Dynamic basic authentication credentials SOAP Receiver Adapter (AXIS)

[Former Member]

Hello all,

In our SAP PI (7.11), we are using the AXIS adapter for a certain SOAP Receiver Communication Channel.

In our specific we can re-use this comm channnel for multiple companys that we need to communicate with. The only thing that differs for each company is:

1. the endpoint of the webservice
2. the used basic authentication credentials

I already succeeded in making the endpoint dynamic over the so called "TServerLocation" Dynamic Configuration Header. (view attachment "dynamic endpoint config axis adapter.PNG").

I also made the basic authentication username dynamic over the so called "TAuthKey" Dynamic Configuration Header (analog to "TServerLocation").

I expected the existence of such a property also for the basic authentication password, but unfortunatley, such a property does not exist because of security reasons.

I then found some information that in the "standard" SOAP receiver comm channel, such a password should be defined/passed using authorization keys (visible in "advanced" when checking "use adapter specific message attributes" and "variable transport binding". View attached file "authorization_keys.PNG").

However, when using the AXIS adapter, these options are not available.

Can anybody please explain how to pass the basic authentication password in a dynamic way using the AXIS adapter?

Many thx!

Regards,

Kim Zeevaarders

The Netherlands

[Former Member]

I managed to implement a workaround by setting the authentication method to NONE and passing the credentials directly in the URL by using the format https://<user>:<password>@xxx.com.

Seeing that the connection is over HTTPS the URL should be encrypted since the handshake is made before the actual URL is POSTed to.

However, this solution is notthe desired one.

Hope that any of you can tell me how to use authorization keys in the axis adapter as we can can in the normal SOAP adapter!