystem-path) - [soap.listen(*server*, *path*, *services*, *wsdl*, *callback*) - create a new SOAP server that listens on *path* and provides *services*.](#soaplistenserver-path-services-wsdl-callback---create-a-new-soap-server-that-listens-on-path-and-provides-services) - [soap.listen(*server*, *options*) - create a new SOAP server that listens on *path* and provides *services*.](#soaplistenserver-options---create-a-new-soap-server-that-listens-on-path-and-provides-services) - [Server Logging](#server-logging) - [Server Events](#server-events) - [Server Response on one-way calls](#server-response-on-one-way-calls) - [SOAP Fault](#soap-fault) - [Server security example using PasswordDigest](#server-security-example-using-passworddigest) - [Server connection authorization](#server-connection-authorization) - [SOAP Headers](#soap-headers) - [Received SOAP Headers](#received-soap-headers) - [Outgoing SOAP Headers](#outgoing-soap-headers) - [Client](#client) - [Client.describe() - description of services, ports and methods as a JavaScript object](#clientdescribe---description-of-services-ports-and-methods-as-a-javascript-object) - [Client.setSecurity(security) - use the specified security protocol](#clientsetsecuritysecurity---use-the-specified-security-protocol) - [Client.*method*(args, callback, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service.](#clientmethodargs-callback-options---call-method-on-the-soap-service) - [Client.*method*Async(args, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service.](#clientmethodasyncargs-options---call-method-on-the-soap-service) - [Client.*service*.*port*.*method*(args, callback[, options[, extraHeaders]]) - call a *method* using a specific *service* and *port*](#clientserviceportmethodargs-callback-options-extraheaders---call-a-method-using-a-specific-service-and-port) - [Overriding the namespace prefix](#overriding-the-namespace-prefix) - [Client.*lastRequest* - the property that contains last full soap request for client logging](#clientlastrequest---the-property-that-contains-last-full-soap-request-for-client-logging) - [Client.setEndpoint(url) - overwrite the SOAP service endpoint address](#clientsetendpointurl---overwrite-the-soap-service-endpoint-address) - [Client Events](#client-events) - [_request_](#_request_) - [_message_](#_message_) - [_soapError_](#_soaperror_) - [_response_](#_response_) - [WSDL](#wsdl) - [WSDL.constructor(wsdl, baseURL, options):](#wsdlconstructorwsdl-baseurl-options) - [wsdl.xmlToObject(xml):](#wsdlxmltoobjectxml) - [wsdl.objectToXML(object, typeName, namespacePrefix, namespaceURI, ...):](#wsdlobjecttoxmlobject-typename-namespaceprefix-namespaceuri-) - [Security](#security) - [BasicAuthSecurity](#basicauthsecurity) - [BearerSecurity](#bearersecurity) - [ClientSSLSecurity](#clientsslsecurity) - [ClientSSLSecurityPFX](#clientsslsecuritypfx) - [WSSecurity](#wssecurity) - [WSSecurityCert](#wssecuritycert) - [NTLMSecurity](#ntlmsecurity) - [Handling XML Attributes, Value and XML (wsdlOptions).](#handling-xml-attributes-value-and-xml-wsdloptions) - [Overriding the `value` key](#overriding-the-value-key) - [Overriding the `xml` key](#overriding-the-xml-key) - [Overriding the `attributes` key](#overriding-the-attributes-key) - [Overriding imports relative paths](#overriding-imports-relative-paths) - [Overriding import locations](#overriding-import-locations) - [Specifying the exact namespace definition of the root element](#specifying-the-exact-namespace-definition-of-the-root-element) - [Custom Deserializer](#custom-deserializer) - [Changing the tag formats to use self-closing (empty element) tags](#changing-the-tag-formats-to-use-self-closing-empty-element-tags) - [Handling "ignored" namespaces](#handling-ignored-namespaces) - [Handling "ignoreBaseNameSpaces" attribute](#handling-ignorebasenamespaces-attribute) - [soap-stub](#soap-stub) - [Example](#example) - [Contributors](#contributors) ## Features: * Very simple API * Handles both RPC and Document schema types * Supports multiRef SOAP messages (thanks to [@kaven276](https://github.com/kaven276)) * Support for both synchronous and asynchronous method handlers * WS-Security UsernameToken Profile 1.0 * Supports [Express](http://expressjs.com/) based web server (body parser middleware can be used) ## Install ``` npm install soap ``` ## Support Community support is available at Gitter: [![Gitter chat][gitter-image]][gitter-url] Some maintainers provide paid support, which can be request through our [Google Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdj5EXxd5flcukLInmpFQhEvQYeERaReFFh9F0nqC_4EUmeLg/viewform) GitHub issues have been disabled to focus on pull requests. ([#731](https://github.com/vpulim/node-soap/pull/731)) ## Module ### soap.createClient(url[, options], callback) - create a new SOAP client from a WSDL url. Also supports a local filesystem path. - `url` (*string*): A HTTP/HTTPS URL or a local filesystem path. - `options` (*Object*): - `endpoint` (*string*): Override the host specified by the SOAP service in the WSDL file. - `envelopeKey` (*string*): Set a custom envelope key. (**Default:** `'soap'`) - `preserveWhitespace` (*boolean*): Preserve any leading and trailing whitespace characters in text and cdata. - `escapeXML` (*boolean*): Escape special XML characters (e.g. `&`, `>`, `<` etc) in SOAP messages. (**Default:** `true`) - `suppressStack` (*boolean*): Suppress the full stack trace for error