GetHTTPRequestData() Breaks The SOAP Request / Response Cycle In ColdFusion

Posted June 5, 2009 at 8:38 AM

Tags: ColdFusion

Yesterday, when I was experimenting with SOAP request error handling inside of the ColdFusion application framework, I came across what I think is a ColdFusion bug. It seems that if you call ColdFusion's GetHTTPRequestData() method during a SOAP request, the method executes properly, returning the HTTP request data, but it breaks the SOAP response, throwing the following error:

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file.

To see this in action, check out this video:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In the video, I am using CFDump to output the GetHTTPRequestData() to an external file:

Application.cfc

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  • <cfcomponent
  • output="false"
  • hint="I provide application settings and event handlers.">
  •  
  • <cfsetting showdebugoutput="false" />
  •  
  • <cftry>
  •  
  • <cfdump
  • var="#GetHTTPRequestData()#"
  • format="html"
  • output="#ExpandPath( './soaprequest.htm' )#"
  • />
  •  
  • <cfcatch>
  •  
  • <cfdump
  • var="#CFCATCH#"
  • format="html"
  • output="#ExpandPath( './soaprequest.htm' )#"
  • />
  •  
  • </cfcatch>
  •  
  • </cftry>
  •  
  • </cfcomponent>

... however, the same error occurs even I simply call GetHTTPRequestData() and store the result into the Application.cfc public scope:

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  • <cfset this.test = GetHTTPRequestData() />

So, it's clearly not a problem with CFDump, but rather with the invocation of the GetHTTPRequestData() method itself. Unless I am missing something obvious here, this appears to be a bug in the way that GetHTTPRequestData() interacts with SOAP-based requests. Any thoughts?

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Nathan Mische
Jun 5, 2009 at 8:54 AM // reply »
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Yep, I ran into this issue when using CF to secure a webservice via Basic Auth: http://www.mischefamily.com/nathan/index.cfm/2008/8/13/Basic-Authentication-With-ColdFusion

I can't remember if I reported it as bug or not.


Ben Nadel
Jun 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM // reply »
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@Nathan,

No problem, I just submitted it as a bug.


manju
Jul 8, 2009 at 9:56 AM // reply »
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Ben, did you get any fix for this. i am having the same issue. i do have a soap webservice which is not serving any wsdl, i am trying to access that but i am getting the the same error you are getting. can you post the complete code including soap header etc...thanks.


Ben Nadel
Jul 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM // reply »
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@Manju,

There is no fix for this at the moment, other than to not use GetHTTPRequestData() in conjunction with SOAP web services calls, as far as I know. Perhaps Adobe will fix this bug in later releases.


manju
Jul 8, 2009 at 10:08 AM // reply »
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i have couple questions.
i have a webserver i need to access invoke some soap web servies. but there is no wsdl served by the server( it is a third party server built in some C# or so). but i have a wsdl the company sent me can i save that on to my server and point that to web service hosting server and use that. is that possible....some one on the web said it is possible. i never did anything like that. untill now what ever i use had WSDL so i used direct cfinvoke...that's it. now i am trying to use soap route...

if i can not use the above method (saving wsld locally) or get HTTP then what other route i can go...let me know and post me some sample code.. thanks for your help


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