SOAP Envelope

A standard SOAP web service request payload.

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About this format

SOAP relies entirely on XML to structure messages. Every message is packed inside a SOAP Envelope containing a Body and optional Header.

Example Data

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <env:Header>
    <m:Trans xmlns:m="http://example.org/transaction">
      234
    </m:Trans>
  </env:Header>
  <env:Body>
    <m:GetPrice xmlns:m="http://example.org/inventory">
      <m:Item>Apples</m:Item>
    </m:GetPrice>
  </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

When to use SOAP Envelope

Communicating with legacy enterprise APIs
Handling strict contract-based messaging
Executing remote procedure calls