kerlin · November 17, 2021 02:03 · Oct 27, 2017 · Oct 26, 2017
diff --git a/get_workers.rb b/get_workers.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 # add "request" or "response" after worker id and prints the
 # outgoing xml or received hash and exits.
 #
-# Using Savon version 2 for the SOAP client.
+# Using Savon version 2 for the SOAP client (2.11.2)
 #
 # Savon defaults to making the message tag the same as the operation name
-# and Workday needs them to be different. Also, the namespace for the message
-# is different from the one Savon uses by default.
+# and Workday needs them to be different.
+# Also, the namespace for the message is different from the one
+# Savon uses by default. (maybe https://github.com/savonrb/savon/issues/830)
 #
 
 require 'savon'

diff --git a/get_workers.rb b/get_workers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+# Example Ruby CLI script to retrieve worker data from Workday
+# Call on command line with worker id; prints worker name
+# add "request" or "response" after worker id and prints the
+# outgoing xml or received hash and exits.
+#
+# Using Savon version 2 for the SOAP client.
+#
+# Savon defaults to making the message tag the same as the operation name
+# and Workday needs them to be different. Also, the namespace for the message
+# is different from the one Savon uses by default.
+#
+
+require 'savon'
+require 'base64'
+require 'pp'
+require 'rexml/document'
+
+class WDClient
+
+  def initialize(emp_id)
+    wd_tenant = ENV["WD_TENANT"]
+    wd_user = "#{ENV['WD_ID']}@#{wd_tenant}"
+    wd_pass = ENV["WD_VALIDATION"]
+
+    wsdl_url = "https://services1.myworkday.com/ccx/service/#{wd_tenant}/Human_Resources/v27.2?wsdl"
+    @client = Savon.client(wsdl: wsdl_url, wsse_auth: [wd_user, wd_pass], convert_request_keys_to: :none, env_namespace: :soapenv, namespace_identifier: :ins0 )
+
+    @message = {
+      :Request_References => {
+        :Worker_Reference => {
+          :ID => emp_id,
+          :attributes! => {
+            :ID => {
+              :"ins0:type" => "Employee_ID"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    @operation = :get_workers
+    @message_tag = :Get_Workers_Request
+
+    @message_attributes = {
+      :"ins0:version" => "v27.2"
+    }
+
+  end
+
+
+  def get_response
+    begin
+      response = @client.call(@operation, message: @message, message_tag: @message_tag, attributes: @message_attributes )
+    rescue Savon::SOAPFault => error
+      puts error.inspect
+      exit
+      #raise
+    end
+    return response
+  end
+
+  def operations
+    # a list of operations the client can perform
+    @client.operations
+  end
+
+  def request_xml
+    # just build the xml for debugging
+    # template is the xml with default message tag and empty message content
+    request_template = @client.operation(@operation)
+
+    # build the request xml
+    request =  request_template.build(message: @message, message_tag: @message_tag, attributes: @message_attributes).to_s
+  end
+
+end
+
+emp_id = ARGV[0]
+
+unless emp_id =~ /^\A[A-Z]\d{8}\Z/
+  puts "usage: #{File.basename($0)} EmployeeID [request|response]"
+  exit
+end
+
+workday = WDClient.new(emp_id)
+
+if ARGV[1] == 'request'
+  REXML::Document.new(workday.request_xml).write($stdout, indent_spaces = 2)
+  puts "\n"
+  exit
+end
+
+response = workday.get_response
+
+if ARGV[1] == 'response'
+  pp response.body
+  exit
+end
+
+if response.body[:get_workers_response][:response_results][:total_results] == '1'
+  data = response.body[:get_workers_response][:response_data][:worker][:worker_data][:personal_data][:name_data][:preferred_name_data][:name_detail_data][:"@wd:formatted_name"]
+  puts "ID: #{emp_id} Name: #{data}"
+else
+  puts "No Data Found for #{emp_id}"
+end
+