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WSDL SERVICE FOR EUROPEAN VAT CHECK - VIES

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Posted on 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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alrezac on at

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Hi,

I haven't personally heard of this VAT check before. I have a few idea's with how this might be doable but I'm not certain. This might be something you want to talk with a resource with if this is something you want to pursue.

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Alex

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GhitaFjorback1 69 on at

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

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thesanjiv 2 on at

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Hi All,
If you know how to call WSDL service in Power Automate(MS Flow) without using Postman collection
Regards,
Sanjeev

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GhitaFjorback1 69 on at

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I found out how to use the rest api function of Vies. See below.

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bearRidge 7 on at

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@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

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GeraldBonnin 21 on at

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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
  }
}

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bearRidge 7 on at

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@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 at

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I'am afraid not. I have understood by sniffing real example via the web interface :

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GeraldBonnin 21 on at

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"
{
    "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"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}"

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bearRidge 7 on at

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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.

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