SOAP code generator from a wsdl file

[Bogen85]

Is there any tool for free pascal to generate a unit (or units?) for communicating with a SOAP API server given the .wsdl file from that server?

[paweld]

Web Service Toolkit: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit

[Bogen85]

Web Service Toolkit: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit

Thanks. This is not in the current sources for Lazarus (been renamed? removed?). Have not tracked it down yet.

[paweld]

You can find it in Online Package Manager under the name WST.
Or download from: https://sourceforge.net/p/lazarus-ccr/svn/HEAD/tree/wst/ (svn) or https://gitea.brudnopis.ovh/paweld/lazarus-ccr/src/branch/master/wst (git)

[korba812]

WST sources can be found in Lazarus-CCR repository:
https://sourceforge.net/p/lazarus-ccr/svn/HEAD/tree/wst/

[Bogen85]

Thank you.

ws_helper is GPL. That is fine. However, is the generated code able to be used in non GPL software?

[Bogen85]

Alright, that was simple enough

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1. git clone https://gitea.brudnopis.ovh/paweld/lazarus-ccr.git
2. cd lazarus-ccr/wst/trunk/ws_helper
3. lazbuild ws_helper.lpi
4. ./ws_helper
5.  

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1. ws_helper, Web Service Toolkit 0.7 Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Inoussa OUEDRAOGO
2. ws_helper [-uMODE] [-gOPTION] [-cOPTION] [-p] [-b] [-i] [-w] [-x] [-y] [-d] [-j] -[fSPECIFACTIONS] [-oPATH] [-aPATH] inputFilename
3.   -u MODE Generate the pascal translation of the WSDL input file
4.         MODE value may be U for used types or A for all types
5.   -g  Code generation option, with the following options :
6.         A  : object arrays are generated as "array" derived from TBaseObjectArrayRemotable
7.         C  : object arrays are generated as "collection" derived from TObjectCollectionRemotable
8.         EP : enum type's items are prefixed with the enum name
9.         EN : enum type's items are not prefixed with the enum name, the default
10.         FN : do not create fields for "choice"'s items in constructor
11.         FO : create fields for "choice"'s items in constructor, the default
12.         SS : XSD'string type is mapped to Object Pascal' String
13.         SU : XSD'string type is mapped to Object Pascal' UnicodeString
14.   -p  Generate service proxy
15.   -b  Generate service binder
16.   -i  Generate service minimal implementation. This will erase any existing implementation file!
17.   -o  PATH  Relative output directory
18.   -a  PATH  Absolute output directory
19.   -w  Generate WSDL file; Can be used to get wsdl from pascal
20.   -x  Generate XSD file; Can be used to get xsd from pascal
21.   -y  Generate easy access interface for wrapped parameters
22.   -d  Generate documentation as comment in the interface file
23.   -c  Indicate the parser's case sensitivity :
24.         S  : the paser is case sensitive
25.         I  : the paser is not case sensitive
26.   -j  Generate Java Language interface files for
27.   -f  Specify unit(s) renaming option : oldName= NewName(;oldName= NewName)*
28.  

Now just need to know what license (if any) the generated code would be bound by.

[Bogen85]

There is this: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit#License

But not sure if that what the generated call falls under.

[Bogen85]

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1. $ ws_helper -o out -p -b -c I ./server.wsdl
2. ws_helper, Web Service Toolkit 0.7 Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Inoussa OUEDRAOGO
3. Parsing the file : ./server.wsdl
4. Information : Parsing the port type "VoIPms"
5. Information : Parsing operation "addCharge"
6. Information : Parsing "xsd1:addChargeInput" ...
7. Error : Unable to find the parser, namespace : "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/". soapenc:Array type
8. Exception : Unable to find the parser, namespace : "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/".
9.  

[Thaddy]

There is this: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit#License

But not sure if that what the generated call falls under.

In this case the generated calls fall under your own license. Changes to the generator itself are lgpl with linker exception. That is not always the case, e.g. a generator may have inadvertently generated copyrighted code or even patented code, so you need to be careful. (OpenAI bitten me in some cases.)