Support sending UTF-8 encoded strings in body (for use with SOAP API) about cordova-plugin-advanced-http

[MatthieuNarcisi]

+1 for this too. We need to be able to send raw XML to our server (old API) and do need the requests to NOT be serialized. Sent as raw.

[ilgizarg]

This method is wrong, but work
I use this.http.setDataSerializer('json');

let headers = {
       "Content-type": 'text/xml;charset="utf-8"',
       "Accept": "text/xml",
       };
let xml = 'Xml content as string';
this.http.post(soapUrl, xml, headers).then( .... ).catch(...)

For iOS
I am edit AFURLRequestSerialization.m file
/plugins/cordova-plugin-advanced-http/src/ios/AFNetworking
/node_modules/cordova-plugin-advanced-http/src/ios/AFNetworking

if (parameters) {
        if (![mutableRequest valueForHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"]) {
            [mutableRequest setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
        }
        //Comment this row
        //[mutableRequest setHTTPBody:[NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:self.writingOptions error:error]];
       //Add this row
        [mutableRequest setHTTPBody: [parameters dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    }

[leongzw]

• 1 for this, due to the new introduced ' cordova-plugin-ionic-webview ', it enforces CORS which the previous plugin doesn't, and we couldn't able to configure at api side, we couldn't use http from angular to call soap api anymore

[ilgizarg]

I'm solved (maybe is wrong method)
With this.http.setDataSerializer('json');

let headers = {
       "Content-type": 'text/xml;charset="utf-8"',
       "Accept": "text/xml",
       "Pragma": "no-cache",
       "SOAPAction": http://*.com/ws/card/getCard,
       };

let xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
      '<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" '+
      'xmlns:ns1="'+_namespace_+'"'+
      ' xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ns2="'+_namespace_+'">'+
      '<SOAP-ENV:Header><ns2:UserCredentials>'+
      '<xsd:string>'+_username_+'</xsd:string>'+
      '<xsd:string>'+_password_+'</xsd:string>'+
      '</ns2:UserCredentials></SOAP-ENV:Header>' +
      '<SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:'+_service_+'>'+_paramsxml_+
      '</ns1:'+_service_+'>' +
      '</SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

this.http.setDataSerializer('json');

this.http.post(soapurl, xml , headers).then( .... ).catch(...)

[corran2go]

Don't know why, but this.http.setDataSerializer('json'); allows sending XML but uses 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8', and it can't be overridden by a custom header 'Content-Type': 'application/xml; charset=utf-8'

[jondediego]

Same issue here. Which version of the plugin are you using @iligzar? Your solution doesn't work for me on Android, I get an error with status 415, trying to make a call like you do. I am using plugin version 1.9.1 and ionic native version 4.5.2

http.setDataSerializer('json'); //bodyRequest is a string that contains xml http.post(url ,bodyRequest, {"SOAPAction": soapaction, "Pragma": "no-cache","Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8", "Accept": "text/xml"}).then((response) => { SOAPClient._onSendSoapRequest(isBrowser, method, async, callback, wsdl, xmlHttp); }).catch(e => { })

[Steve720zhang]

@jondediego
u shouldnt set 'http.setDataSerializer('json')' and '"Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8"' at the same time . its doesnt make sense.

[jondediego]

Ok @Steve720zhang, so is there currently a way to send raw XML to a server with a NOT serialized body request?

[silkimen]

Hi guys,

upcoming version 1.10.0 will support a new serializer utf8, which should solve your problem.

e.g. without ionic-native wrapper:

http.setDataSerializer('utf8');
http.setHeader('text/xml; charset=utf-8');

http.post(url, xmlString, additionalHeaders, successHandler, failHandler);

e.g. with ionic-native wrapper:

this.http.setDataSerializer('utf8');
this.http.setHeader('text/xml; charset=utf-8');

this.http.post(url, xmlString, additionalHeaders)
  .then(...)
  .catch(...)

Basically this "serializer" is just a feature which is passing your string as plain text to the server. So I could have called it plain, text or none, but I've decided to call it utf8, because it only supports this encoding.

Please check if this feature fits your needs!

[mgmanoj]

this.http.setHeader('text/xml; charset=utf-8');
Typescript highlight the above code as error 'Expected 2 arguments, but got one'

[glen442]

The documentation says:

setHeader(host, header, value)

Set a header for all future requests. Takes a hostname, a header and a value.

Param	Type	Details
host	string	The hostname to be used for scoping this header
header	string	The name of the header
value	string	The value of the header