How to fix no SOAPAction header! error

java web-services soap wsdl axis

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The SOAPAction HTTP request header field can be used to indicate the intent of the SOAP HTTP request. The value is a URI identifying the intent. SOAP places no restrictions on the format or specificity of the URI or that it is resolvable. An HTTP client MUST use this header field when issuing a SOAP HTTP Request. The presence and content of the SOAPAction header field can be used by servers such as firewalls to appropriately filter SOAP request messages in HTTP. The header field value of empty string ("") means that the intent of the SOAP message is provided by the HTTP Request-URI. No value means that there is no indication of the intent of the message.

You are using AxisServlet which require soap action

Technically, if we don't find this header, we should probably fault. It's required in the SOAP HTTP binding.

Code:

private String More ...getSoapAction(HttpServletRequest req) throws AxisFault {

String soapAction = req.getHeader(HTTPConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
if (soapAction == null) {
    String contentType = req.getHeader(HTTPConstants.HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
    if(contentType != null) {
        int index = contentType.indexOf("action");
        if(index != -1){
            soapAction = contentType.substring(index + 7);
        }
    }
}

   if (soapAction == null) {
        AxisFault af = new AxisFault("Client.NoSOAPAction",
                                     Messages.getMessage("noHeader00",
                "SOAPAction"),
                                     null, null);

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Author by

cuser1

Updated on June 04, 2022

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cuser1 almost 2 years

Please find below html soap client code which i am using to call my soap endpoint My soap webservice is deployed in tomcat as axis project.

Please find below client code

<html>
<head>
    <title>SOAP JavaScript Client Test</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function soap() {
            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
            xmlhttp.open('POST', 'http://localhost:9090/SMSSoapInterface/services/smsxmlpushservicewsSoap11', true);

            // build SOAP request
            var sr =
                '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
                '<soapenv:Envelope ' + 
                    'xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ' +
                    'xmlns:urn="urn:mm7pushinterface' +
                    'xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">' +
                    '<soapenv:Body>' +
                            '<urn:SubmitReq>' +
                            '<urn:MM7Version>5.3.0</urn:MM7Version>' +
                            '<urn:SenderIdentification>' +
                            '<urn:VASPID>1234</urn:VASPID>'+
                            '<urn:VASID>12345</urn:VASID>'+
                            '<urn:CampaignName>SOAP Campaign</urn:CampaignName>'+
                            '<urn:CampaignDesc>test</urn:CampaignDesc>'+
                            '<urn:MsgCategory>1</urn:MsgCategory>'+
                            '<urn:SenderAddress>'+
                            '<urn:RFC2822Address >1244</urn:RFC2822Address>'+
                            '<urn:Number>919901251515</urn:Number>'+
                            '<urn:ShortCode >1234</urn:ShortCode>'+
                            '</urn:SenderAddress>'+
                            '</urn:SenderIdentification>'+
                            '<urn:Recipients>'+
                            '<urn:To>'+
                            '<urn:RFC2822Address >6789</urn:RFC2822Address>'+
                            '<urn:Number >919901251516</urn:Number>'+
                            '<urn:ShortCode >7896</urn:ShortCode>'+
                            '</urn:To>'+
                            '</urn:Recipients>'+
                            '</urn:Recipients>'+
                    '</soapenv:Body>' +
                '</soapenv:Envelope>';

            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function () {
                if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
                    if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
                        alert('done. use firebug/console to see network response');
                    }
                }
            }
            // Send the POST request
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('SOAPAction', "");
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Authorization');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'POST');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('username', 'ecpDemoUser');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('password', 'ecpDemo');
            xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('SOAPAction', "");
            xmlhttp.send(sr);
            // send request
            // ...
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form name="Demo" action="" method="post">
        <div>
            <input type="button" value="Soap" onclick="soap();" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html> <!-- typo -->

Below is the error/stack trace which i am getting when tried to hit soap webservice

no SOAPAction header!
       at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.getSoapAction(AxisServlet.java:1013)
       at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:678)
       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:650)
       at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
       at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
       at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
       at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
       at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:956)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
       at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:436)
       at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1078)
       at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:625)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(AprEndpoint.java:2517)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2506)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Below is the soap action present in wsdl