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# SOAP Server Tutorial
Suppose you want to provide a calculator web service just like the one from [ParaSoft](http://ws1.parasoft.com/glue/calculator.wsdl).
Firstly, create a class `CalcService` which is derived from `webcc::SoapService`, override the `Handle` method:
```cpp
// calc_service.h
#include "webcc/soap_service.h"
class CalcService : public webcc::SoapService {
public:
bool Handle(const webcc::SoapRequest& soap_request,
webcc::SoapResponse* soap_response) override;
};
```
The `Handle` method has two parameters, one for request (input), one for response (output).
The implementation is quite straightforward:
- Get operation (e.g., add) from request;
- Get parameters (e.g., x and y) from request;
- Calculate the result.
- Set namespaces, result name and so on to response.
- Set result to response.
```cpp
// calc_service.cpp
#include "calc_service.h"
#include "boost/lexical_cast.hpp"
#include "webcc/soap_request.h"
#include "webcc/soap_response.h"
bool CalcService::Handle(const webcc::SoapRequest& soap_request,
webcc::SoapResponse* soap_response) {
try {
if (soap_request.operation() == "add") {
double x = boost::lexical_cast<double>(soap_request.GetParameter("x"));
double y = boost::lexical_cast<double>(soap_request.GetParameter("y"));
double result = x + y;
soap_response->set_soapenv_ns(webcc::kSoapEnvNamespace);
soap_response->set_service_ns({ "cal", "http://www.example.com/calculator/" });
soap_response->set_operation(soap_request.operation());
soap_response->set_result_name("Result");
soap_response->set_result(std::to_string(result));
return true;
}
// Other operations ...
} catch (boost::bad_lexical_cast&) {
// ...
}
return false;
}
```
Next step, create a `SoapServer` and register `CalcService` to it with a URL.
```cpp
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
// Check argc and argv ...
unsigned short port = std::atoi(argv[1]);
// Number of worker threads.
std::size_t workers = 2;
try {
webcc::SoapServer server(port, workers);
server.RegisterService(std::make_shared<CalcService>(), "/calculator");
server.Run();
} catch (std::exception& e) {
std::cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
```
The server is created with a **port number** which will be listened on to **asynchnously** accept client connections. The connections will be firstly put into a **queue** and then processed by the **worker threads**. The number of worker threads is determined by the `workers` parameter.
When register service, the URL is what the clients will put in the HTTP request to access your service:
```
POST /calculator HTTP/1.1
```
Registering multiple services to a server is allowed, but the URL must be unique for each service.
To invoke the `add` operation of the calculator service, an example of the client HTTP request would be:
```
POST /calculator HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 263
Host: localhost:8080
SOAPAction: add
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<ser:add xmlns:ser="http://www.example.com/calculator/">
<ser:x>1.000000</ser:x>
<ser:y>2.000000</ser:y>
</ser:add>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
```
And the HTTP response is:
```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 262
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<cal:addResponse xmlns:cal="http://www.example.com/calculator/">
<cal:Result>3.000000</cal:Result>
</cal:addResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
```
See [example/soap_calc_server](https://github.com/sprinfall/webcc/tree/master/example/soap_calc_server) for the full example.