Problems with SOAP/XML-RPC Request from Jmeter - soap

Question

I'm kind of new with this Jmeter thing and I'm trying to do a simple SOAP/XML-RPC request on Jmeter. I'm using an example code I found on internet, that seems to work pretty fine (at least using Wizlet in Chrome didn't seem to have a problem), but when I use the soap request that generates the plug-in on the element in Jmeter... Well thats a different story. If someone could tell me the problem it would be awesome.
This is the code of the WSDL:
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:apachesoap="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap" xmlns:impl="http://jee.javapapers.com" xmlns:intf="http://jee.javapapers.com" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:wsdlsoap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://jee.javapapers.com">
<!--
WSDL created by Apache Axis version: 1.4
Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)
-->
<wsdl:types>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://jee.javapapers.com">
<element name="animalType">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="animal" type="xsd:string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="animalTypeResponse">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="animalTypeReturn" type="xsd:string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
</schema>
</wsdl:types>
<wsdl:message name="animalTypeResponse">
<wsdl:part element="impl:animalTypeResponse" name="parameters"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="animalTypeRequest">
<wsdl:part element="impl:animalType" name="parameters"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:portType name="AnimalTypeService">
<wsdl:operation name="animalType">
<wsdl:input message="impl:animalTypeRequest" name="animalTypeRequest"/>
<wsdl:output message="impl:animalTypeResponse" name="animalTypeResponse"/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:portType>
<wsdl:binding name="AnimalTypeServiceSoapBinding" type="impl:AnimalTypeService">
<wsdlsoap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<wsdl:operation name="animalType">
<wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/>
<wsdl:input name="animalTypeRequest">
<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output name="animalTypeResponse">
<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
<wsdl:service name="AnimalTypeServiceService">
<wsdl:port binding="impl:AnimalTypeServiceSoapBinding" name="AnimalTypeService">
<wsdlsoap:address location="http://localhost:8082/WebServicesAnimals/services/AnimalTypeService"/>
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>
And this is the request i'm sending and the response error.
URL: http://localhost:8082/WebServicesAnimals/services/AnimalTypeService?WSDL
BODY:
<?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>
<animalType xmlns="http://jee.javapapers.com">
<animal>Lion</animal>
</animalType>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response:
<?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>
<ns2:hostname xmlns:ns2="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">WBFINF05</ns2:hostname>
</detail>
</soapenv:Fault>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Answer 1

I see at least 2 problems:
Why are you sending your request to the URL ending with ?WSDL, you should use:
http://localhost:8082/WebServicesAnimals/services/AnimalTypeService
Error says you don't have a SOAPAction. If you confirm you didn't set it, add a Header Manager and set soapAction to ""
Finally you should use regular HTTP REquest instead of SOAP/XML-RPC Request as per this tutorial:
https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-ws-test-plan.html