example soap call using savon

SOAP request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:v1="http://v1_0.validation.ws.chief.blau.de/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <v1:validateName>
         <validationRequest>
            <names>
               <firstName>David</firstName>
               <lastName>Hasselhoff</lastName>
            </names>
         </validationRequest>
      </v1:validateName>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

SOAP response:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Body>
      <ns2:validateNameResponse xmlns:ns2="http://v1_0.validation.ws.chief.blau.de/">
         <return>
            <names>
               <firstName>David</firstName>
               <lastName>Hasselhoff</lastName>
               <valid>true</valid>
            </names>
         </return>
      </ns2:validateNameResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Savon:

client = Savon::Client.new "http://hindenburg:28080/chief/1.0/ValidationService?wsdl"
response = client.validate_name do |soap|
  soap.body = { :validation_request => { :names => { :first_name => "David", :last_name => "Hasselhoff" } } }
end
response.to_hash
# => { :return => { :names => { :first_name => "David", :last_name => "Hasselhoff", :valid => true } } }