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maddzy
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Sending a request as "multipart/related"

Hi,   I have a requirement to send a multipart SOAP message, with attachment, to a HTTP endpoint as POST.   The endpoint I am sending to requires I use the multipart/related Content-Type header (...
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maddzy
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Thanks Rao,

 

I am already familiar with how to add attachments and headers in SoapUI.

 

My question is "Is there a workaround to let me use the multipart/related Content-Type header in SoapUI?"

 

The only multipart headers SoapUI provides is multipart/form-data  and multipart/mixed.

 

 

Any help is appreciated,

 

Dave

  • OriginalName3's avatar
    OriginalName3
    Occasional Visitor
    9 years ago

    I ran into the same issue with a previous project of mine. What I ended up doing was abandoning SoapUI and testing through a local Java Application I created. Sadly it was the only way I could find to move forward.

    That being said, I absolutely loved using SoapUI and was really surprised to find this isn't possible. I hope this gets fixed because I'd like to use it again in future projects.

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    9 years ago
    I believe that you should be able to type "multipart/related". Isn't the case? Then please show the screen shot.
    • maddzy's avatar
      maddzy
      Occasional Contributor
      9 years ago

      Hi Rao,

       

      I have tried to type in "multipart/related" manually, but no attachment is actually added when you do that.

       

      I have attached a screenshot where I have typed in "multipart/related" and here is the raw output of that request:

       

      POST http://localhost:8280/ab/service/dri HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Content-Type: multipart/related;charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-Length: 1467
Host: localhost:8280
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <ac:PostRq xmlns:ac="http://www.ACORD.org/Standards/AcordMsgSvc/1.4.0" xmlns="http://www.ACORD.org/Standards/AcordMsgSvc/Inbox" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ACORD.org/Standards/AcordMsgSvc/1.4.0 AcordMsgSvc_v-1-4-0.xsd">
      <ac:Sender>
        <ac:PartyId>urn:duns:236196817</ac:PartyId>
        <ac:PartyRoleCd>ServiceProvider</ac:PartyRoleCd>
        <ac:PartyName>Xchanging</ac:PartyName>
      </ac:Sender>
      <ac:Receiver>
        <ac:PartyId>urn:lloyds:1274</ac:PartyId>
        <ac:PartyRoleCd>Insurer</ac:PartyRoleCd>
        <ac:PartyName>ACORD Testing Agent</ac:PartyName>
      </ac:Receiver>
      <ac:Application>
        <ac:ApplicationCd>ACORD-Repository</ac:ApplicationCd>
        <ac:SchemaVersion>http://www.ACORD.org/Standards/AcordMsgSvc/1.4.0</ac:SchemaVersion>
      </ac:Application>
      <ac:TimeStamp>2016-08-29T07:20:42-04:00</ac:TimeStamp>
      <ac:MsgItem>
        <ac:MsgId>3c43f778-2d8a-4dba-b6d9-ec86974e4c59</ac:MsgId>
        <ac:MsgTypeCd>RepositoryOperationRs</ac:MsgTypeCd>
      </ac:MsgItem>
      <ac:WorkFolder>
        <ac:MsgFile>
          <ac:FileId>cid:828f430d-6848-4227-ba6e-fe79dfe970fc</ac:FileId>
          <ac:FileFormatCd>text/xml</ac:FileFormatCd>
        </ac:MsgFile>
      </ac:WorkFolder>
    </ac:PostRq>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

       

       

      Thanks for your replies, I appreciate the suggestions.

       

      Dave

      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Champion Level 3
        9 years ago
        1. Is this request in a Test Suite -> Test Case -> Test Step?

        2. Is the attachment type right?
        <ac:FileFormatCd>text/xml</ac:FileFormatCd>

        3. Can you show the screen shot by clicking on Attachment(1)?
        4. Is cid matching?