I'm sorry if I'm using incorrect terminology here; I'm pretty much diving in to something completely new for me....

I'd like to have my sesame application issue SOAP commands to a Network Solutions eCommerce server. Their API manual (http://www.networksolutions.com/support/public-api-documentation) implies that simple xml commands can be used to log in and issue commands.

I assume the easiest way for me (a programming amateur) to do this is have sesame write out a text file with the xml data and then use a 3rd party command line program to send the file contents to the server.

I really don't know what 3rd party program is needed to make the connection to the ecommerce server. Perhaps CURL (http://curl.haxx.se/) would work?. Perhaps Sesame has some sBasic commands to get the job done?

Any input is appreciated.

Sincerely,
Steve

There are a lot of approaches that may work for you. SBasic has a fairly complete complement of networking commands, including direct access to simple connect and communicate commands and commands that provide basic protocols (FTP, HTTP). Additionally, the Sesame API gives you read/write access to a Sesame server while enjoying all of the benefits of standard popular scripting languages (Perl, PHP, Python, Java) or less standard languages such as (C# or Visual Basic). Any of these languages will work with Sesame and also provide quite a "leg up" when working with a http/soap interface. I have also used curl and wget to work with http and soap. It may be wise to get a very simple case working before attempting a complex interface.

In any case, it sounds like a very interesting project, and very much the reason why we added networking capabilities to Sesame and to the Sesame API.

You probably want to use @HTTPPostHTML. Be aware though that those XML queries are incredibly picky about syntax. Getting a SOAP interface working can be a royal pain, no matter what you are using to do it. If you need the help of actual programmers to make use of Network Solution's API, let us know. We don't work for free, but we are available for hire.

Steve_in_Texas wrote on Jun 28^th, 2010 at 10:12pm:

Please do. We're always interested in how stuff like this goes. We're rooting for you! 

Thanks Acebanner, but no; I could not design it by myself. It is the product of a very talented and dedicated group of people on staff...including a lot of help from the Lantican's here as well as other members of this forum. Definitely a team effort!

Just FYI: We've got this working nicely using a Sesame database and cURL. If anybody else has this sort of requirement, be aware that it's doable.  

Erika, just wanted to let you know that the code you wrote for us has been working like a charm. Sesame can send and receive SOAP commands to the web server with ease.

Job well don. Thank you very much!

Steve