messages. - `returnFault` (*boolean*): Return an `Invalid XML` SOAP fault upon a bad request. (**Default:** `false`) - `forceSoap12Headers` (*boolean*): Enable SOAP 1.2 compliance. - `httpClient` (*Object*): Override the built-in HttpClient object with your own. Must implement `request(rurl, data, callback, exheaders, exoptions)`. - `request` (*Object*): Override the default request module ([Axios](https://axios-http.com/) as of `v0.40.0`). - `wsdl_headers` (*Object*): Set HTTP headers with values to be sent on WSDL requests. - `wsdl_options` (*Object*): Set options for the request module on WSDL requests. If using the default request module, see [Request Config | Axios Docs](https://axios-http.com/docs/req_config). - `disableCache` (*boolean*): Prevents caching WSDL files and option objects. - `overridePromiseSuffix` (*string*): Override the default method name suffix of WSDL operations for Promise-based methods. If any WSDL operation name ends with `Async', you must use this option. (**Default:** `Async`) - `normalizeNames` (*boolean*): Replace non-identifier characters (`[^a-z$_0-9]`) with `_` in WSDL operation names. Note: Clients using WSDLs with two operations like `soap:method` and `soap-method` will be overwritten. In this case, you must use bracket notation instead (`client['soap:method']()`). - `namespaceArrayElements` (*boolean*): Support non-standard array semantics. JSON arrays of the form `{list: [{elem: 1}, {elem: 2}]}` will be marshalled into XML as `1 2`. If `false`, it would be marshalled into ` 1 2 `. (**Default:** `true`) - `stream` (*boolean*): Use streams to parse the XML SOAP responses. (**Default:** `false`) - `returnSaxStream` (*boolean*): Return the SAX stream, transferring responsibility of parsing XML to the end user. Only valid when the *stream* option is set to `true`. (**Default:** `false`) - `parseReponseAttachments` (*boolean*): Treat response as multipart/related response with MTOM attachment. Reach attachments on the `lastResponseAttachments` property of SoapClient. (**Default:** `false`) - `callback` (*Function*): - `err` (*Error* | **) - `result` (*Any*) - Returns: `Client` #### Example ``` javascript var soap = require('soap'); var url = 'http://example.com/wsdl?wsdl'; var args = {name: 'value'}; soap.createClient(url, {}, function(err, client) { client.MyFunction(args, function(err, result) { console.log(result); }); }); ``` Note: for versions of node >0.10.X, you may need to specify `{connection: 'keep-alive'}` in SOAP headers to avoid truncation of longer chunked responses. ### soap.createClientAsync(url[, options]) - create a new SOAP client from a WSDL url. Also supports a local filesystem path. Construct a `Promise` with the given WSDL file. - `url` (*string*): A HTTP/HTTPS URL or a local filesystem path. - `options` (*Object*): See [soap.createClient(url[, options], callback)](#soapcreateclienturl-options-callback---create-a-new-soap-client-from-a-wsdl-url-also-supports-a-local-filesystem-path) for a description. - Returns: `Promise` #### Example ``` javascript var soap = require('soap'); var url = 'http://example.com/wsdl?wsdl'; var args = {name: 'value'}; // then/catch soap.createClientAsync(url).then((client) => { return client.MyFunctionAsync(args); }).then((result) => { console.log(result); }); // async/await var client = await soap.createClientAsync(url); var result = await client.MyFunctionAsync(args); console.log(result[0]); ``` Note: for versions of node >0.10.X, you may need to specify `{connection: 'keep-alive'}` in SOAP headers to avoid truncation of longer chunked responses. ### soap.listen(*server*, *path*, *services*, *wsdl*, *callback*) - create a new SOAP server that listens on *path* and provides *services*. ### soap.listen(*server*, *options*) - create a new SOAP server that listens on *path* and provides *services*. - `server` (*Object*): A [http](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html) server or [Express](http://expressjs.com/) framework based server. - `path` (*string*) - `options` (*Object*): An object containing *server options* and [WSDL Options](#handling-xml-attributes-value-and-xml-wsdloptions) - `path` (*string*) - `services` (*Object*) - `xml` (*string*) - `uri` (*string*) - `pfx` (*string* | *Buffer*): The private key, certificate and CA certs of the server in PFX or PKCS12 format. (Mutually exclusive with the key, cert and ca options.) - `key` (*string* | *Buffer*): The private key of the server in PEM format. (Could be an array of keys). (Required) - `passphrase` (*string*): The passphrase for the private key or pfx. - `cert` (*string* | *Buffer*): The certificate key of the server in PEM format. (Could be an array of certs). (Required) - `ca` (*string[]* | *Buffer[]*): Trusted certificates in PEM format. If this is omitted several well known "root" CAs will be used, like VeriSign. These are used to authorize connections. - `crl` (*string* | *string[]*: PEM encoded CRLs (Certificate Revocation List) - `ciphers` (*string*): A description of the ciphers to use or exclude, separated by `:`. The default cipher suite is: - `enableChunkedEncoding` (*boolean*): Controls chunked transfer encoding in response. Some clients (such as Windows 10's MDM enrollment SOAP client) are sensitive to transfer-encoding mode and can't accept chunked response. This option lets users disable chunked transfer encoding for such clients. (**Default:** `true`) - `services` (*Object*) - `wsdl` (*string*): An