Configuring Web Service Consumer Connector

Web Service Consumer Connector is a connector that helps to call a SOAP-based web service using the Consume operation.

Let us see the configuration details that are required in the Consume operation. We mainly need a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) file. This is the specification file containing SOAP web service details, such as the endpoint, request, and response structure and a list of all its operations.

In this example, we will call a SOAP-based web service that is running on the same machine. But in real time, we will call the actual web service URL to perform a specific operation.

Let us see the steps involved to call the SOAP web service:

1. Create an HTTP Listener with /soapdemo to trigger the Mule application.
2. Drag and drop the Consume operation from Web Service Consumer Connector.
3. In the Consume properties, provide the WSDL location and click the refresh icon in Service. It loads the remaining information...