PHP SOAP Client for InDesign Server

[_chrismo_]

Hi, <br />I am new to IDS and I am writing my diploma thesis about working with IDS. I need some help or ideas how I can implement a SOAP-Client for IDS with PHP. <br /> <br />I am working with PHP 5's SOAP-Extension and know that there is one function "runScript". But when I try to send a SOAP-Message I get some error like "The required SOAP element "RunScriptParameters" could not be found Please check the SOAP Message that was send to InDesign Server." <br /> <br />Thats my code: <br /> <br /><?php<br /><br />$client = new SoapClient('http://localhost/IDSP.wsdl');<br /><br />$client->__call('runScript',$params);<br />?> <br /> <br />How should I fill the array '$params'? <br /> <br />Thanks, <br />Christoph

[_Sean_M_Berry_]

runScriptParameters, lowercase r, is the required variable for the InDesign SOAP server. runScriptParameters is an associative array of three things.

scriptFile -> the script file location
scriptArgs -> an array of associative arrays containing name and value as keys
scriptLanguage -> the scripting language of scriptFile.

So, you might want to try something like this.

$client = new SoapClient("http://localhost/IDSP.wsdl");
$script_args = array(array("name" => "varible_1_name", "value" => "variable_1_value"));
$script_parameters = array( "scriptFile" => /path/to/my/jsx/file.jsx",
"scriptArgs" => $scriptArgs,
"scriptLanguage" => 'javascript',
);
$script_data = array("runScriptParameters" => $script_parameters);
$return_value = $client->RunScript($script_data);
- or -
$return_value = $client->__call('RunScript', $script_data);

PLEASE NOTE: Not tested

HTH,
_ Sean

[toddm72]

For posterity,

"scriptArgs" => $scriptArgs,

should be:

"scriptArgs" => $script_args,

in Sean_M_Berry's code.

[_chrismo_]

Hi Sean,
thanks a lot! It works! I just knew the parameters and names resp. values of the variables, but I had some problems with the lots of arrays! Your example helped me a lot and I could manage the problem!

fyi:
$return_value = $client->__call('RunScript', $script_data); doesn't work but the other alternative!

Many Thanks
Christoph