Once in a while, rather seldom, I need to deal with a SOAP API. And whenever I do, I forget wath I am supposed to do. So, recently I was required once again to do so. Here are some steps to look at. As I am working in node-world I have been using the node library node-soap Even though I am using node-soap, this article does not try to blame that library, but is more due to other problems that I have or encounter using SOAP APIs.

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