Soap in APEX

Hy experts,
Does anybody have some experience with sending a pdf from a web service to a printer?
I think I will need a soap call for this purpose.
Is this possible with APEX?
I would appreciate some hints.
Kind regards,
ilb

If you can stick with APEX's reporting capabilities, read Oracle's white paper: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/learnmore/custom-pdf-reports-1953918.pdf
From there:
APEX_UTIL.download_print_document() is used to allow the client machine to 'download' the PDF (which will allow the end-user to manually print the PDF)
APEX_UTIL.get_print_document() will return a BLOB with the PDF
APEX_WEB_SERVICE.BLOB2CLOBBase64() already exists
Remember, a server (eg Oracle, GlassFish, APEX, etc.) is not allowed to run code on client machines.
You'll have to "print from the server".
As you have suggested, building a SOAP Service Provider could work.
However, I'm more familiar with FILE_UTL and DBMS_SCHEDULER than creating SOAP Providers.
This is how I would solve it:
Write the PDF BLOB to DB file system using FILE_UTL
Run a batch script that prints the file using DBMS_SCHEDULER (lp on unix, acrord.exe on windows. google to find proper command line switches)
I believe the Oracle Scheduler Agent would need to be installed and configured. (part of Oracle Client Install CD)
suggestion
Printers don't always act nicely
wrap all of the code in a procedure (in a package) so that it can be re-ran with the click of a button (on any page) when the printer decides to eat the paper.
MK

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2       , extractValue(value(t),'/*/severity','xmlns="http://www.service-now.com/incident"') "severity"
3 from wwv_flow_collections c,
4       table(
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7         )
8       ) t
9 where c.collection_name = 'P_RESULTS21';
number                   severity
INC0000060               3
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...

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partial code -
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I have more info on the issue...
I tried to reach the the webservice from OAS/HTTP with mod_plsql directly. At first I was not able to.
A firewall request was completed and now I am sure the http server can reach the webservice in question.
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Also
I'm confused ..taken from APEX 4.0 online documenation
SOAP offers two primary advantages:
SOAP is based on XML, and therefore easy to use.
SOAP messages are not blocked by firewalls because this protocol uses simple transport protocols, such as HTTP.
I can't see why it would be a firewall issue based on the statement above.
Thanks Again
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Edited by: user570478 on Jul 28, 2011 2:23 PM

How to Extract data from a Request management tool to Apex to avoid working on Excel reports

Client uses a ticketing tool,I donot know what is the database for the tool,but I would like to know the best way to extract data from the tool to pex so that we can eliminate working on Excel reports.These excel reports are basically the open request log,resolved tickets,aging tickets etc,currently we work on many excel reports,can we achieve this in Apex ,if so how do we achieve this.Then we would like to use this report and prepare multiple charts,how the above two requirements can be mapped.

A very important function for the system will be - one sends an email in certain format to a dummy email address, then some data will be extracted from the email based on the pre-defined format and inserted into the database my APEX application is using.
Any idea on how I can make it happen please? I agree that this is not really an Apex question, but a more general PL/SQL question.
There are many approaches, all boiling down to one of these two:
1) Push: Some process in the mail server sends/forwards information to your database when new mail arrives.
The language/tools used to do this, and the way it would connect to your database, depends on your environment (what is your operating system? mail server? existing middleware/tools? security protocols used? etc.).
2) Pull: Some process in the database contacts the mail server and polls for new information.
Ie. some PL/SQL code would communicate with the mail server. Again, it depends on your environment (what is your operating system? mail server? existing middleware/tools? security protocols used? etc.).
For example, if you are using Exchange 2007 or newer, it has a web services API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877045.aspx
The challenge here will be to build the correct SOAP requests from PL/SQL, and to handle the security protocols used.
- Morten
http://ora-00001.blogspot.com

