SOAP API fails with “couldn't load from…”, “failed to load external entity…” [duplicate]

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When calling upon the Magento SOAP API I get the well known

SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http://{domain}/index.php/api/v2_soap/index/?wsdl=1' : failed to load external entity "http://{domain}/index.php/api/v2_soap/index/?wsdl=1"

however, loading the wsdl with file_get_contents works, and even the following simple test (in a seperate file) works fine.

$server = new SoapServer('http://{domain}/index.php/api/v2_soap/index/?wsdl=1', array(
    'encoding'     => 'UTF-8',
    'soap_version' => 2));

Then again, if i take the above and use in inside the Zend Soap Server class (where the server is created), it throws the same error.

Does anybody have any ideas what's going wrong here?

Answer 1

Here is the URL I use successfully for V2 API calls:

http://{domain}/index.php/api/v2_soap?wsdl=1

Also make sure you have correct web services user set up in Magento etc. etc.

$mage_url = 'http://{domain}/index.php/api/v2_soap?wsdl=1'; $mage_user = 'USERNAME'; //Set in Magento $mage_api_key = 'USERKEY'; //Set in Magento $soap = new SoapClient($mage_url); $session = $soap->login($mage_user,$mage_api_key);

That is how I do it, and it works both internally and externally. Hope this helps!