Ruby soap4r build headers - ruby-on-rails

Question

Again with the soap.
I am trying to build a header using soap4r that is supposed to look like this
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<ns1:UserAuthentication
SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1"
SOAP-ENV:actor="http://api.affiliatewindow.com">
<ns1:iId>*****</ns1:iId>
<ns1:sPassword>*****</ns1:sPassword>
<ns1:sType>affiliate</ ns1:sType>
</ns1:UserAuthentication>
<ns1:getQuota SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1" SOAP-
ENV:actor="http://api.affiliatewindow.com">true</ns1:getQuota>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
What I have done is created a header derv. class
AffHeader < SOAP::Header::SimpleHandler
Created a UserAuthentification element.
def initialize
#element = XSD::QName.new(nil, "UserAuthentification")
super(#element)
end
And return a hash
def on_simple_outbound
self.mustunderstand = 1
{ "iId" => ID, "sPassword" => PASSWORD, "sType" => "affiliate" }
end
How can I make my header look like I want further. How do I add the actor for example.
I am going to keep searching on this, any Help is very appreciated.
Thank you

Answer 1

In SOAP4R, the target_actor attribute is read only but you can add a new method like:
def target_actor= (uri)
#target_actor = uri
end
and in your on_simple_outbound method, you can call target_actor with your uri like so:
def on_simple_outbound
self.mustunderstand = 1
self.target_actor = "http://api.affiliatewindow.com"
{ "iId" => ID, "sPassword" => PASSWORD, "sType" => "affiliate" }
end
E.g.
irb(main):003:0> h = AffHeader.new
=> #<AffHeader:0x3409ef0 #target_actor=nil, #encodingstyle=nil,
#element=#<XSD::QName:0x1a04f5a {}UserAuthentification>,
#mustunderstand=false, #elename=#<XSD::QName:0x1a04f5a {}UserAuthentification>>
irb(main):006:0> h.on_simple_outbound
=> {"sType"=>"affiliate", "sPassword"=>"secret", "iId"=>"johndoe"}
irb(main):007:0> h
=> #<AffHeader:0x3409ef0 #target_actor="http://api.affiliatewindow.com",
#encodingstyle=nil,
#element=#<XSD::QName:0x1a04f5a {}UserAuthentification>,
#mustunderstand=1, #elename=#<XSD::QName:0x1a04f5a
{}UserAuthentification>>