eBay API SOAP request works in SoapUI but not from shell

Question

The below works perfectly in SoapUI (that's where I constructed it), but when I copy the exact request and attempt to execute with cURL in the bash command line (cygwin actually), it says:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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:Body>
  <soapenv:Fault>
   <faultcode xmlns:ns1="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">ns1:Client.NoSOAPAction</faultcode>
   <faultstring>no SOAPAction header!</faultstring>
   <detail/>
  </soapenv:Fault>
  </soapenv:Body>

The command I'm using is:

curl -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" -H "SOAPAction:" -d "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"><soapenv:Header><urn:RequesterCredentials><urn:eBayAuthToken>AgA***GO</urn:eBayAuthToken></urn:RequesterCredentials></soapenv:Header><soapenv:Body><urn:GetMyeBaySellingRequest><urn:Version>793</urn:Version><urn:ActiveList><urn:Include>1</urn:Include><urn:IncludeNotes>0</urn:IncludeNotes></urn:ActiveList><urn:OutputSelector>ActiveList.ItemArray.Item.ItemID</urn:OutputSelector><urn:DetailLevel>ReturnAll</urn:DetailLevel><urn:HideVariations>1</urn:HideVariations></urn:GetMyeBaySellingRequest></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>" -X POST https://api.ebay.com/wsapi?callname=GetMyeBaySelling

I've used this exact syntax on other APIs with no issue, not sure what's different about eBay.

Answer 1

Open your wsdl. search for the operation which you are using to send this "GetMyeBaySellingRequest" request. Copy the soap action from there and add in you command line

"SOAPAction: add soap action here from bindings or from soapui" 

or in SOAP UI click on the operation and see at bottom left corner, you will see "operation properties". From there copy soap action value and put it in your command.