Re: Formatting an XML request and receiving the XML response

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,

To use that format (which I personally find very cumbersome... putting 
an XML document in a REST variable... YECCCH)  you should call the 
HTTP_url_encoder routines to encode your XML document according to URL 
encoding rules...  then just add it onto the URL and do an http_get() or 
http_get_xml().



Rich Kitterman wrote:
>    Hi,
>    I am a complete novice at this, and seem to be having trouble making
>    any kind of connection in my mind between the HTTPAPI examples and the
>    task I wish to accomplish:
>    I'm setting up an address validation process that will be used in
>    customer/shipping/billing address maintenance functions, to
>    communicate with the USPS address validation server and return either
>    an error or a corrected address to the calling module.  I've looked at
>    a few of the examples, but am not quite sure how I need to format my
>    requests.  The XML to communicate with the test server (using a test
>    address) is as follows:
>    http://SERVERNAME/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=Verify&XML=<AddressValidateR
>    equest%
>    20USERID="xxxxxxx"><Address ID="0"><Address1></Address1>
>    <Address2>6406 Ivy
>    Lane</Address2><City>Greenbelt</City><State>MD</State>
>    <Zip5></Zip5><Zip4></Zip4></Address></AddressValidateRequest>
>    and the expected response is:
>    <?xml version="1.0"?>
>    <AddressValidateResponse>
>    <Address ID="0">
>    <Address2>6406 IVY LN</Address2>
>    <City>GREENBELT</City>
>    <State>MD</State>
>    <Zip5>20770</Zip5>
>    <Zip4>1441</Zip4>
>    </Address>
>    </AddressValidateResponse>
>    I coiuld really use some help getting pointed in the right direction.
>    Thanks!
>    Rich
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