What is SOAPAction in WSDL?
SOAPAction. The SOAPAction header is a transport protocol header (either HTTP or JMS). It is transmitted with SOAP messages, and provides information about the intention of the web service request, to the service. The WSDL interface for a web service defines the SOAPAction header value used for each operation.
Where is SOAPAction WSDL?
Relationship to WSDL
- The SoapAction keyword affects the section of the WSDL for the web service.
- For this web service, the section of the WSDL is as follows:
- By default, if the method did not specify the SoapAction keyword, the element might instead be like the following:
Why is SOAPAction empty?
The SOAPAction HTTP request header field can be used to indicate the intent of the SOAP HTTP request. The header field value of empty string (“”) means that the intent of the SOAP message is provided by the HTTP Request-URI. No value means that there is no indication of the intent of the message.
What is SOAPAction header?
When to use SOAPAction header in SOAP 1.1?
According to the SOAP 1.1 specification, the SOAPAction HTTP header field can be used to indicate the intent of a request. There are no restrictions on the format and a client MUST use this header field when sending a SOAP HTTP request.
What does the SOAPAction attribute do in WSDL?
The soapAction attribute is a way for a service provider framework to uniquely identify which entry point or routine to call to service the operation. Therefore soapAction attribute can be any value, whose pattern may be dictated by the framework.
What is the empty string in SOAP WSDL?
The header field value of empty string (“”) means that the intent of the SOAP message is provided by the HTTP Request-URI. No value means that there is no indication of the intent of the message.
How to write SOAP headers with published WCF services?
To write or promote SOAP header values to the BizTalk message context, you need to put a collection of value pairs that consist of property name and namespace into the WCF message so that the WCF adapters will recognize that the header values are to be written or promoted.