Can Swagger be used for SOAP? - web-services

Question

I was exploring Swagger and I must acknowledge I'm loving it.
I understand Swagger is primarily for RESTful web services, but I was wondering if we can make it work with SOAP web services as well.
May be translate SOAP based web services to RESTful? Or simply call SOAP based services via Swagger UI? Some hack? Has anyone done it?

Answer 1

Based on the present spec, I do not think so. It would not be easily possible to mention various aspects of a WSDL in swagger
To name a few:
PortTypes
Schemas and namespaces of request and response messages
SOAP encodings (RPC/Literal etc.)

Answer 2

online "translate SOAP based web services to RESTful" is what exactly DreamFactory does. Open Source API management tool based on Swagger. Here you can read about SOAP-to-REST functionality.

Answer 3

This might be worth a try: Swagger connector and Preparing the API for consumption.
There is a module for pointing at a SOAP WSDL to expose it through a Loopback server: http://strongloop.com/strongblog/soap-into-rest-apis-with-loopback-node-js/
As an API server to glue existing and new data sources, LoopBack is
designed to facilitate your backend data integration. With the
release of loopback-connector-soap module, you can now easily consume
SOAP web services and transform them into REST APIs.
I can't yet confirm that it works, but it looks like a way of exposing a SOAP service using Swagger.

Answer 4

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
version: 1.0.0
title: SOAP
description: |-
# Introduction
> ## 1.1. Purpose
IMG
>>> ![Service description](./IMGs/ServiceDescription.png)
TABLE
>>>>| TH1 | TH2 | TH3 | TH4 |
>>>>| --------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ----------- |
>>>>| Body1 | Body1 | Body3 | Body4 |
termsOfService: https://anas.badwais.com/en/terms-conditions
contact:
email: itconsultant89#anas.badwais.com
license:
name: Anas Badwais
url: http://anas.badwais.com/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
externalDocs:
description: Service description (WSDL)
url: 'http://WSDL_URL/?wsdl'
servers:
- description: testing
url: '{protocol}{Environment}{port}{version}'
variables:
protocol:
enum:
- 'https://'
- 'http://'
default: 'http://'
Environment:
enum:
- 'IPAddress'
default: 'IPAddress'
port:
enum:
- 'Port'
default: 'Port'
version:
enum:
- 'Version'
default: 'Version'
tags:
- name: tagName
externalDocs:
description: Find out more
url: ''
paths:
/{OperationName}/:
post:
tags:
- tagName
summary: OperationName - Breif Description
description: |-
description
operationId: OperationName
parameters:
- description: OperationName
name: OperationName
required: true
in: path
schema:
type: string
enum:
- 'SOAPURL_IF_EXISTS'
default: 'SOAPURL_IF_EXISTS'
- description: SOAPAction header for soap 1.1
name: SOAPAction
required: true
in: header
schema:
type: string
enum:
- OperationName
default: OperationName
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/OperationNameEnvelope'
responses:
'200':
description: OK
headers:
Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
schema:
type: string
Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
schema:
type: string
Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
schema:
type: string
Transfer-Encoding:
description : chunked
schema:
type: string
content:
text/xml charset=UTF-8 :
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationNameResponseEnvelope'
examples:
HappyScenario:
$ref: '#/components/examples/OperationName_RS_HappyScenario'
'500':
description: Internal Server Error
headers:
Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
schema:
type: string
Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
schema:
type: string
Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
schema:
type: string
Transfer-Encoding:
description: chunked
schema:
type: string
content:
text/xml charset=UTF-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/faultEnvelope'
# security:
components:
examples:
OperationName_HappyScenario:
value:
Header:
Body:
OperationName: '1'
#-----------------#
#----------------------------------#
OperationName_RS_HappyScenario:
value:
Header:
Body:
OperationName: '1'
#-----------------#
#----------------------------------#
#-----------------#
requestBodies:
OperationNameEnvelope:
description: ''
content:
text/xml charset=UTF-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationNameEnvelope'
examples:
HappyScenario:
$ref: '#/components/examples/OperationName_HappyScenario'
#-----------------#
#----------------------------------#
#-----------------#
schemas:
OperationNameEnvelope:
type: object
xml:
name: Envelope
prefix: soapenv
namespace: 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'
properties:
Header:
type: string
xml:
name: Header
prefix: soapenv
example:
Body:
type: object
xml:
name: Body
prefix: soapenv
properties:
OperationNameRequestMessage:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationNameRequestMessage'
#-----------------#
OperationNameRequestMessage:
type: object
xml:
prefix: tns
namespace: 'https://anas.badwais.com/'
properties:
OperationElement:
type: number
#-----------------#
#----------------------------------#
#-----------------#
OperationNameResponseEnvelope:
type: object
xml:
name: Envelope
prefix: soapenv
namespace: 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'
properties:
Header:
type: string
description: ''
xml:
prefix: soapenv
example:
Body:
type: object
description: ''
xml:
prefix: soapenv
properties:
OperationNameResponseMessage:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationNameResponseMessage'
#-----------------#
OperationNameResponseMessage:
type: object
description: ''
required:
- Response
xml:
prefix: tns
namespace: 'https://anas.badwais.com/'
properties:
ResponseElements:
type: integer
#-----------------#
#----------------------------------#
#-----------------#
faultEnvelope:
type: object
xml:
name: Envelope
prefix: soapenv
namespace: 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'
properties:
Header:
type: object
xml:
name: Header
prefix: soapenv
Body:
type: object
xml:
name: Body
prefix: soapenv
properties:
getVisitorInfo:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/fault'
#-----------------#
fault:
type: object
xml:
name: Fault
prefix: soapenv
namespace: 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'
properties:
faultcode:
type: string
xml:
name: faultcode
example: 1
faultstring:
type: string
xml:
name: faultstring
example: Error
faultactor:
type: string
xml:
name: faultactor
example: 1
detail:
type: object
xml:
name: detail
properties:
Fault:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FaultBody'
#-----------------#
FaultBody:
type: object
xml:
name: Fault
prefix: flt
namespace: 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'
properties:
ErrorCode:
type: integer
format: int64
xml:
name: Fault
prefix: flt
example: 1
ErrorType:
type: string
xml:
name: Fault
prefix: flt
enum:
- System
- Functional
Message:
type: string
xml:
name: Fault
prefix: flt
example: error
# securitySchemes: