How to use Soap UI without wsdl?

Question

Hi I have installed Soap UI...Like C, Java we will create some sample program. likewise i wanted to use some sample request and response..how to create a request and response without wsdl?

Answer 1

• Create new SOAP Project using File > New SOAP Project
• Set the name as required
• Leave the initial WSDL field blank
• On the Project Navigator Window to the left, mouse over the project folder and select New Rest Service from URI using the context menu
• Enter the enpoint you would like to send a SOAP message to, i.e. http://www.webservicex.net/WS/WSDetails.aspx?CATID=2&WSID=10
• Choose POST as the HTTP method
• Add your xml SOAP payload to the window in the bottom left
• Choose media type: text/xml from the combobox
• Click to green arrow to POST the message to the specified endpoint
• And voilà - you should see the SOAP response on right-hand side window :)

Answer 2

I wanted to send a SOAP request to a simple ASP.NET MVC Controller and the way I managed to do it using SoapUI was:

1) Create a SOAP request using any WSDL (no matter what WSDL you use, then you'll change it).

2) Open a request, change the URL and change the body of the request.

That way you can post a SOAP request with full control. Just in case it is useful, inside the controller I'm logging all the requests we receive using this in C#:

                string requestData;
                // Get raw request body
                using (Stream receiveStream = Request.InputStream)
                {
                    // Move to begining of input stream and read
                    receiveStream.Position = 0;
                    using (StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8))
                    {
                        requestData = readStream.ReadToEnd();
                    }
                }