I have a webservice with WCF I'm testing on my local machine that's giving me a headscratcher.
My service is configured like so:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.DatroseService"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<endpoint
address="mex"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
My client is configured like so:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
closeTimeout="00:02:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:02:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="524288" maxBufferPoolSize="524288"
maxReceivedMessageSize="524288"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas
maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="524288"
maxArrayLength="524288" maxBytesPerRead="524288"
maxNameTableCharCount="524288" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
contract="DatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
The error I receive is:
There was no endpoint listening at http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.
... and yet, if I browse to the location I get the service screen, so it appears to be set up properly.
I'm sure this has do do with my configuration of the endpoints, but I can't figure out what they are supposed to look like. Some help would be appreciated here.
UPDATE whups I put the wrong error message in. It's fixed now.
UPDATE 2 per what I believe has been suggested in these responses I have changed my server config to :
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.DatroseService"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<endpoint
address="/svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
<endpoint
address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
and my client configuration to:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
closeTimeout="00:02:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:02:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="524288" maxBufferPoolSize="524288"
maxReceivedMessageSize="524288"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas
maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="524288" maxArrayLength="524288"
maxBytesPerRead="524288" maxNameTableCharCount="524288" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc/svc"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
contract="DatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
and when I run this I now get a 400 (bad request) error. I am not sure if this is a step forward or a step back. Have I created a new problem, or have I cleared my way to the next problem?
UPDATE 3
Upon niao' advice, I changed to this for the server config:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.DatroseService" behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<endpoint contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" binding="basicHttpBinding" address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
...however, when I browsed to this address, I got a yellow screen of death:
Server Error in '/DatroseWCFService' Application.
When 'system.serviceModel/serviceHostingEnvironment/multipleSiteBindingsEnabled' is set to true in configuration, the endpoints are required to specify a relative address. If you are specifying a relative listen URI on the endpoint, then the address can be absolute. To fix this problem, specify a relative uri for endpoint 'http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc'.
...so with that, I tried making it a relative path like so:
<endpoint
address="localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
... but after publishing that, I get the 404 error. The client endpoint is configured as such:
<endpoint name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
contract="DatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
UPDATE 4 Per marc_s' advice, I removed the binding config from the client, so my config looks like this:
<system.serviceModel>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc" behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="DatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService" />
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="10000000"/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
and my server configuration looks like this:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.DatroseService" behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<endpoint contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" binding="basicHttpBinding" address=""/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" httpsHelpPageEnabled="true" httpHelpPageEnabled="true"/>
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="10000000"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
I no longer get the 404 error.
However, I do get a 400 (ProtocolException, Bad Request) with no edifying information of what it got or why it's bad. I expect I've progressed beyond the endpoint issue, into a brand new void of service configuration hell.
UPDATE 5
Per request, the "skeleton" of my service (I assume the interface will do?):
[ServiceContract]
public interface IDatroseService
{
[OperationContract]
bool SubmitPayableTransaction(List<InvoiceItem> invoices);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, bool> ValidateAccounts(List<string> accounts);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, int> GetVendor1099Types(List<string> vendors);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, string> GetPaymentTerms(List<string> vendors);
}
So I assume your service is hosted inside IIS, right??
So the virtual directory where your *.svc lives basically defines your service address - so is this address correct?
Also: you have "relative" address of mex on the service endpoint
<endpoint
address="mex"
(which I believe is a really bad idea - MEX stands for Metadata Exchange, and I would not use that address for a regular service endpoint! It just violates the Principle of Least Surprise - if the endpoint is called MEX, I expect it to BE a metadata exchange endpoint - not a regular service endpoint...)
Anyway - with that regular address, your complete service address becomes:
http://yourserver/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc/mex
What if you call your service on that address - do you get a response??
Update: not sure how you're trying to test this. This is a SOAP web service - you will see the "landing page" (the "help" page) for the service in your browser, but to test the service itself, you need to use a SOAP capable testing tool (like the WCF Test Client or SoapUI) - you cannot test the SOAP web service by just browsing to its web address .
(ok, so your testing this by invoking the service from a test app - that should definitely work!)
Update #2: since you're hosting this in IIS (right?), your service address is basically defined by the virtual directory where your *.svc file lives. So my next attempt would be: just let that address be your service address.
Change your service-side config to:
<service name="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.DatroseService"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior">
<endpoint
address="" <!-- define nothing here - just let the *.svc file determine your service address -->
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="GHMDatroseIntegration.GHMDatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
<endpoint
address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
and your client-side config to:
<endpoint name="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
address="http://localhost/DatroseWCFService/DatroseService.svc"
behaviorConfiguration="DatroseServiceBehavior"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IDatroseService"
contract="DatroseWCFService.IDatroseService" />
Does that work??
The next attempt would be to use the client-side config without a bindingConfiguration= value - since that's what you're doing on the server, too - just absolutely bare-bones basicHttpBinding without any modifications - does that work??