Creating a .net SOAP client in Visual Studio

Question

I'm usually a php & javacript developer on Linux systems running Apache. We're trying to consume a SOAP API that's running on a Windows server. It uses p7b certificates for message level encryption and we're having trouble getting that working in a Linux/Apache environment. We've therefore decided it may be easier to build an API middleware in .net and run it on a Windows server or Azure. Part of the decision was, reading various blogs etc, it seemed easy in Visual Studio as there are various templates/wizards to help. Most of these examples seem to use WCF and speak of WCF templates.

I've installed the latest version of Visual Studio and selected to install WCF. However, when I look for templates or service references I can't find anything for consuming SOAP API's. Can anyone point me in the direction for getting started consuming a message level encrypted SOAP API with a WSDL?

Answer 1

Hi @B Mo ,

For a reference, follow these steps:

1. File - New - Project - WCF service application
2. One service contract file along with a service file (.svc) is created automatically. We can modify the default contract file and service file.
3. Right-click the Solution and click "Add Service Reference"
4. Click “Discover” and choose “Services in Solution”.
5. Then it will list the existing service “Service1.svc”. We can double click on it. It will install the service reference to the project.

So far a basic program has been created. For more detailed information, check out the official documentation.

Best Regards,
Jiayao Wu

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Answer 2

A way is with HttpWebRequest
(I had posted a sample in this thread : Possibilities to include a SOAP interface in C# WinForm)