Savon::SoapFault: Unexpected character '>' (code 62) (expected a name start character) - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to understand the Railscast: SOAP with Savon and implement it for my scenario.
I have executed the following in rails console
realm = Base64.strict_encode64("user:password")
client = Savon.client(wsdl: "http://xxxxx?wsdl", soap_header: { 'Authorization:' => "Basic #{realm}"}, log: true, log_level: :debug, pretty_print_xml: true)
message = {"X1" => "XX", "X2" => 108539, "X3" => 2, "CONFIRM" => TRUE}
All fine so far. The following line is throwing an error
response = client.call(:update_job, message: message)
Please can you let me know how to resolve the following error or any useful documentation that I can look at to fix the error. (I have tried searching online and also looked at http://savonrb.com/version2/requests.html)
HTTPI POST request to sit (net_http)
SOAP response (status 500)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd=
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-i
nstance">
<soap:Body>
<soap:Fault>
<faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>
<faultstring>Unexpected character '>' (code 62) (expected a name start
character)
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,434]</faultstring>
</soap:Fault>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Savon::SOAPFault: (soap:Server) Unexpected character '>' (code 62) (expected a n
ame start character)
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,434]
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/savon-2.6.0/lib/savon/res
ponse.rb:85:in `raise_soap_and_http_errors!'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/savon-2.6.0/lib/savon/res
ponse.rb:14:in `initialize'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/savon-2.6.0/lib/savon/ope
ration.rb:64:in `create_response'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/savon-2.6.0/lib/savon/ope
ration.rb:55:in `call'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/savon-2.6.0/lib/savon/cli
ent.rb:36:in `call'
from (irb):75:in `evaluate'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1101:in `eval'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1501:in `loop'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1264:in `catch'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1264:in `catch'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails
/commands/console.rb:47:in `start'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails
/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
from c:/jruby-1.7.12/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails
/commands.rb:41:in `(root)'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1065:in `require'
from script/rails:6:in `(root)'
Thanks.

Answer 1

Your soap_header should not be postfixed with : (Authorization:).
client = Savon.client(
wsdl: "http://xxxxx?wsdl",
soap_header: { 'Authorization' => "Basic #{realm }"},
log: true,
log_level: :debug,
pretty_print_xml: true
)
http://savonrb.com/version2/globals.html