Question Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter in Technology Q&A

Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:47:53 GMT

hi guruz,

which client tool used for sending soap request and http request?and what is the main difference between http and soap.

from my understanding in both we are using extetrnal web object (webservices).

please guide me

warm regards.

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:50:57 GMT

HI ,

Both adapters are for different purpose.

The SOAP adapter enables you to exchange SOAP messages between remote clients or Web service servers and the Integration Server or the PCK. the SOAP adapter is a java application which is making only a envelope of some XML tags, you can easily create them for yourself with a mapping.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/69/a6fb3fea9df028e10000000a1550b0/content.htm

The Plain http adapter is a part of ntegration Engine. It uses native http format i.e no SOAP Envelops. The HTTP is (native) adapter of the (ABAP) WAS, it is much more performant and more stable.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/44/79973cc73af456e10000000a114084/content.htm

Check this weblogs on both of these adapters for some more information:

Sending a Simple SOAP envelope to XI via HTTP using ASP

https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/weblogs.sdn?blog=/pub/wlg/1442 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

prateek — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:52:48 GMT

U may develop ur own clients. The difference between clients is that SOAP client sends http message with soap header, while http client sends plain http data without header

SOAP is always used for webservices. But http not always.

Regards,

Prateek

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:54:27 GMT

Hi Pawan,

Please go through the following link to have more insight on your query.

/people/padmankumar.sahoo/blog/2005/02/15/an-overview-of-soap

This should help.

Regards,

Karthik

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:54:50 GMT

tools used

you can use Altove XMl spy, Stylus Studio, SOAP UI for sending/generating SOAP requests.

You can use 'wfetch' for sending/generating http requests.

differences

1)SOAP is ...to communicate WEB SERVICES..it support WSDL files...using XMLSpy you can send the request.

HTTP is...to communicate with WEB pages

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/44/79973cc73af456e10000000a114084/content.htm

2)SOAP in background uses XML + http

you expose outbound interface as a webservice and create a SOAP request to access it.

you send http request to ping a integration scenario directly at the integration engine.

3)SOAP

An Overview of SOAP

/people/padmankumar.sahoo/blog/2005/02/15/an-overview-of-soap

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/03/23/rfc--xi--webservice--a-complete-walkthrough-part-1

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/03/28/rfc--xi--webservice--a-complete-walkthrough-part-2

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/befdeb90-0201-0010-059b-f222711d10c0

/people/padmankumar.sahoo/blog/2005/02/15/an-overview-of-soap

How to use SOAP adapter:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/40611dd6-e66e-2910-f383-e80fb44f9cd4

Note: reward points if solution found helpfull

Regards

Chandrakanth.k

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:56:56 GMT

hi,

SOAP is used when we need to commuincate via Webservice or remote interaction but HTTP used if some on from web needs to talk to XI server directly we use HTTP

/people/padmankumar.sahoo/blog/2005/02/15/an-overview-of-soap

Thanks,

Madhu

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:57:25 GMT

Hi Pavan,

SOAP is use to convert the normal file in to the Xml format.

the soap is nothing but the simple object application protocol.

Purpose

The SOAP adapter enables you to exchange SOAP messages between remote clients or Web service servers and the Integration Server or the PCK.

it is user in to consume , create a web service. and in creation of RFC.that is the main advantage of soap...

the format ot soap is

Envelope

-->> Header

--->>>Application data

>>>>>data

out actual message in your data. and it is secure.

In the SOAP adapter, you can specify security settings to be used to sign/verify the SOAP body. In addition, you can specify the standard to be used for signing/verifying the SOAP message.

For FAQs about the SOAP adapter, see SAP Note 856597.

Integration

You configure the adapter in the configuration part of the Integration Builder or the PCK.

The receiver SOAP adapter can be used for mapping lookups.

Re: Soap VS HTTP adapter

Former Member — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:00:50 GMT

hi Pawan,

SOAP : Push or recive data from a webservice,

HTTP: Push or receive data from web application, you can send a simple XML file as well.

for SOAP you can use SOAP GUI or XML SPy and for HTTP you can use test tool by microsoft WFETCH

http://www.robweb.de/wfetch.zip and

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/66dadc6e-0a01-0010-9ea9-bb6d8ca48cc8

regards,

Sachin