SOAP Lua Agent

Introduction

The SoapLuaAgent is an asynchronous helper for Lua scripts running within the LogicApp. It is used for sending out SOAP client requests.

The SoapLuaAgent communicates with one or more instances of the SoapClientApp which can be used to communicate with one or more external SOAP servers.

The SoapLuaAgent communicates with the SoapClientApp using the SOAP-C-… messages.

SOAP Agent API methods are accessed via the “n2.n2svcd.soap_agent” module:

local soap_agent = require "n2.n2svcd.soap_agent"

Configuring SoapLuaAgent

The SoapLuaAgent is configured within a LogicApp.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <n2svcd>
      ...
      <applications>
        ...
        <application name="Logic" module="LogicApp">
          <include>
            <lib>../apps/logic/lib</lib>
          </include>
          <parameters>
            ...
            <parameter name="default_soap_app_name" value="SOAP-CLIENT"/>
          </parameters>
          <config>
            <services>
              ...
            </services>
            <agents>
              <agent module="SoapClientApp::SoapLuaAgent" libs="../apps/soap/lib"/>
            </agents>
          </config>
        </application>
        ...
      </application>
      ...
    </n2svcd>

Under normal installation, following agent attributes apply:

Parameter Name Type XML Type Description
module SoapClientApp:: SoapLuaAgent Attribute [Required] The module name containing the Lua Agent code.
libs ../apps/soap/lib Element Location of the module for SoapLuaAgent.

In addition, the SoapLuaAgent must be configured with the name of the SoapClientApp with which it will communicate. This is configured within the parameters of the containing LogicApp.

Parameter Name Type XML Type Description
parameters Array Element Array of name = value Parameters for this Application instance.
.default_soap_app_name String Attribute Default name for the SoapClientApp with which SoapLuaAgent will communicate.
.soap_app_name_ String Attribute Use this format when SoapLuaAgent will communicate with more than one SoapClientApp.
(Default = SoapLuaAgent uses only the default route/SOAP end-point).

The SoapLuaAgent API

All methods may raise a Lua Error in the case of exception, including:

.request [Asynchronous]

The request method accepts an request object parameter with the following attributes.

Field Type Description
request Object Container for the parameters of the SOAP request that we are to send.
.path String The URI path with which the request should be sent.
(Default = Path as configured in the SoapClientApp)
.query String The URI query string (the part following "?" in the URI).
(Default = None)
.fragment String The URI fragment string (the part following "#" in the URI).
(Default = None)
.action String [Required] The SOAPAction header value.
.message_name String [Required] The SOAP Request message name.
.args Object Table of message arguments to encode.
(Default = No message arguments)
.http_headers Array of Objects Additional user-level header objects to apply to an outbound HTTP Request (see below for object structure).
These headers are added after any headers defined by static RestClientApp application configuration.
You should not set the Content-Type or Content-Length headers.
(Default = No Additional Headers)

Each object in the request.http_headers Array has the following structure.

Field Type Description
.name String [Required] The name of the HTTP Request header.
.value String [Required] The full string value of the HTTP Request header.
.replace 0 / 1 If 1 then all previous headers of this name are removed, and this header replaces them.
(Default = Append to the existing headers, do not replace)

The request method returns an response object with the following attributes.

Parameter Type Description
response Object Container for response fields copied from the SOAP-C-RESPONSE message.
.result_name String The name of the returned result object.
.args Object Table of received args.
.result_namespace Object A container for the result namespace information.
.uri String The result namespace URI, if one was returned.
.location envelope/message Location of the result namespace URI, if one was used.
.http_headers Array of Object The list of HTTP headers parsed from the HTTP Response (see below for object structure).
All HTTP headers are present, including Content-Length and Content-Type.
If a HTTP header was repeated in the HTTP Response, then it is repeated in this Array.

Each object in the response.http_headers Array has the following structure.

Field Type Description
.name String [Required] The name of the HTTP Response header.
.value String [Required] The full string value of the HTTP Response header.

Example (SOAP Client Request):

-- Base and built-in actions.
local json = require "json"
local n2svcd = require "n2.n2svcd"
local soap_agent = require "n2.n2svcd.soap_agent"

local soap = ...

local response = soap_agent.request ({
    path = '/Pack/Path',
    action = 'http://tcl-sms/wsdls/Boss/OperationSet1.wsdl',
    message_name = 'BuyValuePackRequest',
    args = {
        CC_Calling_Party_Id = "64220635462",
        Reason = "My Very Good Reason"
    },
})
if (response.result_name ~= 'BuyValuePackResponse') then
    error ("Unexpected .")
end
if (not response.args or not response.args.PACK_NAME) then
    error ("Response PACK_NAME is missing.")
end

return { SUCCESS = 1 }