[AWS] SOAP over persistent HTTPs

Dmitriy Anisimkov anisimkov@omsknet.ru
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:27:19 +0700


Pascal Obry wrote:
> Dmitriy writes:
>  > I think Pascal would better explain the meaning of the SOAPAction. 
> 
> SOAPAction is a string sent in the HTTP headers. This is mostly used by the
> server to route the message to the right SOAP procedure. It is just there to
> help route in fact, but if your server does not check for the SOAPAction there
> is not problem not specifying one or specifying whatever string you like.

Pascal,

There is no way to do not specify SOAPAction for the SOAP requests at least in the AWS 1.3.

Is the SOAPAction header field mandatory for SOAP requests ?
I do not mean AWS implementation, I mean SOAP specification if it exists.