In this blog post, I will focus on handling errors in Magento SOAP API. There are two kinds of errors that can occur: server errors like HTTP 500 status code, and API errors like "Session expired. Try to relogin." Additionally, there may be (de)serialization errors that can occur if the Java model does not match with the response. I plan to explore these errors in more detail in the post.
In this blog post, I'll discuss the use of Retrofit, a REST client, to communicate with Magento SOAP API. The Magento SOAP API requires XML messages consisting of an Envelope XML element and Body inside Envelope. There is a bit of code to write at beginning which seems to be a high entry barrier to overcome. But, look below – I wrote everything, so you don't have to worry about it.
Magento is an open-source eCommerce solution. It may manage vast amounts of products, catalogs, orders, and payment data which can be accessed by REST and SOAP APIs. Unfortunately REST API has limited access to this data and allows only download some of it. If full CRUD actions are needed it's necessary to use SOAP API.
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