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ABRXMLSearch

Click here for a complete list of operations.

SearchByASICv200506

Same as ABRSearchByASIC but returns charity tax concession information if it exists for the ABN.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP GET protocol, complete the form and click the 'Invoke' button.

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SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST https://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearch/AbrXmlSearch.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: abr.business.gov.au
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/SearchByASICv200506"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/" xmlns:types="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:SearchByASICv200506>
      <searchString xsi:type="xsd:string">string</searchString>
      <includeHistoricalDetails xsi:type="xsd:string">string</includeHistoricalDetails>
      <authenticationGuid xsi:type="xsd:string">string</authenticationGuid>
    </tns:SearchByASICv200506>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/" xmlns:types="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:SearchByASICv200506Response>
      <SearchByASICv200506Result href="#id1" />
    </tns:SearchByASICv200506Response>
    <tns:Payload id="id1" xsi:type="tns:Payload">
      <Request href="#id2" />
      <Response href="#id3" />
    </tns:Payload>
    <tns:ExternalRequest id="id2" xsi:type="tns:ExternalRequest">
      <ExternalRequestBody xsi:type="type" />
    </tns:ExternalRequest>
    <tns:Response id="id3" xsi:type="tns:Response">
      <UsageStatement xsi:type="xsd:string">string</UsageStatement>
      <DateRegisterLastUpdated xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">dateTime</DateRegisterLastUpdated>
      <DateTimeRetrieved xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">dateTime</DateTimeRetrieved>
      <ResponseBody xsi:type="type" />
    </tns:Response>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST https://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearch/AbrXmlSearch.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: abr.business.gov.au
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:tns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/" xmlns:types="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/encodedTypes" xmlns:rpc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-rpc" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body soap12:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
    <tns:SearchByASICv200506>
      <searchString xsi:type="xsd:string">string</searchString>
      <includeHistoricalDetails xsi:type="xsd:string">string</includeHistoricalDetails>
      <authenticationGuid xsi:type="xsd:string">string</authenticationGuid>
    </tns:SearchByASICv200506>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:tns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/" xmlns:types="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/encodedTypes" xmlns:rpc="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-rpc" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body soap12:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
    <tns:SearchByASICv200506Response>
      <rpc:result xmlns="">SearchByASICv200506Result</rpc:result>
      <SearchByASICv200506Result soapenc:id="id0" xsi:type="tns:Payload">
        <Request soapenc:id="id1" xsi:type="tns:ExternalRequest">
          <ExternalRequestBody xsi:type="type" />
        </Request>
        <Response soapenc:id="id2" xsi:type="tns:Response">
          <UsageStatement xsi:type="xsd:string">string</UsageStatement>
          <DateRegisterLastUpdated xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">dateTime</DateRegisterLastUpdated>
          <DateTimeRetrieved xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">dateTime</DateTimeRetrieved>
          <ResponseBody xsi:type="type" />
        </Response>
      </SearchByASICv200506Result>
    </tns:SearchByASICv200506Response>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /ABRXMLSearch.asmx/SearchByASICv200506?searchString=string&includeHistoricalDetails=string&authenticationGuid=string HTTP/1.1
Host: abr.business.gov.au
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ABRPayloadSearchResults xmlns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/literalTypes">
  <request />
  <response>
    <usageStatement>string</usageStatement>
    <dateRegisterLastUpdated>date</dateRegisterLastUpdated>
    <dateTimeRetrieved>dateTime</dateTimeRetrieved>
  </response>
</ABRPayloadSearchResults>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /ABRXMLSearch.asmx/SearchByASICv200506 HTTP/1.1
Host: abr.business.gov.au
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

searchString=string&includeHistoricalDetails=string&authenticationGuid=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ABRPayloadSearchResults xmlns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/literalTypes">
  <request />
  <response>
    <usageStatement>string</usageStatement>
    <dateRegisterLastUpdated>date</dateRegisterLastUpdated>
    <dateTimeRetrieved>dateTime</dateTimeRetrieved>
  </response>
</ABRPayloadSearchResults>