hi
How can i send a POST request to a third party vendor.
Here we dont have provision to use webservice. So we have to post the SOAp request to a site where they will be processing it and send back the response. So how can i do this.
regards
finny

Take a look at this thread:

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23831

There is some code in there that might help you. It uses the System.Net.WebRequest class.

-Peter

Hi
I referred the given url and tried coding in on my own.
There are no provisions for posting SOAP request. I have pasted my endpoint url in "txturl" . Error is returned. Also i have also not posted my SOAP request.
So kindly clarify me.
Thanks

The important points are the use of the System.Net.WebRequest and System.Net.WebResponse classes. With that you could write anything that makes HTTP calls. What you put in the call is up to you. If you want to put together a SOAP request then you just need to structure the request text in the accepted SOAP format.

Here's something you could try...

Create a web service on your own system. Then create a project that has a web reference to that web service. Then look at the proxy/stub class that .NET generates from the WSDL and you'll see exactly has MS makes SOAP requests.

I'm curious: You have to create a SOAP request for this task, yet you say you "dont have provision to use webservice". I don't get it. Web services are based on SOAP. Doesn't that make the SOAP interface that they are providing a web service?

-Peter

hi
Let me try to explain clearly.
Normally we will be referencing a WebService from a webApllication.
The webService(.asmx) file will be working on the input parameters obtained from the WebApplicatication and return the required response.
All these happens only through SOAP. Isnt it.

But here I dont have a Webservice to refer. The vendor has no webService. He is just having a plain site www.domainname.com/xml/xml.asp. He instructed us to send a SOAP request to this site and he will be replying with the SOAP response.

I hope so i have explained clearly. Kindly advice me in this regard.

Thanks
finny