[R] Microsoft Live Search SOAP Requests using R

[Duncan Temple Lang]

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Hi Konstantinos

  Since that Web service provides a WSDL file, then that it is the best
thing to use to generate an R function for each of the methods the Web
service exposes.   See processWSDL and genSOAPClientInterface in the
SSOAP package for some examples.  (Certain WSDL constructs and types are
not yet supported, but send me email if the processWSDL step fails.)

An additional hurdle is how the key is inserted into the SOAP request.
I have only dealt with this for a different Web service and I don't know
if there is a "standard" (or if MS would use it even if it existed!)

 D.

Metaxab wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a complete newbie to Web Services. I have set up an account to the MSN
> Developer Services and have acquired a key for Live Search via SOAP. I want
> to send and receive requests through R. I have already found out that the
> two packages I need is RCurl and SSOAP. I have installed them but now, as
> it's evident after long hours of trying, I have absolutely no idea how to
> use them. Is there anyone willing to give me in detail instructions on how
> to form a proper search request and then process the results? 
> 
> Thank you in advance
> Konstantinos Vougas
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