How to test your scripted SOAP service using POSTMAN

[jamesmcwhinney]

I had a hard time finding a sample or any guidance for how to test out a scripted SOAP service.

Here is one method I found that works:

1. Download and install postman
2. Create a new request
   1. Set to POST
   2. Use URL: https://yourinstancename.service-now.com/yourscriptedwebservicename.do?SOAP
   3. Authorization: BasicAuth
      1. Specify your the SN account username and password you will use for the interface
   4. Headers
      1. Add a key “Content-Type” and set the value to “text/xml”
   5. Body
      1. Switch to RAW mode

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:u="http://yourinstancename.service-now.com/yourscriptedsoapservicename">
	<soapenv:Body>
		<yourfunctionname>
			<yourinputparameter>hello world</yourinputparameter>			
		</yourfunctionname>
	</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Here is what that should look like:

[adamn]

SoapUI is a good alternative for API testing. Its a bit heavier than Postman (still a free version) but it natively supports SOAP so you can do WSDL loading and done need to manually construct the body raw.

It supports REST too

[jamesmcwhinney]

Thanks! I will try that next time!