savon_with_wsdl.rb

#!ruby

# make sure we use version 2.x of Savon
gem 'savon', '~> 2.0'
require 'savon'
require 'nokogiri'

# create the client, switch on nice logging
clnt = Savon.client(
  wsdl: 'http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?wsdl',
  log: true,
  log_level: :debug,
  pretty_print_xml: true

)

# look up a ticker symbol or use Open Text's NASDAQ
symbol = ARGV[0] || "OTEX"

# call the service
response = clnt.call(:get_quote, message: { symbol: symbol.upcase } )

result = response.to_hash[:get_quote_response][:get_quote_result]

# this result is in XML form, let's take it apart
xml = Nokogiri::XML(result)

# print a nicely formatted XML document
print xml.to_xml(:indent => 4)

# just want to know the last price of the equity
quote = xml.at_css('Last').text.strip
d = xml.at_css('Date').text
t = xml.at_css('Time').text

# the date comes in US format mm/dd/yy
date = DateTime.strptime("#{d} #{t}", "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M%p")
print "Date: ", date.strftime("%d-%b-%Y"), "\n"
print "Last quote: ", quote, "\n"