Looking for raw SOAP XML for Data Card requests

Question

We are neither a .NET nor JAVA programming shop, but the code samples I find are.
And so, we are looking for the raw SOAP XML for calls surrounding entity type DataCardSet.  In particular, we want to retrieve a list of them, and then for a particular one, retrieve/describe its available field details.

Answer 1

Hi Corey,
I've included SOAP messages below for requests to list and describe DataCardSets in your Eloqua install.
The following SOAP XML call will return a list of all DataCardSets :
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
  <s:Header>
    <VsDebuggerCausalityData xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vstudio/diagnostics/servicemodelsink">uIDPo6MkWEPC3S5OmHaW8t1VC/kAAAAAI03BGdV8TkmUW00g2vOgE7r/OByVYmdPgXikgEI8ZRsACQAA</VsDebuggerCausalityData>
    <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
      <u:Timestamp u:Id="_0">
        <u:Created>2013-01-31T13:32:51.750Z</u:Created>
        <u:Expires>2013-01-31T13:37:51.750Z</u:Expires>
      </u:Timestamp>
      <o:UsernameToken u:Id="uuid-43493015-758b-4f34-837f-820c8f2b044c-1">
        <o:Username>Company\UserName</o:Username>
        <o:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">Password</o:Password>
      </o:UsernameToken>
    </o:Security>
  </s:Header>
  <s:Body>
    <DescribeEntityType xmlns="https://secure.eloqua.com/API/1.2">
      <globalEntityType>DataCardSet</globalEntityType>
    </DescribeEntityType>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
The following request will describe the metadata (including custom fields) on your DataCardSet :
(assuming the ID of the DataCardSet is 95)
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
  <s:Header>
    <VsDebuggerCausalityData xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vstudio/diagnostics/servicemodelsink">uIDPowA6KT+197BLtB+NzsSc1yYAAAAAeE8D6Q/LUUyO4p5XUfsdQf9zTkkCGRRKuRBcBkjafZcACQAA</VsDebuggerCausalityData>
    <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
      <u:Timestamp u:Id="_0">
        <u:Created>2013-01-31T13:35:40.433Z</u:Created>
        <u:Expires>2013-01-31T13:40:40.433Z</u:Expires>
      </u:Timestamp>
      <o:UsernameToken u:Id="uuid-4f57be51-7af1-4d91-9f98-f1919f587117-1">
        <o:Username>Company\UserName</o:Username>
        <o:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">Password</o:Password>
      </o:UsernameToken>
    </o:Security>
  </s:Header>
  <s:Body>
    <DescribeEntity xmlns="https://secure.eloqua.com/API/1.2">
      <entityType xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <ID>95</ID>
        <Name i:nil="true"/>
        <Type>DataCardSet</Type>
      </entityType>
    </DescribeEntity>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
Thanks,
Fred