How to extract data from a dummy email address and insert them into APEX db

Hi All,
I am developing a project management system on APEX 4.1.0.00.21.
A very important function for the system will be - one sends an email in certain format to a dummy email address, then some data will be extracted from the email based on the pre-defined format and inserted into the database my APEX application is using.
Any idea on how I can make it happen please?
Thanks,
Christine

A very important function for the system will be - one sends an email in certain format to a dummy email address, then some data will be extracted from the email based on the pre-defined format and inserted into the database my APEX application is using.
Any idea on how I can make it happen please? I agree that this is not really an Apex question, but a more general PL/SQL question.
There are many approaches, all boiling down to one of these two:
1) Push: Some process in the mail server sends/forwards information to your database when new mail arrives.
The language/tools used to do this, and the way it would connect to your database, depends on your environment (what is your operating system? mail server? existing middleware/tools? security protocols used? etc.).
2) Pull: Some process in the database contacts the mail server and polls for new information.
Ie. some PL/SQL code would communicate with the mail server. Again, it depends on your environment (what is your operating system? mail server? existing middleware/tools? security protocols used? etc.).
For example, if you are using Exchange 2007 or newer, it has a web services API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877045.aspx
The challenge here will be to build the correct SOAP requests from PL/SQL, and to handle the security protocols used.
- Morten
http://ora-00001.blogspot.com

APEX 3.0.1 fails to consume Web Services

I am running APEX 3.0.1 in a 10.2.0.2 EE database on Windows XP.
I am trying to get APEX to use a simple web service that I have created in BPEL. The web service functions perfectly in SoapUI.
APEX seems to be using the response document rather than the request document when invoking the service.
Here is the request generated by APEX:
<inputVariable><part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload"><ns1:Item xmlns:ns1="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemResponse">
<ns1:SETID>SHARE</ns1:SETID>
<ns1:ITEM_ID>810002</ns1:ITEM_ID>
</ns1:Item>
</part></inputVariable>
Here is the request generated by SoapUI:
<inputVariable><part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload"><get:Item xmlns:get="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemRequest">
<get:SETID>SHARE</get:SETID>
<get:ITEM_ID>810002</get:ITEM_ID>
</get:Item>
</part></inputVariable>
The primary difference is that APEX is referencing GetItemResponse rather than GetItemRequest.
Here is the WSDL:
<definitions name="ItemGet" targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ItemGet" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:tns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ItemGet" xmlns:ns1="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemRequest" xmlns:plnk="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/05/partner-link/" xmlns:ns2="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemResponse" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:client="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ItemGet">
<types>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<import namespace="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemRequest" schemaLocation="GetItemRequest.xsd"/>
</schema>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<import namespace="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemResponse" schemaLocation="GetItemResponse.xsd"/>
</schema>
</types>
<message name="ItemGetRequestMessage">
<part name="payload" element="ns1:Item"/>
</message>
<message name="ItemGetResponseMessage">
<part name="payload" element="ns2:Root-Element"/>
</message>
<portType name="ItemGet">
<operation name="process">
<input message="tns:ItemGetRequestMessage"/>
<output message="tns:ItemGetResponseMessage"/>
</operation>
</portType>
<binding name="ItemGetBinding" type="tns:ItemGet">
<soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<operation name="process">
<soap:operation style="document" soapAction="process"/>
<input>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</input>
<output>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</output>
</operation>
</binding>
<service name="ItemGet">
<port name="ItemGetPort" binding="tns:ItemGetBinding">
<soap:address location="http://xpvm.us.oracle.com:8888/orabpel/default/ItemGet/1.0"/>
</port>
</service>
<plnk:partnerLinkType name="ItemGet">
<plnk:role name="ItemGetProvider">
<plnk:portType name="tns:ItemGet"/>
</plnk:role>
</plnk:partnerLinkType>
</definitions>
As you can see from the WSDL, the input message is tns:ItemGetRequestMessage and the output is tns:ItemGetResponseMessage.
The APEX design time environment is accurately recognizing ItemRequest for the input parameters and ItemResponse for the output parameters.
It looks like a potential APEX bug.
Anyone run into this? Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Kurt

