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

[sherifffruitfly]

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

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

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.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

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

 

[sherifffruitfly]

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

Cool - thanks folks!