XML string that defines the service. - `callback` (*Function*): A function to run after the server has been initialized. - Returns: `Server` #### Example ``` javascript var myService = { MyService: { MyPort: { MyFunction: function(args) { return { name: args.name }; }, // This is how to define an asynchronous function with a callback. MyAsyncFunction: function(args, callback) { // do some work callback({ name: args.name }); }, // This is how to define an asynchronous function with a Promise. MyPromiseFunction: function(args) { return new Promise((resolve) => { // do some work resolve({ name: args.name }); }); }, // This is how to receive incoming headers HeadersAwareFunction: function(args, cb, headers) { return { name: headers.Token }; }, // You can also inspect the original `req` reallyDetailedFunction: function(args, cb, headers, req) { console.log('SOAP `reallyDetailedFunction` request from ' + req.connection.remoteAddress); return { name: headers.Token }; } } } }; var xml = require('fs').readFileSync('myservice.wsdl', 'utf8'); //http server example var server = http.createServer(function(request,response) { response.end('404: Not Found: ' + request.url); }); server.listen(8000); soap.listen(server, '/wsdl', myService, xml, function(){ console.log('server initialized'); }); //express server example var app = express(); //body parser middleware are supported (optional) app.use(bodyParser.raw({type: function(){return true;}, limit: '5mb'})); app.listen(8001, function(){ //Note: /wsdl route will be handled by soap module //and all other routes & middleware will continue to work soap.listen(app, '/wsdl', myService, xml, function(){ console.log('server initialized'); }); }); ``` ``` javascript var xml = require('fs').readFileSync('myservice.wsdl', 'utf8'); soap.listen(server, { // Server options. path: '/wsdl', services: myService, xml: xml, // WSDL options. attributesKey: 'theAttrs', valueKey: 'theVal', xmlKey: 'theXml' }); ``` ### Server Logging If the `log` method is defined, it will be called with 'received' and 'replied' along with the data. ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...) server.log = function(type, data) { // type is 'received' or 'replied' }; ``` ### Server Events Server instances emit the following events: * request - Emitted for every received messages. The signature of the callback is `function(request, methodName)`. * response - Emitted before sending SOAP response. The signature of the callback is `function(response, methodName)`. * headers - Emitted when the SOAP Headers are not empty. The signature of the callback is `function(headers, methodName)`. The sequence order of the calls is `request`, `headers` and then the dedicated service method. ### Server Response on one-way calls The so called one-way (or asynchronous) calls occur when an operation is called with no output defined in WSDL. The server sends a response (defaults to status code 200 with no body) to the client disregarding the result of the operation. You can configure the response to match the appropriate client expectation to the SOAP standard implementation. Pass in `oneWay` object in server options. Use the following keys: `emptyBody`: if true, returns an empty body, otherwise no content at all (default is false) `responseCode`: default statusCode is 200, override it with this options (for example 202 for SAP standard compliant response) ### SOAP Fault A service method can reply with a SOAP Fault to a client by `throw`ing an object with a `Fault` property. ``` javascript throw { Fault: { Code: { Value: 'soap:Sender', Subcode: { value: 'rpc:BadArguments' } }, Reason: { Text: 'Processing Error' } } }; ``` To change the HTTP statusCode of the response include it on the fault. The statusCode property will not be put on the xml message. ``` javascript throw { Fault: { Code: { Value: 'soap:Sender', Subcode: { value: 'rpc:BadArguments' } }, Reason: { Text: 'Processing Error' }, statusCode: 500 } }; ``` ### Server security example using PasswordDigest If `server.authenticate` is not defined then no authentication will take place. Asynchronous authentication: ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...) server.authenticate = function(security, callback) { var created, nonce, password, user, token; token = security.UsernameToken, user = token.Username, password = token.Password, nonce = token.Nonce, created = token.Created; myDatabase.getUser(user, function (err, dbUser) { if (err || !dbUser) { callback(false); return; } callback(password === soap.passwordDigest(nonce, created, dbUser.password)); }); }; ``` Synchronous authentication: ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...) server.authenticate = function(security) { var created, nonce, password, user, token; token = security.UsernameToken, user = token.Username, password = token.Password, nonce = token.Nonce, created = token.Created; return user === 'user' && password === soap.passwordDigest(nonce, created, 'password'); }; ``` ### Server connection authorization The `server.authorizeConnection` method is called prior to the soap service method. If the method is defined and returns `false` then the incoming connection is terminated. ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...) server.authorizeConnection = function(req) { return true; // or false }; ``` ## SOAP Headers ### Received SOAP Headers A service method can look at the SOAP headers by providing a 3rd arguments. ``` javascript { HeadersAwareFunction: function(args, cb, headers) { return { name: headers.Token }; } } ``` It is also possible to subscribe to the 'headers' event. The event is triggered before the service method is called, and only when the SOAP Headers are not empty. ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...) server.on('headers', function(headers, methodName) { // It is possible to change the value of the headers // before they are handed to the service method. // It is also possible to throw a SOAP Fault }); ``` First parameter is the Headers object; second parameter is the name of the SOAP method that will called (in case you need to handle the headers differently based on the method). ### Outgoing SOAP Headers Both client & server can define SOAP headers that will be added to what they send. They provide the following methods to manage the headers. #### *addSoapHeader*(soapHeader[, name, namespace, xmlns]) - add soapHeader to soap:Header node ##### Parameters - `soapHeader` Object({rootName: {name: 'value'}}), strict xml-string, or function (server only) For servers only, `soapHeader` can be a function, which allows headers to be dynamically generated from information in the request. This function will be called with the following arguments for each received request: - `methodName` The name of the request method - `args` The arguments of the request - `headers` The headers in the request - `req` The original request object The return value of the function must be an Object({rootName: {name: 'value'}}) or strict xml-string, which will be inserted as an outgoing header of the response to that request. For example: ``` javascript server = soap.listen(...); server.addSoapHeader(function(methodName, args, headers, req) { console.log('Adding headers for method', methodName); return { MyHeader1: args.SomeValueFromArgs, MyHeader2: headers.SomeRequestHeader }; // or you can return "SomeValue" }); ``` ##### Returns The index where the header is inserted. ##### Optional parameters when first arg is object : - `name` Unknown parameter (it could just a empty string) - `namespace` prefix of xml namespace - `xmlns` URI #### *changeSoapHeader*(index, soapHeader[, name, namespace, xmlns]) - change an already existing soapHeader ##### Parameters - `index` index of the header to replace with provided new value - `soapHeader` Object({rootName: {name: 'value'}}), strict xml-string or function (server only) See `addSoapHeader` for how to pass a function into `soapHeader`. #### *getSoapHeaders*() - return all defined headers #### *clearSoapHeaders*() - remove all defined headers ## Client An instance of `Client` is passed to the `soap.createClient` callback. It is used to execute methods on the soap service. ### Client.describe() - description of services, ports and methods as a JavaScript object ``` javascript client.describe() // returns { MyService: { MyPort: { MyFunction: { input: { name: 'string' } } } } } ``` ### Client.setSecurity(security) - use the specified security protocol See [Security](#security) for example usage. ### Client.*method*(args, callback, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service. - `args` (*Object*): Arguments that generate an XML document inside of the SOAP Body section. - `callback` (*Function*) - `options` (*Object*): Set options for the request module on WSDL requests. If using the default request module, see [Request Config | Axios Docs](https://axios-http.com/docs/req_config). Additional options supported by `node-soap` are documented below: - `forever` (*boolean*): Enables keep-alive connections and pools them - `attachments` (*Array*): array of attachment objects. This converts the request into MTOM: _headers['Content-Type']='multipart/related; type="application/xop+xml"; start= ... '_ ``` [{ mimetype: content mimetype, contentId: part id, name: file name, body: binary data }, ... ] ``` - `forceMTOM` (*boolean*): Send the request as MTOM even if you don't have attachments. - `forceGzip` (*boolean*): Force transfer-encoding in gzip. (**Default:** `false`) #### Example ``` javascript client.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result, rawResponse, soapHeader, rawRequest) { // result is a javascript object // rawResponse is the raw xml response string // soapHeader is the response soap header as a javascript object // rawRequest is the raw xml request string }) ``` ### Client.*method*Async(args, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service. - `args` (*Object*): Arguments that generate an XML document inside of the SOAP Body section. - `options` (*Object*): See [Client.