2041966 - How to convert a web form into a web service client call definition in SQL Anywhere

• Using SQL Anywhere, we want to use a web service (URL "http://example.org/xmlapi") of a service provider.
• This web service has one input parameter called "xml", which should contain the XML document for the request.
• The web service return an XML document with the result information.
• That XML document should be send percent-encoded (also called %encoded or uriencoded).
• On the service providers support side is a sample form which demonstrates the use of their specific service. The HTML source code for the form looks like the following:

<form action="http://example.org/xmlapi" method="POST">
      <textarea name="xml"><?xml version="1.0"?>
<apirequest version="1"><request>
  <parameterA>value for A</parameterA>
  <parameterB>value for B</parameterB>
</request>
</apirequest></textarea>
      <button>Send data</button>
    </form>

Remark: Parts of the form source code had been highlighted in different colors to make it obvious where the relevant parts are located in the resolution.

• SAP SQL Anywhere 
• Web service call (no SOAP)

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