diff --git a/applications/examples/controllers/soap_examples.py b/applications/examples/controllers/soap_examples.py
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+# coding: utf8
+
+# SOAP webservices (server and client) example and basic test
+# (using pysimplesoap contrib included in web2py)
+# for more info see: https://code.google.com/p/pysimplesoap/wiki/Web2Py
+
+from gluon.tools import Service
+service = Service(globals())
+
+# define the procedures to be exposed:
+
+@service.soap('AddStrings', returns={'AddResult': str}, args={'a': str, 'b': str})
+@service.soap('AddIntegers', returns={'AddResult': int}, args={'a': int, 'b': int})
+def add(a, b):
+    "Add two values"
+    return a+b
+
+@service.soap('SubIntegers', returns={'SubResult': int}, args={'a': int, 'b': int})
+def sub(a, b):
+    "Substract two values"
+    return a-b
+
+@service.soap('Division', returns={'divisionResult': float}, args={'a': float, 'b': float})
+def division(a, b):
+    "Divide two values "
+    return a / b
+
+
+# expose the soap methods
+
+def call():
+    return service()
+
+# sample function to test the SOAP RPC
+
+def test_soap_sub():
+    from gluon.contrib.pysimplesoap.client import SoapClient, SoapFault
+    # build the url to the WSDL (web service description)
+    # like "http://localhost:8000/webservices/sample/call/soap?WSDL"
+    url = URL(f="call/soap", vars={"WSDL": ""}, scheme=True)
+    # create a SOAP client
+    client = SoapClient(wsdl=url)
+    # call the SOAP remote method
+    try:
+        ret = client.SubIntegers(a=3, b=2)
+        result = ret['SubResult']
+    except SoapFault, sf:
+        result = sf
+    response.view = "soap_examples/generic.html"
+    return dict(xml_request=client.xml_request, 
+                xml_response=client.xml_response,
+                result=result)
+
diff --git a/applications/examples/views/soap_examples/generic.html b/applications/examples/views/soap_examples/generic.html
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+{{extend 'layout.html'}}
+<h1>SOAP Examples</h1>
+<h2>Result</h2>
+{{=BEAUTIFY(result)}}
+<h2>XML Request</h2>
+{{=BEAUTIFY(xml_request)}}
+<h2>XML Response</h2>
+{{=BEAUTIFY(xml_response)}}