[SalesForce] ExactTarget Data Extract with SOAP using Node.js

I am trying to create a data extract activity with the SOAP web service API using nodejs. Have you been able to find any open source libraries related to this, i am happy to contribute back if applicable.

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We currently have a closed project we are working on that utilizes xml2js which helps streamline some of the calls.

Currently, the configuration I am using to simplify the calls is below:

Requests:

var envelope = {
    '$': {
        "xmlns": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/",
        "xmlns:xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    },
    'Header': {
        'fueloauth': {
            '$': {
                "xmlns": "http://exacttarget.com"
            },
            "_": token
        }
    },
    "Body": request
}


var buildOptions = {
    rootName: "Envelope",
    headless: true
}

var builder = new xml2js.Builder(buildOptions);
return builder.buildObject(envelope);

Response:

var parseOptions = {
    trim: true,
    normalize: true,
    explicitArray: false,
    ignoreAttrs: true
};

--Hopefully we will be able to open source the project in the next month or so.--

Update The Fuel Node SOAP client library has been opened up - you can find it on Github https://github.com/ExactTarget/Fuel-Node-SOAP

I recommend checking it out.

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[SalesForce] ExactTarget Web Service API & Node.js

We haven't had much luck implementing this library with exacttarget's SOAP webservices. We suggest using ws.js.

Using this library, you can build out your SOAP packets directly. Here is some sample code to describe the subscriber object.

var ws = require('ws.js');
var Http = ws.Http;
var Security = ws.Security;
var UsernameToken = ws.UsernameToken;

  var request = '<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:Header>' +
                           '<ns1:fueloauth xmlns:ns1="http://exacttarget.com">[USE YOUR OAUTH TOKEN]</ns1:fueloauth>' +
                      '</soapenv:Header>' +
                      '<soapenv:Body>' +
                      '<DefinitionRequestMsg xmlns="http://exacttarget.com/wsdl/partnerAPI">' +
                         '<DescribeRequests>' +
                            '<ObjectDefinitionRequest>' +
                               '<ObjectType>Subscriber</ObjectType>' +
                            '</ObjectDefinitionRequest>' +
                         '</DescribeRequests>' +
                      '</DefinitionRequestMsg>' +
                   '</soapenv:Body>' +
                '</soapenv:Envelope>'


var ctx =  { request: request 
           , url: "https://webservice.s6.exacttarget.com/Service.asmx"
           , action: "Describe"
           , contentType: "text/xml" 
           }


var handlers =  [ new Http() ]

ws.send(handlers, ctx, function(ctx) {                    
  console.log("response: " + ctx.response);
})

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