Title: sendsoap Command
Category: documentation

## Overview

The `sendsoap` command uses a lightweight HTTP client to send SOAP messages via POST.

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## Synopsis

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    sendsoap [-q|-v|-vv] [-o outfile] url -
    sendsoap -h

## Description

The `sendsoap` command uses a lightweight HTTP client to send SOAP messages via POST using either a file or standard in as the source for the message.  The command is useful for testing HTTP endpoints in ODE or external HTTP services that ODE will interact with, as `sendsoap` uses the same Axis2 client as the Axis2 Integration Layer.

## Options

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    <thead>
        <th>Option/Argument</th>
        <th>Effect</th>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><code>url</code></td><td>the HTTP URL to post the message to.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><code>file</code></td><td>a file containing the message to post.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><code>-</code></td><td>read the message data from standard in instead of a file.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><code>-o file</code></td><td>sets a file to write the output to; otherwise, output is sent to the console.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><code>-q|-v|-vv</code></td><td>adjust the verbosity of logging output.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><code>-h</code></td><td>prints a synopsis to the console and exits.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>