Kurt:
It does look like a bug. I can offer the following workaround.
Create a Manual Web reference as described here:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32472_01/doc/appdev.300/b32471/advnc.htm#BABCBBHJ
section "Creating a Web Service Manually"
based on the WSDL below, you would enter the following for URL and Action:
URL: http://xpvm.us.oracle.com:8888/orabpel/default/ItemGet/1.0
Action: process
Also, enter a name for an APEX collection to store the response, such as GET_ITEM_RESPONSE.
For the SOAP Envelope, paste in the one that works from SOAPUI or use BPEL Control to get the envelope. Instead of static values for the parameters you use #ITEM_NAME# substitutions. So if the page generated by the wizard was on page 1, it would look something like:
<inputVariable><part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload"><get:Item xmlns:get="http://TargetNamespace.com/GetItemRequest">
<get:SETID>#P1_SETID#</get:SETID>
<get:ITEM_ID>#P1_ITEM_ID#</get:ITEM_ID>
</get:Item>
</part></inputVariable>
(with the proper SOAP Envelope wrapper around it)
Now go to page 1 (assuming that was the page created by the wizard) and remove the current process of type Web service on that page. Add a new process of type Web service, choose Manual, and choose the manual one you created above.
Follow the instructions in the section titled "Displaying Web Service Results in a Report" at the link above to create a report on the result.
There is also an advanced tutorial using Manual Web references you may wish to review:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32472_01/doc/appdev.300/b32469/web_serv.htm#CHDEFEGH
Hope that helps,
Jason

How to post data to Oracle B2B's httpReceiver using SOAP UI

Hi All,
I have successfully tested an inbound EDI X12 810 transaction by creating document version, type, definition. I have used an inbound file channel in this case to
pick the file and the sender trading partner is dentified from the ISA and GS values as I have configured EDI Interchange ID and EDI Group ID at Remote trading
partner profile level. This configuration is successfully working fine.
Now my intention is to replace the inbound file channel with httpReceiver i.e. I just want to post 810 document to B2B's httpReceiver using SOAP UI instead of
using inbound file channel. For this I have mentioned Generic Identifier as Acme under the profile tab of Remote trading partner (Note that Acme is my remote
trading partner). And I am posting data to httpReceiver using SOAP UI by setting sender as Acme in the SOAP UI headers. But in the B2B reports, the transaction
is erroring out as it is unable to identify sender, doc type and agreement.
Please let me know is this the correct way of populating headers from SOAP UI? Is Sender only sufficient in the headers or any others required? Do I need to pass
IP address also as header? If so, is it my machine IP address? Is that should be static IP compulsorily?

Found an answer - hope this is what the first person was looking for.
You can embedded the Apex code within HTML with the following key steps:
1. Java scripts need to reference the correct URL paths. For example on apex.oracle.com they would be
<script src="http://apex.oracle.com/i/javascript/htmldb_html_elements.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://apex.oracle.com/i/javascript/htmldb_get.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
2. The <form...> tag needs to have the DAD URL in it. Such as:
<form action="http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/wwv_flow.accept" method="post" name="wwv_flow" id="wwvFlowForm" >
Any other references need to point to the right URLs.
Finally, the action that will occur after submission is defined by the Apex Form, so you will need to set the appropriate Branch action in the application, such as going back to the same URL currently on, etc.
Stephen

Using SharePoint WebServices in APEX

Hi,
I'm trying to use sharepoint webservice in apex.
But sharepoint webservices uses NTLM authentication, and there is no such option in apex web service config.
I tried to put authentication data in soap header, but I didn't get any answer from the web service.
When I use default settings I got 401 unathorized response from the sharepoint server.
Is there some way for use ntlm auth in apex webservices connection ?
Regards,
Marcin

