WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

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Posted on 7 Oct 2020 17:49:12 by GeraldBonnin

Hi there,

Is there some who have already experiment a Power Automate to send request to check the UE website that verify if a VAT ID is correct or not ? aka Vies.

https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatTestService.wsdl

I'm looking to find out if Power Automate could be a good place for individual check.

Thanks for your hints.

BR,

Gérald

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Ghitafjorback 3 on 27 Apr 2023 at 06:41:32

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

My earlier approach worked for me for a long time, and then suddenly it didn’t work anymore. I no longer need the process in my organization, so I didn’t really care about it, but I am glad to see that a new approach is now working! 👌🏻
bearRidge 7 on 26 Apr 2023 at 17:30:35

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

I was in contact with the support during the day. First they told me:
If you were attempting to access the VoW service via (REST (API)):
The VIES on the WEB (VoW), besides the WEB Interactive service, only offers a SOAP (API) interface. Therefore, the REST (API) service should not be used. Following installation of VoW 7.0.0 into production on 11/08/2022, this is no longer feasible. For your information, as the VoW constantly evolves, the next release of the VoW is also planned to include a REST (API) service that will be accompanied with the corresponding documentation.
And then they told me:
As regards the “REST API”, this will be implemented in the next few months and will be accompanied with corresponding documentation. NO specific date for this implementation is known to us as yet.
GeraldBonnin 21 on 26 Apr 2023 at 16:23:40

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

"
{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "isValid": {
            "type": "boolean"
        },
        "requestDate": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "userError": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "address": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "requestIdentifier": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "vatNumber": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "viesApproximate": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "name": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "street": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "postalCode": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "city": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "companyType": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "matchName": {
                    "type": "integer"
                },
                "matchStreet": {
                    "type": "integer"
                },
                "matchPostalCode": {
                    "type": "integer"
                },
                "matchCity": {
                    "type": "integer"
                },
                "matchCompanyType": {
                    "type": "integer"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}"
GeraldBonnin 21 on 26 Apr 2023 at 16:11:33

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

I'am afraid not. I have understood by sniffing real example via the web interface :
bearRidge 7 on 26 Apr 2023 at 11:51:56

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

@GeraldBonnin that made my day. 😊 Do you have a link to some documentation for that rest api? I could only find information about their soap service.
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GeraldBonnin 21 on 26 Apr 2023 at 09:25:55

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

Well on my side the solution of @GhitaFjorback1 never worked. Also @bearRidge @thesanjiv , I have found out a way to make it. SOAP is not the best approach finally.

But using the REST API with HTTP Power Flow activity :

Provide URI as following with GET Methode
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/ms/{your partner VAT country}/vat/{your parnter VAT number}?requesterMemberStateCode={your country VAT}&requesterNumber={your VAT number}

You will get following output schema easy to parse then :

{
  "isValid": ,
  "requestDate": "",
  "userError": "",
  "name": "",
  "address": "",
  "requestIdentifier": "",
  "vatNumber": "",
  "viesApproximate": {
    "name": "---",
    "street": "---",
    "postalCode": "---",
    "city": "---",
    "companyType": "---",
    "matchName": 3,
    "matchStreet": 3,
    "matchPostalCode": 3,
    "matchCity": 3,
    "matchCompanyType": 3
  }
}
bearRidge 7 on 26 Apr 2023 at 08:16:10

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

@GhitaFjorback1 did you really get this to work? I tried it out, both in Power Automat and in Postman but all I get is 500 internal server error
GhitaFjorback1 69 on 13 Aug 2021 at 20:53:56

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

I found out how to use the rest api function of Vies. See below.
thesanjiv 2 on 12 Aug 2021 at 07:23:41

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

Hi All,
If you know how to call WSDL service in Power Automate(MS Flow) without using Postman collection
Regards,
Sanjeev
GhitaFjorback1 69 on 01 Jul 2021 at 18:57:06

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Re: WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

@GeraldBonnin did you find out how to do this with Power Automate? I am looking for same solution. 🙂