*method*(args, callback, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service.](#clientmethodargs-callback-options---call-method-on-the-soap-service) for a description. #### Example ``` javascript client.MyFunctionAsync({name: 'value'}).then((result) => { // result is a javascript array containing result, rawResponse, soapheader, and rawRequest // result is a javascript object // rawResponse is the raw xml response string // soapHeader is the response soap header as a javascript object // rawRequest is the raw xml request string }) ``` ##### Example with JSON for the `args` The example above uses `{name: 'value'}` as the args. This may generate a SOAP messages such as: ``` javascript value ``` Note that the "Request" element in the output above comes from the WSDL. If an element in `args` contains no namespace prefix, the default namespace is assumed. Otherwise, you must add the namespace prefixes to the element names as necessary (e.g., `ns1:name`). Currently, when supplying JSON args, elements may not contain both child elements and a text value, even though that is allowed in the XML specification. ##### Example with XML String for the `args` You may pass in a fully-formed XML string instead the individual elements in JSON `args` and attributes that make up the XML. The XML string should not contain an XML declaration (e.g., ``) or a document type declaration (e.g., ``). ``` var args = { _xml: " elementvalue " }; ``` You must specify all of the namespaces and namespace prefixes yourself. The element(s) from the WSDL are not utilized as they were in the "Example with JSON as the `args`" example above, which automatically populated the "Request" element. ### Client.*service*.*port*.*method*(args, callback[, options[, extraHeaders]]) - call a *method* using a specific *service* and *port* - `args` (*Object*): Arguments that generate an XML document inside of the SOAP Body section. - `callback` (*Function*) - `options` (*Object*): See [Client.*method*(args, callback, options) - call *method* on the SOAP service.](#clientmethodargs-callback-options---call-method-on-the-soap-service) for a description. - `extraHeaders` (*Object*): Sets HTTP headers for the WSDL request. #### Example ``` javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result) { // result is a javascript object }) ``` #### Options (optional) - Accepts any option that the request module accepts, see [here.](https://github.com/mikeal/request) - For example, you could set a timeout of 5 seconds on the request like this: ``` javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result) { // result is a javascript object }, {timeout: 5000}) ``` - You can measure the elapsed time on the request by passing the time option: ``` javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result) { // client.lastElapsedTime - the elapsed time of the last request in milliseconds }, {time: true}) ``` - Also, you could pass your soap request through a debugging proxy such as [Fiddler](http://www.telerik.com/fiddler) or [Betwixt](https://github.com/kdzwinel/betwixt). ``` javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result) { // client.lastElapsedTime - the elapsed time of the last request in milliseconds }, {proxy: 'http://localhost:8888'}) ``` - You can modify xml (string) before call: ``` javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, function(err, result) { // client.lastElapsedTime - the elapsed time of the last request in milliseconds }, {postProcess: function(_xml) { return _xml.replace('text', 'newtext'); }}) ``` #### Extra Headers (optional) Object properties define extra HTTP headers to be sent on the request. - Add custom User-Agent: ```javascript client.addHttpHeader('User-Agent', `CustomUserAgent`); ``` #### Alternative method call using callback-last pattern To align method call signature with node' standard callback-last patter and event allow promisification of method calls, the following method signatures are also supported: ```javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, options, function (err, result) { // result is a javascript object }) client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({name: 'value'}, options, extraHeaders, function (err, result) { // result is a javascript object }) ``` ### Overriding the namespace prefix `node-soap` is still working out some kinks regarding namespaces. If you find that an element is given the wrong namespace prefix in the request body, you can add the prefix to it's name in the containing object. I.E.: ```javascript client.MyService.MyPort.MyFunction({'ns1:name': 'value'}, function(err, result) { // request body sent with `${body}`; const res = await httpClient.post(`${baseURL}/ProcessProspect`, data); // Optionally, deserialize request and return response status. } ``` ## Security `node-soap` has several default security protocols. You can easily add your own as well. The interface is quite simple. Each protocol defines these optional methods: * `addOptions(options)` - a method that accepts an options arg that is eventually passed directly to `request`. * `addHeaders(headers)` - a method that accepts an argument with HTTP headers, to add new ones. * `toXML()` - a method that returns a string of XML to be appended to the SOAP headers. Not executed if `postProcess` is also defined. * `postProcess(xml, envelopeKey)` - a method that receives the the assembled request XML plus envelope key, and returns a processed string of XML. Executed before `options.postProcess`. ### BasicAuthSecurity ``` javascript client.setSecurity(new soap.BasicAuthSecurity('username', 'password')); ``` ### BearerSecurity ``` javascript client.setSecurity(new soap.BearerSecurity('token')); ``` ### ClientSSLSecurity _Note_: If you run into issues using this protocol, consider passing these options as default request options to the constructor: * `rejectUnauthorized: false` * `strictSSL: false` * `secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2` (this is likely needed for node >= 10.0) If you want to reuse tls sessions, you can use the option `forever: true`. ``` javascript client.setSecurity(new soap.ClientSSLSecurity( '/path/to/key', 'path/to/cert', '/path/to/ca-cert', /*or an array of