createManifestAsPdf

This method generates an existing manifest in a Base64-encoded format, for conversion into a PDF.

Note

It is assumed that you have worked through Creating your first Request to a Service, and are familiar with createManifest, and, if appropriate, createManifestForFutureDespatch.

How to submit a request

Proceed as follows:

If you have not already done so, open a new project using the WSDL ManifestService.xml.
Create a new request under createManifestAsPdf.
Enter the authorisation for the request.
Specify the required manifestCode (as generated via createManifest or createManifestForFutureDespatch).
Click to submit the request.

Example Request

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="urn:DeliveryManager/services">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ser:createManifestAsPdf soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
         <manifestCode xsi:type="soapenc:string" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">DMM1W29ZV</manifestCode>
      </ser:createManifestAsPdf>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

For an example response and how to process the information, see below.

Example Response

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns1:createManifestAsPdfResponse soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1="urn:DeliveryManager/services">
         <createManifestAsPdfReturn xsi:type="soapenc:string" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">JVBER.....JUVPRgo=</createManifestAsPdfReturn>
      </ns1:createManifestAsPdfResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Generate the PDF

Proceed as follows:

Copy the long, encoded string between <createManifestAsPdfReturn>...</createManifestAsPdfReturn> (the above shows only an extract), and paste it into a text file. Then load the saved file into a Base64 decoder (e.g. https://www.base64decode.org/).
Download the decoded file. This will be a single PDF containing the specified manifest.