Get Started with Geo for Communications SaaS Pro Soap

• AFC Geo username
• AFC Geo password

Let's get the server time from the GetServerTime method using Postman.

1. Create a new POST request and set the endpoint URL based on the best binding for your organization.
2. Configure TLS 1.2:

   Navigate to the Settings tab to disable "TLS 1" and "TLS 1.1" to ensure that TLS 1.2 is used.

   
3. Set up your XML Soap header:
   1. Content-Type: text/xml
   2. SOAPAction: http://tempuri.org/ILocatorService/GetServerTime

         The SOAPAction value is updated based on the method you are using.

      
4. Create the body of GetServerTime and submit the request.

   Sample Basic HTTP Binding input

   <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:s="s">
      <soapenv:Header>
         <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
            <o:UsernameToken>
               <o:Username>USERNAME</o:Username>
               <o:Password>PASSWORD</o:Password>
            </o:UsernameToken>
         </o:Security>
      </soapenv:Header>
      <soapenv:Body>
         <tem:GetServerTime/>
      </soapenv:Body>
   </soapenv:Envelope>

   Sample Basic HTTP Binding response

   <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
      <s:Header>
         <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
            <u:Timestamp u:Id="_0">
               <u:Created>2019-01-29T19:54:40.527Z</u:Created>
               <u:Expires>2019-01-29T19:59:40.527Z</u:Expires>
            </u:Timestamp>
         </o:Security>
      </s:Header>
      <s:Body>
         <GetServerTimeResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
            <GetServerTimeResult>Jan 29, 2019 7:54:40 PM</GetServerTimeResult>
         </GetServerTimeResponse>
      </s:Body>
   </s:Envelope>

   Sample Custom Binding input

   <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:s="s">
      <soap:Header>
         <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
            <o:UsernameToken>
               <o:Username>USERNAME</o:Username>
               <o:Password>PASSWORD</o:Password>
            </o:UsernameToken>
         </o:Security>
      </soap:Header>
      <soap:Body>
         <tem:GetServerTime/>
      </soap:Body>
   </soap:Envelope>

   Sample Custom Binding response

   <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
      <s:Body>
         <GetServerTimeResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
            <GetServerTimeResult>Jan 29, 2019 7:54:40 PM</GetServerTimeResult>
         </GetServerTimeResponse>
      </s:Body>
   </s:Envelope>

1. Access the AFC Geo Production environment.
2. View the Communications Geo SaaS Pro Soap Developer Guide for sample code, XML property information, endpoints, methods, and other useful information.  Download sample code for other languages from the Avalara/Communications-Developer-Content repo on GitHub.
3. See Best Practices for other integration recommendations.