buffer: [fs.readFileSync('/path/to/ca-cert/1', 'utf8'), 'fs.readFileSync('/path/to/ca-cert/2', 'utf8')], */ { /*default request options like */ // strictSSL: true, // rejectUnauthorized: false, // hostname: 'some-hostname' // secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2, // forever: true, }, )); ``` ### ClientSSLSecurityPFX _Note_: If you run into issues using this protocol, consider passing these options as default request options to the constructor: * `rejectUnauthorized: false` * `strictSSL: false` * `secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2` (this is likely needed for node >= 10.0) If you want to reuse tls sessions, you can use the option `forever: true`. ``` javascript client.setSecurity(new soap.ClientSSLSecurityPFX( '/path/to/pfx/cert', // or a buffer: [fs.readFileSync('/path/to/pfx/cert', 'utf8'), 'path/to/optional/passphrase', { /*default request options like */ // strictSSL: true, // rejectUnauthorized: false, // hostname: 'some-hostname' // secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2, // forever: true, }, )); ``` ### WSSecurity `WSSecurity` implements WS-Security. UsernameToken and PasswordText/PasswordDigest is supported. ``` javascript var options = { hasNonce: true, actor: 'actor' }; var wsSecurity = new soap.WSSecurity('username', 'password', options) client.setSecurity(wsSecurity); ``` the `options` object is optional and can contain the following properties: * `passwordType`: 'PasswordDigest' or 'PasswordText' (default: `'PasswordText'`) * `hasTimeStamp`: adds Timestamp element (default: `true`) * `hasTokenCreated`: adds Created element (default: `true`) * `hasNonce`: adds Nonce element (default: `false`) * `mustUnderstand`: adds mustUnderstand=1 attribute to security tag (default: `false`) * `actor`: if set, adds Actor attribute with given value to security tag (default: `''`) ### WSSecurityCert WS-Security X509 Certificate support. ``` javascript var privateKey = fs.readFileSync(privateKeyPath); var publicKey = fs.readFileSync(publicKeyPath); var password = ''; // optional password var options = { hasTimeStamp: true, additionalReferences: [ 'wsa:Action', 'wsa:ReplyTo', 'wsa:To', ], signerOptions: { prefix: 'ds', attrs: { Id: 'Signature' }, existingPrefixes: { wsse: 'http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd', } } var wsSecurity = new soap.WSSecurityCert(privateKey, publicKey, password, options); client.setSecurity(wsSecurity); ``` The `options` object is optional and can contain the following properties: * `hasTimeStamp`: Includes Timestamp tags (default: `true`) * `signatureTransformations`: sets the Reference Transforms Algorithm (default ['http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#']). Type is a string array * `signatureAlgorithm`: set to `http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256` to use sha256 * `additionalReferences` : (optional) Array of Soap headers that need to be signed. This need to be added using `client.addSoapHeader('header')` * `signerOptions`: (optional) passes options to the XML Signer package - from (https://github.com/yaronn/xml-crypto) * `existingPrefixes`: (optional) A hash of prefixes and namespaces prefix: namespace that shouldn't be in the signature because they already exist in the xml (default: `{ 'wsse': 'http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd' }`) * `prefix`: (optional) Adds this value as a prefix for the generated signature tags. * `attrs`: (optional) A hash of attributes and values attrName: value to add to the signature root node * `idMode`: (optional) either 'wssecurity' to generate wsse-scoped reference Id on or undefined for an unscoped reference Id ### WSSecurityPlusCert Use WSSecurity and WSSecurityCert together. ``` javascript var wsSecurity = new soap.WSSecurity(/* see WSSecurity above */); var wsSecurityCert = new soap.WSSecurityCert(/* see WSSecurityCert above */); var wsSecurityPlusCert = new soap.WSSecurityPlusCert(wsSecurity, wsSecurityCert); client.setSecurity(wsSecurityPlusCert); ``` #### Option examples `hasTimeStamp:true` ``` xml XXX 2019-10-01T08:17:50Z 2019-10-01T08:27:50Z ... XyZ= ``` `additionalReferences: ['To']` ``` XML localhost.com XXX XYZ Rf6M4F4puQuQHJIPtJz1CZIVvF3qOdpEEcuAiooWkX5ecnAHSf3RW3sOIzFUWW7VOOncJcts/3xr8DuN4+8Wm9hx1MoOcWJ6kyRIdVNbQWLseIcAhxYCntRY57T2TBXzpb0UPA56pry1+TEcnIQXhdIzG5YT+tTVTp+SZHHcnlP5Y+yqnIOH9wzgRvAovbydTYPCODF7Ana9K/7CSGDe7vpVT85CUYUcJE4DfTxaRa9gKkKrBdPN9vFVi0WfxtMF4kv23cZRCZzS5+CoLfPlx3mq65gVXsqH01RLbktNJq9VaQKcZUgapmUCMzrYhqyzUQJ8HrSHqe+ya2GsjlB0VQ== ``` `signerOptions.prefix:'ds'` ``` XML localhost.com XXX XYZ Rf6M4F4puQuQHJIPtJz1CZIVvF3qOdpEEcuAiooWkX5ecnAHSf3RW3sOIzFUWW7VOOncJcts/3xr8DuN4+8Wm9hx1MoOcWJ6kyRIdVNbQWLseIcAhxYCntRY57T2TBXzpb0UPA56pry1+TEcnIQXhdIzG5YT+tTVTp+SZHHcnlP5Y+yqnIOH9wzgRvAovbydTYPCODF7Ana9K/7CSGDe7vpVT85CUYUcJE4DfTxaRa9gKkKrBdPN9vFVi0WfxtMF4kv23cZRCZzS5+CoLfPlx3mq65gVXsqH01RLbktNJq9VaQKcZUgapmUCMzrYhqyzUQJ8HrSHqe+ya2GsjlB0VQ== ``` `signerOptions.attrs:{ Id: 'signature-100', foo:'bar'}` ``` xml XXX 2019-10-01T08:17:50Z 2019-10-01T08:27:50Z ... XyZ= ``` ### NTLMSecurity Parameter invocation: ``` javascript client.setSecurity(new soap.NTLMSecurity('username', 'password', 'domain', 'workstation')); ``` This can also be set up with a JSON object, substituting values as appropriate, for example: ``` javascript var loginData = {username: 'username', password: 'password', domain: 'domain', workstation: 