Calling a web service from abap

Hi all,
I want to call a webservice from ABAP.
In my report i use the below code .
web_rul =' http://test.asmx'.
CALL METHOD CL_HTTP_CLIENT=>CREATE_BY_URL
         EXPORTING
         URL                = WEB_URL
         IMPORTING
         CLIENT             = CLIENT
         EXCEPTIONS
         ARGUMENT_NOT_FOUND = 1
         PLUGIN_NOT_ACTIVE = 2
         INTERNAL_ERROR     = 3
         OTHERS             = 4.
         CLIENT->REQUEST->SET_HEADER_FIELD( NAME = '~REQUEST_METHOD' VALUE = 'GET' ).
         CLIENT->SEND( ).
         CALL METHOD CLIENT->RECEIVE
         EXCEPTIONS
         HTTP_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE = 1
         HTTP_INVALID_STATE         = 2
         HTTP_PROCESSING_FAILED     = 3
         OTHERS                     = 4.
         RET_DATA = CLIENT->RESPONSE->GET_CDATA( ).
         REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '&LT;' IN RET_DATA WITH '<' .
         REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '&GT;' IN RET_DATA WITH '>' .
Please correct me if my approach is wrong. when i execute the report the value in ret_Data is
####<html>####    <head><link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" href="test.asmx?disco" />####    <style type="text/css">##    ####BODY { color: #000000; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px
what is the mistake in this. how should i call the webservice from abap.
Regards,
Subasree

Hi,
Here is a sample code I've been using for CL_HTTP_CLIENT.
PARAMETERS pa_symbl TYPE string.
CONSTANTS:
             cv_host TYPE string VALUE 'www.webservicex.net',
             cv_host1 TYPE string VALUE 'http://www.webservicex.net:80',
             cv_service TYPE string VALUE '80',
             cv_soapaction TYPE string VALUE 'http://www.webserviceX.NET/GetQuote'.
DATA:   li_client TYPE REF TO if_http_client,
             lv_path TYPE string VALUE '/stockquote.asmx/GetQuote?symbol=',
             lv_tmp TYPE string.
CL_HTTP_CLIENT=>CREATE(
     EXPORTING
       HOST = cv_host
       SERVICE = cv_service
       SCHEME = '1'
     IMPORTING
       CLIENT = li_client
     EXCEPTIONS
       ARGUMENT_NOT_FOUND = 1
       INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
       PLUGIN_NOT_ACTIVE = 3
       OTHERS = 4 ).
*CL_HTTP_CLIENT=>CREATE_BY_URL(
* EXPORTING
*     URL = cv_host1
* IMPORTING
*     CLIENT = li_client
* EXCEPTIONS
*     ARGUMENT_NOT_FOUND = 1
*     INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
*     PLUGIN_NOT_ACTIVE = 3
*     OTHERS = 4 ).
CONDENSE pa_symbl.
CONCATENATE lv_path pa_symbl INTO lv_path.
li_client->REQUEST->SET_HEADER_FIELD(
   EXPORTING
     NAME = '`~request_method'
     VALUE = 'GET' ).
li_client->REQUEST->SET_HEADER_FIELD(
   EXPORTING
     NAME = '~server_protocol'
     VALUE = 'HTTP/1.1' ).
li_client->REQUEST->SET_HEADER_FIELD(
   EXPORTING
     NAME = '~request_uri'
     VALUE = lv_path ).
li_client->SEND(        "sends the HTTP REQUEST
   EXPORTING
     TIMEOUT = 300
   EXCEPTIONS
     HTTP_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE = 1
     HTTP_INVALID_STATE = 2
     HTTP_PROCESSING_FAILED = 3
     OTHERS = 4 ).
li_client->RECEIVE(     "receives the HTTP RESPONSE
   EXCEPTIONS
     HTTP_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE = 1
     HTTP_INVALID_STATE = 2
     HTTP_PROCESSING_FAILED = 3
     OTHERS = 4 ).
lv_tmp = li_client->RESPONSE->GET_CDATA( ).
The code will allow you to call the stockquote webservice using GET
http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?op=GetQuote
Your code is missing the request uri which is needed in a GET call.
Hope this helps,
Mark

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I want to call COPY web service from SharePoint in SAP web dynpro / JAVA application.
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it results in Unauthorized error and doesnt complete the setup. Detail error is :
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failed.com.sap.engine.services.webservices.espbase.wsdl.exceptions.WSDLException: Invalid Response Code: (401) Unauthorized. The requested URL was:"Connect to
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Here's an example on how to delete a list item, hopefully this helps
package com.jw.sharepoint.examples;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.CopySoap;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.GetListItems;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.GetListItemsResponse;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.ListsSoap;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.UpdateListItems.Updates;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.UpdateListItemsResponse.UpdateListItemsResult;
public class SharePointDeleteListItemExample extends SharePointBaseExample {
private String delete = null;
private String deleteListItemQuery = null;
private String queryOptions = null;
private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SharePointUploadDocumentExample.class);
private static Properties properties = new Properties();
public Properties getProperties() {
  return properties;
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args) {
  logger.debug("main...");
  SharePointDeleteListItemExample example = new SharePointDeleteListItemExample();
  try {
   example.initialize();
   CopySoap cp = example.getCopySoap();
   example.uploadDocument(cp, properties.getProperty("copy.sourceFile"));
   ListsSoap ls = example.getListsSoap();
   example.executeQueryAndDelete(ls);
  } catch (Exception ex) {
   logger.error("Error caught in main: ", ex);
public void executeQueryAndDelete(ListsSoap ls) throws Exception {
  Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
  SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
  String formattedDate = simpleDateFormat.format(today);
  String queryFormatted = String.format(deleteListItemQuery,formattedDate);
  GetListItems.QueryOptions msQueryOptions = new GetListItems.QueryOptions();
  GetListItems.Query msQuery = new GetListItems.Query();
  msQuery.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(queryFormatted));
  msQueryOptions.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(this.queryOptions));
  GetListItemsResponse.GetListItemsResult result = ls.getListItems(
    properties.getProperty("folder"), "", msQuery, null, "",
    msQueryOptions, "");
  writeResult(result.getContent().get(0), System.out);
  Element element = (Element) result.getContent().get(0);
  NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName("z:row");
  for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
   Node node = nl.item(i);
   String id = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ows_ID").getNodeValue();
   String fileRefRelativePath = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ows_FileRef").getNodeValue();
   logger.debug("id: " + id);
   logger.debug("fileRefRelativePath: " + fileRefRelativePath);
   String fileRef = properties.getProperty("delete.FileRef.base") + fileRefRelativePath.split("#")[1];
   logger.debug("fileRef: " + fileRef);
   deleteListItem(ls, properties.getProperty("folder"), id, fileRef);
public void deleteListItem(ListsSoap ls, String listName, String listId, String fileRef) throws Exception {
  String deleteFormatted = String.format(delete, listId, fileRef);
  Updates u = new Updates();
  u.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(deleteFormatted));
  UpdateListItemsResult ret = ls.updateListItems(listName, u);
  writeResult(ret.getContent().get(0), System.out);
public void initialize() throws Exception {
  logger.info("initialize()...");
  properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/SharePointDeleteListItemExample.properties"));
  super.initialize();
  this.delete = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/Delete.xml").toURI())));
  this.deleteListItemQuery = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/DeleteListItemQuery.xml").toURI())));
  this.queryOptions = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/QueryOptions.xml").toURI())));
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