SOAP Request

This plugin calls SOAP and REST APIs by POST and GET methods.

There are two modules under the ./library folder with different Python versions.

./library:

• soap_request_py2.py
• soap_request_py3.py

Simply change the name of the module as soap_request.py that you want to use.

Example Playbook for soap_request_py2.py

ansible-playbook -i localhost soap-request-py2.yml

- name: Soap Request for Python 2x
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: call soap service
    soap_request:
      url: "https://host:port/api/endpoint.svc"
      method: 'POST'
      headers:
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        Another-Header: foo
      body: '<xmlString></xmlString>'
    register: result
  - name: dump result
    debug:
      msg: '{{ result }}'

SOAP Example Playbook for Python 3.x

ansible-playbook -i localhost soap-request-py3.yml

- name: Soap Request
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: call soap service
    soap_request:
      api_type: SOAP
      url: "https://host:port/api/endpoint.svc"
      method: 'POST'
      headers:
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        SOAPAction: http://tempuri.org/CustomerMail/sendMail
      xml_body: | 
        <xmlString>
          <multi>
            <line>
              <xml></xml>
            </line>
          </multi>
        </xmlString>
    register: result
  - name: dump result
    debug:
      msg: '{{ result }}'

REST Example Playbook for Python 3.x

ansible-playbook -i localhost soap-request-py3.yml

- name: Rest Request
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: call rest service
    soap_request:
      api_type: REST
      url: "https://host:port/api/login"
      method: 'POST'
      headers:
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        Another-Header: foo
      json_body: {"username": "admin", "password": "pass"}
    register: result
  - name: dump result
    debug:
      msg: '{{ result }}'

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