'workstation'}; client.setSecurity(new soap.NTLMSecurity(loginData)); ``` ## Handling XML Attributes, Value and XML (wsdlOptions). Sometimes it is necessary to override the default behaviour of `node-soap` in order to deal with the special requirements of your code base or a third library you use. Therefore you can use the `wsdlOptions` Object, which is passed in the `#createClient()` method and could have any (or all) of the following contents: ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { attributesKey: 'theAttrs', valueKey: 'theVal', xmlKey: 'theXml' } ``` If nothing (or an empty Object `{}`) is passed to the `#createClient()` method, the `node-soap` defaults (`attributesKey: 'attributes'`, `valueKey: '$value'` and `xmlKey: '$xml'`) are used. ### Overriding the `value` key By default, `node-soap` uses `$value` as the key for any parsed XML value which may interfere with your other code as it could be some reserved word, or the `$` in general cannot be used for a key to start with. You can define your own `valueKey` by passing it in the `wsdl_options` to the createClient call: ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { valueKey: 'theVal' }; soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', wsdlOptions, function (err, client) { // your code }); ``` ### Overriding the `xml` key By default, `node-soap` uses `$xml` as the key to pass through an XML string as is; without parsing or namespacing it. It overrides all the other content that the node might have otherwise had. For example : ```javascript { dom: { nodeone: { $xml: '', siblingnode: 'Cant see me.' }, nodetwo: { parentnode: { attributes: { type: 'type' }, childnode: '' } } } }; ``` could become ```xml ``` You can define your own `xmlKey` by passing it in the `wsdl_options` object to the createClient call: ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { xmlKey: 'theXml' }; soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', wsdlOptions, function (err, client) { // your code }); ``` ### Overriding the `attributes` key By default, `node-soap` uses `attributes` as the key to define a nodes attributes. ``` javascript { parentnode: { childnode: { attributes: { name: 'childsname' }, $value: 'Value' } } } ``` could become ``` xml Value ``` However, `attributes` may be a reserved key for some systems that actually want a node called `attributes` ```xml ``` You can define your own `attributesKey` by passing it in the `wsdl_options` object to the createClient call: ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { attributesKey: '$attributes' }; soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', wsdlOptions, function (err, client) { client.method({ parentnode: { childnode: { $attributes: { name: 'childsname' }, $value: 'Value' } } }); }); ``` ### Overriding imports relative paths By default, WSDL and schema files import other schemas and types using relative paths. However in some systems (i.e. NetSuite) when the wsdl is downloaded for offline caching, all files are flattened under a single directory and all the imports fail. Passing this option allows `node-soap` to correctly load all files. ```javascript var options ={ wsdl_options = { fixedPath: true } }; soap.createClient(__dirname+'/wsdl/fixedPath/netsuite.wsdl', options, function(err, client) { // your code }); ``` ### Overriding import locations You can override the URIs or paths of imports in the WSDL by specifying a `overrideImportLocation` function in the WSDL options. ```javascript const options ={ wsdl_options = { overrideImportLocation: (location) => { return 'https://127.0.0.1/imported-service.wsdl'; } } }; soap.createClient('https://127.0.0.1/service.wsdl', options, function(err, client) { // your code }); ``` ### Specifying the exact namespace definition of the root element In rare cases, you may want to precisely control the namespace definition that is included in the root element. You can specify the namespace definitions by setting the `overrideRootElement` key in the `wsdlOptions` like so: ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { overrideRootElement: { namespace: 'xmlns:tns', xmlnsAttributes: [{ name: 'xmlns:ns2', value: "http://tempuri.org/" }, { name: 'xmlns:ns3', value: "http://sillypets.com/xsd" }] } }; ``` To see it in practice, have a look at the sample files in: [test/request-response-samples/addPets__force_namespaces](https://github.com/vpulim/node-soap/tree/master/test/request-response-samples/addPets__force_namespaces) ### Custom Deserializer Sometimes it's useful to handle deserialization in your code instead of letting node-soap do it. For example if the soap response contains dates that are not in a format recognized by javascript, you might want to use your own function to handle them. To do so, you can pass a `customDeserializer` object in `options`. The properties of this object are the types that your deserializer handles itself. Example : ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { customDeserializer: { // this function will be used to any date found in soap responses date: function (text, context) { /* text is the value of the xml element. context contains the name of the xml element and other infos : { name: 'lastUpdatedDate', object: {}, schema: 'xsd:date', id: undefined, nil: false } */ return text; } } }; soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', wsdlOptions, function (err, client) { ... }); ``` ### Changing the tag formats to use