# Setting up a Prima Solutions connection
## Introduction
Typically, connectors are defined with endpoints which determine exactly what data is being requested (pull customer records, post product details, etc.). However, the Prima Solutions connector works in a different way, with two generic endpoints:
* comwsomhandler
* wsomhandler
The actual data required for a request must be passed into the Prima Solutions connection shape, as part of your process flow. You do this via a [manual payload](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/process-flow-shapes/standard-shapes/manual-payload-shape) shape.
{% hint style="info" %}
Whatever is defined for the manual payload is passed into the body of the subsequent Prima Solutions connection request.
{% endhint %}
Finally - once a successful connection is made - the response must be converted from XML to JSON, ready for onward processing.
With this in mind, a process flow that needs to pull data from Prima Solutions will usually require three shapes in the following sequence:
1. **Manual payload** shape, which includes the required [request data](#request-data) in an XML string
2. **Connection** shape, configured with a Prima Solutions endpoint
3. **Script** shape, configured with an [XML to JSON conversion script](#converting-response-xml-to-json)
For example:
## Request data
Request data to be passed into a Prima Solutions connection shape must be based on the *Prima Web Services XML Schema Definition*. Some examples are shown below.
Example: NewOrder
The example below shows a `NewOrder` request (XML string):
{% code title="With HTML entities" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```xml
```
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Without HTML entities" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```html
```
{% endcode %}
Example: ProductAvailableToSell
The example below shows a `ProductAvailableToSell` request (XML string):
{% code title="With HTML entities" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<Request RequestType="ProductAvailableToSell">
<Data ProductFrom="" ProductTo="" WareHouse="" IncludeDisallowed="" IncludeProhibited=""/>
</Request>
```
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Without HTML entities" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```html
```
{% endcode %}
The response would be in the form below:
{% code title="With HTML entities" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```xml
```
{% endcode %}
Notice that the response is returned as an XML string. For onward processing you must [convert this to a JSON payload, using a custom script](#converting-response-xml-to-json).
## Converting response XML to JSON
Before the response from a Prima Solutions request can be be processed, it must be converted to a JSON payload. To do this, you should create an XML to JSON conversion script and add this to a [script shape](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/process-flow-shapes/advanced-shapes/script-shape) in your process flow.
Example: NewOrder