@abapify/adt-rfc

SOAP-over-HTTP RFC transport for SAP systems. Calls classic RFC function modules (BAPIs, STFC_CONNECTION, TH_USER_LIST, custom FMs, etc.) without requiring the native libsapnwrfc SDK — by tunnelling the call through SAP's built-in /sap/bc/soap/rfc endpoint.

This package lives outside the /sap/bc/adt/* URL space. RFC is a separate transport layer from ADT — that's why it's a separate package, not a schema/contract under @abapify/adt-client.

Install

bun add @abapify/adt-rfc

Usage

import { createAdtClient } from '@abapify/adt-client';
import { createRfcClient } from '@abapify/adt-rfc';

const adt = createAdtClient({
  baseUrl: 'https://my.sap.example.com',
  username: 'DEVELOPER',
  password: '…',
  client: '100',
});

const rfc = createRfcClient({
  fetch: (url, opts) => adt.fetch(url, opts),
  client: '100',
});

const resp = await rfc.call('STFC_CONNECTION', { REQUTEXT: 'hello' });
console.log(resp.ECHOTEXT); // → "hello"
console.log(resp.RESPTEXT); // → "SAP R/3 Rel. 7.55 Sysid: TRL …"

Parameter types

Parameters and responses are modelled as loose JSON trees:

Tables are serialised as SAP's <TABLE_NAME><item>…</item><item>…</item></TABLE_NAME> convention on the wire.

Errors

• RfcSoapFault — the server returned a soap:Fault. Exposes faultcode, faultstring, and the raw response body.
• RfcTransportUnavailable — the /sap/bc/soap/rfc endpoint returned 401/403/404/501. Some SAP systems disable SOAP-RFC; catch this to downgrade gracefully.

Limitations

• SOAP-RFC only. Native libsapnwrfc binding (via node-rfc) is deliberately out of scope — track @abapify/adt-plugin-rfc-native for that future path.
• Type encoding. SAP's SOAP-RFC wrapper does not round-trip every RFC data type perfectly. Binary fields come back as base64-looking strings; dates/times come back as SAP internal strings (YYYYMMDD, HHMMSS). Callers convert.
• Authentication. Reuses the ADT client's session/CSRF/cookie state — no separate auth plumbing.

See also

• Spec: docs/roadmap/epics/e13-startrfc.md
• Reference implementation: tmp/sapcli-ref/sapcli/sap/rfc/