How to find out what methods, etc. a web service makes available?

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sherifffruitfly - 19 Jul 2007 16:34 GMT

Hi all,

I've got a URI (ip/port) that has a web service on the other end. I
can't access it through VS Add Web Reference because it requires
authentication. How can I find out the interface the service provides?

Thanks for any tips,

cdj

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 19 Jul 2007 17:03 GMT

cdj,

You will have to download the WSDL file somehow. I would suggest using
a web browser to get at it (and authenticate you correctly) and then adding
the reference to that. You can set the URI of the proxy you generate in the
config file after that, or in code.

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Arne Vajhøj - 22 Jul 2007 23:46 GMT

> I've got a URI (ip/port) that has a web service on the other end. I
> can't access it through VS Add Web Reference because it requires
> authentication. How can I find out the interface the service provides?

I don't know if it can be specified in VS, but the wsdl command
line utility allow you to specify username and password.

C:\>wsdl
Microsoft (R) Web Services Description Language Utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.42]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

...

/username:<username>
/password:<password>
/domain:<domain>
The credentials to use when connecting to a server that
requires authentication. Short forms are '/u:', '/p:' and '/d:'.

...

Arne

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sherifffruitfly - 22 Jul 2007 23:52 GMT

On Jul 22, 3:46 pm, Arne Vajh?j <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

> > I've got a URI (ip/port) that has a web service on the other end. I
> > can't access it through VS Add Web Reference because it requires
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> Arne

Cool - thanks folks!

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