Joel
thank you for clarification. Really appreciate your help. I was able to get the list. Here is the procedure. The line that fails is highlighed. Basically it can't initialize the session on AD server...
declare
     p_username          varchar2(25):='test';
     p_password          varchar2(25):='test';
     l_user               varchar2(256);
     l_ldap_server     varchar2(256)     := 'AD host';
     l_domain          varchar2(256)     := 'domain';
     l_ldap_port          number               := 389;
     l_retval          pls_integer;
     l_session          dbms_ldap.session;
     l_cnt               number;
begin
--     l_retval := dbms_ldap.unbind_s( l_session );
     l_user               := p_username||'@'||l_domain;
*     l_session          := dbms_ldap.init( l_ldap_server, l_ldap_port ); -- start session*
l_retval          := dbms_ldap.simple_bind_s( l_session, l_user, p_password ); -- auth as user
     l_retval          := dbms_ldap.unbind_s( l_session ); -- unbind
     dbms_output.put_line( 'yes');
exception when others then
dbms_output.put_line( 'no');
raise_application_error(-20101, 'invalid user');
     end;
thanks, Ed

ApEx BIP report using webservice: could not convert null to bean field

Seems like a pretty straightforward problem but I don't manage to find a solution.
I have a BI Suite implementation on one server.
And a database with ApEx on another server.
I want to call a BIP report from within my ApEx application using the webservices (runReport) available in BIP 11g.
I used soapUI to test my webservice. Result : OK
When called from within ApEx, ApEx gives me a succes message but the report isn't generated. Instead the console on the BIP server shows the following error:
<Sep 12, 2012 10:28:37 PM BST> <Error> <org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanPropert
yTarget> <BEA-000000> <Could not convert null to bean field 'sizeOfDataChunkDown
load', type int>
'sizeOfDataChunkDownload' is a field of the webservice that is left empty.
That indeed is the only difference between my soapUI test and the ApEx situation.
In soapUI I removed all empty fields. In ApEx this does not seem possible...
Some extra information:
- the webservice is created on this WSDL : /xmlpserver/services/v2/ReportService?wsdl
- it's defined as a SOAP v2
- no basic authentication
- the reports are defined in the BIP environment; not in ApEx
Edited by: kcaluwae on 13-sep-2012 3:19

I overlooked a not nillable field...

SOAP Fault

Gurus,
Can someone post and example on how and when to generate a SOAP fault ?
I can potentially handle errors by plugging in error messages in the response message.
When would once generate a soapfault instead of a response message ?
has anyone on this groups implemented a web service or a soap based service operation or transaction?

Ok, figured it out.
The web service was not proviing a namespaced fault element.
Fixed that and Apex now identifies the SoapFault

Reading and Updating MS Active Directory (AD) through Oracle APEX

Hi All,
Has anyone ever read and update the AD components using Oracle APEX?
I know we can have APEX build in LDAP Authentication, but that is for the Authentication, what about reading other attributes like phone no., department, office etc. from MS AD; and about updating the same information.
Is Oracle Identity Management the only solution?
Windows 2008 R2 Server provide SOAP based AD web services (ADWS), has anyone used that with APEX (11g R2 with EPG configuration)?
Is it possible to have a C# code (through external procedure) which could read and write MS AD; can we use only "C" code in oracle as external proc or C# as well?
Any pointers would be of great help.
Thanks,
Ash

Ash,
It's possible to query data from the LDAP server, but it's not as easy as you'd like. I don't know about updating, but fopr querying, you're looking at creating a package using DBMS_LDAP and a pipelined function to get the data. Here's one example from a quick google search; there are others.
One thing to be aware of that burned me: the default LDAP setting limits requests to 1,000 records. If your search gives more than that, you get an error (and no data at all). So you may find yourself having to use unions to get the full data, which slows things down a bit.
-David

Soap in APEX

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