How to view the Soap Message

Hi guys,
How do i view the actual SOAP Message which is being posted to MSSOAP WebServices?is there any API or do i have to see at the serverside?
Pls help me.
thanks,
Sachin

There is many tcp/ip sniffers available..

Like SOAP Monitor by Apache Axis.
TCP/IP monitor by http://www.pocketsoap.com/tcptrace/
and the best for your case is http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/tools/web_svc/default.aspx

Originally posted by Sachin Dere:
Hi guys,
How do i view the actual SOAP Message which is being posted to MSSOAP WebServices?is there any API or do i have to see at the serverside?
Pls help me.
thanks,
Sachin

OK, I'm about a year behind the rest of ya'all, but I actually have the SOAP Monitor working!

Here's what I have learned ... (assumes Axis installed properly)

1) When compiling the SOAPMonitorApplet.java file, make certain that the resulting class files end up in the .../webapps/axis directory (I have a subdirectory called "monitors" where I do the build and deploy)
RESULT --> applet displays @ http://localhost:8080/axis/SOAPMonitor

2) Undeploy yourService - the one that you wish to monitor (assumes prior successful deployment)

3) Deploy SOAPMonitorService
RESULT --> SOAPMonitorService listed @ http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AxisServlet

4) Update WSDD for yourService to include the requestFlow/responseFlow handler tags (IN YOUR SERVICE), as per instruction #3 of "Enabling the SOAP Monitor" @ http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/install.html#AppendixEnablingTheSOAPMonitor

VERY IMPORTANT ... your service parameters go AFTER the requestFlow / responseFlow tags.

5) Redeploy yourService
RESULT --> YourService listed @ http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AxisServlet

Not sure if it matters, but I would suggest that the SOAPMonitorService always be deployed FIRST.

6) Undeploying the SOAPMonitorService. Not sure if this was my mistake, but
the undeploy-monitor.wsdd should specify
<service name="SOAPMonitorService"/>
NOT
<service name="urn:SOAPMonitorService"/>

This caused my server-config.wsdd to become corrupted. which leads me to item 7) Perform frequent backups of the .../webapps/axis/WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd file as you are learning and developing/updating services. This way, you can always recover to a working version (you will need to bounce your application server (Tomcat in my case)
before starting fresh.

Hope this helps whomever is behind me.

_DaX