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Attaching Binary Data

The following SOAP sample shows how the Base64 encoded attachment file must be embedded within the SOAP document:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<soap:Body>

<AccountWS_AccountInsert_Input xmlns="urn:crmondemand/ws/account/10/2004">

<ListOfAccount>

   <Account>

      <Description>This is for missing fields test</Description>

      <Location>Bangalore</Location>

      <AccountName>Atach_Test1</AccountName>

      <NumberEmployees>300</NumberEmployees>

      <ListOfAttachment>

         <Attachment>

            <FileNameOrURL>Attached</FileNameOrURL>

            <FileExtension>doc</FileExtension>

            <DisplayFileName>A Doc Attachment</DisplayFileName>

            <Attachment ContentId="content_doc">0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

........

........

            AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=</Attachment>

         </Attachment>

      </ListOfAttachment>

   </Account>

</ListOfAccount>

</AccountWS_AccountInsert_Input>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

The attachment content is specified within the <Attachment> element which has the data type SiebelXmlAttachmentType.

NOTE:  It is not required to specify the ContentId attribute.