# Testing Web Services (SOAP)

**URL:** <https://community.gatling.io/t/testing-web-services-soap/1052>\
**Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)\
**Created:** [May 24, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/testing-web-services-soap/1052 "2014-05-24T00:08:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19b73/32.png) [@Pandi](https://community.gatling.io/u/Pandi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/testing-web-services-soap/1052/1 "2014-05-24T00:08:46Z")

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I am trying to evaluate Gatling for one of my web services project.  
From what I am reading so far, this tool is fantastic, compared to the GUI-only tools. The script (Scala, DSL) is very readable which is a huge plus for me. However, I am not able to find a working example to test Web Services. Can somebody point me to a link?

One other observation is that compared to the Apache projects, I don’t see active involvement from the Open Source community (contributions). Is there a reason for this?

Thanks,  
pandi

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**Author:** ![Excilys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Excilys](https://community.gatling.io/u/Excilys)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/testing-web-services-soap/1052/2 "2014-05-24T09:07:55Z")

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> However, I am not able to find a working example to test Web Services. Can  
> somebody point me to a link?

Turn your SOAP message sample (for example from SoapUI) into a body:

> **[GitHub - gatling/gatling: Modern Load Testing as Code](https://github.com/gatling/gatling#request-body)**
>
> Modern Load Testing as Code. Contribute to gatling/gatling development by creating an account on GitHub.

Don't forget to add headers, such as Content-type = application/xml

> One other observation is that compared to the Apache projects, I don't see  
> active involvement from the Open Source community (contributions). Is there  
> a reason for this?

o\_O  
How did you observe this?

[https://github.com/excilys/gatling/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=closed](https://github.com/excilys/gatling/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=closed)

For my point of view, I can't barely keep up with contributions review,  
which is great!

Stéphane

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**Author:** ![Pandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19b73/32.png) [@Pandi](https://community.gatling.io/u/Pandi)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/testing-web-services-soap/1052/3 "2014-05-28T02:32:42Z")

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Thanks Stephane.  
You understand that I have to be careful before making a commitment to a new tool.

PANDI