What Is Soap Header

The SOAP <Header> is an optional element in a SOAP message. It is used to pass application-related information that is to be processed by SOAP nodes along the message path. The immediate child elements of the <Header> element are called header blocks.

What is header in SOAP message?

The SOAP header contains header entries defined in a namespace. The header is encoded as the first immediate child element of the SOAP envelope. When multiple headers are defined, all immediate child elements of the SOAP header are interpreted as SOAP header blocks.

How do you make a SOAP header?

Select the service task or web service integration component and click the Variables tab above the diagram area. Create the private variable that you will later map to the SOAP header of the request message. To add a single header entry to the request message, use the variable type SOAPHeader.