self-closing (empty element) tags The XML specification specifies that there is no semantic difference between `` and ``, and node-soap defaults to using the `` format. But if your web service is particular, or if there is a stylistic preference, the `useEmptyTag` option causes tags with no contents to use the `` format instead. ```javascript var wsdlOptions = { useEmptyTag: true }; ``` For example: `{ MyTag: { attributes: { MyAttr: 'value' } } }` is: * **Without useEmptyTag**: `` * **With useEmptyTag set to true**: `` ## Handling "ignored" namespaces If an Element in a `schema` definition depends on an Element which is present in the same namespace, normally the `tns:` namespace prefix is used to identify this Element. This is not much of a problem as long as you have just one `schema` defined (inline or in a separate file). If there are more `schema` files, the `tns:` in the generated `soap` file resolved mostly to the parent `wsdl` file, which was obviously wrong. `node-soap` now handles namespace prefixes which shouldn't be resolved (because it's not necessary) as so called `ignoredNamespaces` which default to an Array of 3 Strings (`['tns', 'targetNamespace', 'typedNamespace']`). If this is not sufficient for your purpose you can easily add more namespace prefixes to this Array, or override it in its entirety by passing an `ignoredNamespaces` object within the `options` you pass in `soap.createClient()` method. A simple `ignoredNamespaces` object, which only adds certain namespaces could look like this: ``` var options = { ignoredNamespaces: { namespaces: ['namespaceToIgnore', 'someOtherNamespace'] } } ``` This would extend the `ignoredNamespaces` of the `WSDL` processor to `['tns', 'targetNamespace', 'typedNamespace', 'namespaceToIgnore', 'someOtherNamespace']`. If you want to override the default ignored namespaces you would simply pass the following `ignoredNamespaces` object within the `options`: ``` var options = { ignoredNamespaces: { namespaces: ['namespaceToIgnore', 'someOtherNamespace'], override: true } } ``` This would override the default `ignoredNamespaces` of the `WSDL` processor to `['namespaceToIgnore', 'someOtherNamespace']`. (This shouldn't be necessary, anyways). ## Handling "ignoreBaseNameSpaces" attribute If an Element in a `schema` definition depends has a basenamespace defined but the request does not need that value, for example you have a "sentJob" with basenamespace "v20" but the request need only: set in the tree structure, you need to set the ignoreBaseNameSpaces to true. This is set because in a lot of workaround the wsdl structure is not correctly set or the webservice bring errors. By default the attribute is set to true. An example to use: A simple `ignoredNamespaces` object, which only adds certain namespaces could look like this: ``` var options = { ignoredNamespaces: true } ``` ## soap-stub Unit testing services that use soap clients can be very cumbersome. In order to get around this you can use `soap-stub` in conjunction with `sinon` to stub soap with your clients. ### Example ```javascript // test-initialization-script.js var sinon = require('sinon'); var soapStub = require('soap/soap-stub'); var urlMyApplicationWillUseWithCreateClient = 'http://path-to-my-wsdl'; var clientStub = { SomeOperation: sinon.stub() }; clientStub.SomeOperation.respondWithError = soapStub.createErroringStub({..error json...}); clientStub.SomeOperation.respondWithSuccess = soapStub.createRespondingStub({..success json...}); soapStub.registerClient('my client alias', urlMyApplicationWillUseWithCreateClient, clientStub); // test.js var soapStub = require('soap/soap-stub'); describe('myService', function() { var clientStub; var myService; beforeEach(function() { clientStub = soapStub.getStub('my client alias'); soapStub.reset(); myService.init(clientStub); }); describe('failures', function() { beforeEach(function() { clientStub.SomeOperation.respondWithError(); }); it('should handle error responses', function() { myService.somethingThatCallsSomeOperation(function(err, response) { // handle the error response. }); }); }); }); ``` ## Contributors * Author: [Vinay Pulim](https://github.com/vpulim) * Maintainers: - [Joe Spencer](https://github.com/jsdevel) - [Heinz Romirer](https://github.com/herom) * [All Contributors](https://github.com/vpulim/node-soap/graphs/contributors) [downloads-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/soap.svg [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/soap [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/soap.svg [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/vpulim/node-soap [travis-image]: http://img.shields.io/travis/vpulim/node-soap.svg [gitter-url]: https://gitter.im/vpulim/node-soap [gitter-image]: https://badges.gitter.im/vpulim/node-soap.png [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/vpulim/node-soap [coveralls-image]: http://img.shields.io/coveralls/vpulim/node-soap/master.svg

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
easy-soap-request			5.6.1	3 months ago	6 years ago
soap	2,962	148	1.0.1	7 days ago	13 years ago
soap-as-promised	37	17	1.26.0	5 years ago	9 years ago
xml2js	4,819	240	0.6.2	9 months ago	13 years ago

easy-soap-request vs soap vs soap-as-promised vs xml2js

Downloads in past1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year2 Years5 YearsAll time

Stats

Popular Searches

Sick of boring JavaScript newsletters?

Downloads in past