getting started with SOAP

[neilmcguigan]

i am using the MS SOAP Toolkit 3 with MS Visual basic, and trying to get started with the SugarCRM's SOAP interface. here is my code:

Dim soapClient As MSSOAPLib30.SoapClient30
Set soapClient = New MSSOAPLib30.SoapClient30
Call soapClient.MSSoapInit("http://sugar/soap.php?wsdl=sugarsoap")
Dim s As String
s = soapClient.create_contact("neil", "mypassword", "bob", "loblaws", "bob@loblaws.com")
MsgBox s
If (Err.Number <> 0) Then
MsgBox soapClient.FaultString
End If

s is blank and there is nothing in the fault string, and no contact is created. What am I doing wrong? do i have to hash the password? if so, how?

Thanks!

Neil M

[neilmcguigan]

well i figured it out myself.

yes, you do have to hash the password. you can see your own hashed password in the users table, under user_hash

and you have to create a session first

Dim createSessionStatus As String
createSessionStatus = soapClient.create_session("neil", "myPasswordHash")

[neilmcguigan]

PS I would not recommend programming with MSSoapClient3.0, as it does not handle the complex types that sugar SOAP uses very well. use dotnet instead.

[robopak]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the SugarCRM's SOAP interface (the search service) with Visual Basic .NET, but I don't know
the correct data type I have to use in the .NET code.

I really appreciate if you can tell me the correct type.

Thanks.

[ftreml]

Hi,
Some of our products running on .net access Sugar by using the soap interface. simply use the wsdl tool contained in the SDK for generating the SOAP Stubs using the command line "wsdl http://your-server/sugar/soap.php?wsdl", and the classes are generated for you, including the correct data types. Visual Studio.net has the concept of "Web References" doing essentially the same for you.
Florian

[robopak]

Now it's working.

Thanks!!!