SOAP + SSL + Ruby Savon - HTTPClient::ConnectTimeoutError: execution expired - ruby

Question

I am trying to get a simple ruby script to send requests to a SOAP API but I am not able to get responses back.
This is what I am trying to do:
require 'date'
require 'savon'
# Create the client
client = Savon::Client.new do
wsdl.document = File.expand_path("path to wsdl document", __FILE__)
end
# Setup namespaces and credentials
client.wsdl.namespace = "http://www.example.com"
client.wsse.credentials "[USERNAME]", "[PASSWORD]"
# Setup ssl configuration
client.http.auth.ssl.cert_key_file = "path to key pem file"
client.http.auth.ssl.cert_file = "path to cert pem file"
client.http.auth.ssl.verify_mode=:peer
# execute request
response = client.request :sub, :get_data do
soap.body = {"sub:id" => "123456"}
end
This request finishes with:
D, [2011-05-05T10:21:45.014588 #22136] DEBUG -- : SOAP request: "http://www.example.com"
D, [2011-05-05T10:21:45.014743 #22136] DEBUG -- : Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8, SOAPAction: "getData"
D, [2011-05-05T10:21:45.014787 #22136] DEBUG -- : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><env:Envelope ...(XML request)... </env:Body></env:Envelope>
D, [2011-05-05T10:21:45.014864 #22136] DEBUG -- : HTTPI executes HTTP POST using the httpclient adapter
HTTPClient::ConnectTimeoutError: execution expired
However, when I try to send the same request via curl, it works (copying the xml request above to the soap-request.xml file):
curl -k -v --header "Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8, SOAPAction: 'getData'" https://www.example.com -d#soap-request.xml --cert-type PEM --cert path_to_pem_file_with_both_key_and_cert
Any ideas about what I'm missing in the ruby script?
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE:
The code above works if the WSDL document is correct. However, in case there isn't one or in case it is erroneous, just replace the client declaration with this:
# Create the client
client = Savon::Client.new do
wsdl.endpoint = "https://whateverendpoint.com"
wsdl.namespace = "http://whatevernamespace.com"
end
Finally, it is also a good idea to catch possible faults as described in Savon's documentation:
begin
# execute request
response = client.request :sub, :get_data do
soap.body = {"sub:id" => "123456"}
end
rescue Savon::SOAP::Fault => fault
puts fault.to_s
end

Answer 1

Have you tried to extend the http timeout? I had the same problem with some of my SOAP call that took very long on the server side. What I did was this
jira = Savon::Client.new do
wsdl.document = 'http://jira.xxx.com/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2?wsdl'
end
jira.http.read_timeout = 300
done = 0
dotPrinter = Thread.new do
sec = 0
while(done==0) do
sleep 1
$STDERR.print "\b\b\b%03i" % sec
sec += 1
end
end
resp = jira.request :get_issues_from_filter do
soap.body = {:in0 => jira_token, :in1 => 18579}
end
done = 1