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Asked: 2026-05-30T12:53:47+00:00

I am trying to send a soap request to an open webservice (webserviceX.NET currency

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I am trying to send a soap request to an open webservice (webserviceX.NET currency converter). Here is my code:

String SOAP_REQUEST = "<SOAP:Envelope xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:SOAP=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><SOAP:Body><ConversionRate xmlns=\"http://www.webserviceX.NET/\"/>" +
        "<FromCurrency>EUR</FromCurrency><ToCurrency>ILS</ToCurrency></SOAP:Body></SOAP:Envelope>";



//  SOAPEnvelope env = new SOAPEnvelope();
//Create a Stream Source of the Request String
  byte[] reqBytes = SOAP_REQUEST.getBytes();
  ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(reqBytes);
  StreamSource ss = new StreamSource(bis);

  //Create a SOAP Message Object
  MessageFactoryImpl messageFactory = new MessageFactoryImpl();
  SOAPMessage msg = messageFactory.createMessage();
  SOAPPart soapPart = msg.getSOAPPart();

  //Set the soapPart Content with the stream source
  soapPart.setContent(ss);

  //Create a WebService Call
  Service service = new Service();
  Call call = (Call)service.createCall();
  call.setTargetEndpointAddress(new java.net.URL(endpoint));
  call.setProperty( Call.SOAPACTION_USE_PROPERTY, new Boolean( true ) );
  call.setProperty( Call.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY, "http://www.webserviceX.NET/ConversionRate");
  call.setEncodingStyle("utf-8");

  //Invoke the WebService.
  SOAPEnvelope resp = call.invoke(((org.apache.axis.SOAPPart)soapPart).getAsSOAPEnvelope());
 ...
//then i parse the resulting SOAPEnvelope get the value.

here in this url, you can see the nature of the soap request and response when interacting with this webservice..
http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?op=ConversionRate

my java code above, get the right and exact soap response specified in the URL I provided and expected.. but always with the value I need as 0.
This is the soap response I get:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body><ConversionRateResponse 
xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET/">
<ConversionRateResult>0</ConversionRateResult></ConversionRateResponse>
</soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

You can see the CoversionRateResult as 0, although it should return 4.69. I tried another webservice they provide and I get aways such result.

Can someone please help me by looking what could be missing in my java code? I tried different variations and keep playing around since a day 🙁 .. and nothing.
I would really appreciate anyone help me in this.
Thank you,

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  1. Editorial Team

    The correct string passed in my above example, which worked is:

    String SOAP_REQUEST = 
"<soapenv:Envelope 
     xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"
     xmlns:web=\"http://www.webserviceX.NET/\">
 <soapenv:Header/>
 <soapenv:Body>
 <web:ConversionRate>
 <web:FromCurrency>EUR</web:FromCurrency>
 <web:ToCurrency>ILS</web:ToCurrency>
 </web:ConversionRate>
 </soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>"

    Just in case anyone encountered this issue.. my reputation does not allow me to mark it as correct.
    And many thanks to mcfinnigan for helping me out..

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