WSE Web Service Client SoapHeaderException

Question

I am trying to build a client that interacts with a 3rd party SOAP Web Service. This web service requires WSE Security.

I generated an old school .asmx web service from the WSDL of the Service I am trying to interact with. The WSDL has no information in it about WSE Security.

Without the WSE Security I can connect fine. However, I added WSE Security to my .asmx web service.

I added the following code to my client to add the WSE Username and Password

SoapContext requestContext = host.RequestSoapContext;
UsernameToken userToken = new UsernameToken("username", "password", PasswordOption.SendPlainText);
requestContext.Security.Tokens.Add(userToken);

However, now when I call the ProcessMessage method I get the following exception which doesn't tell me very much:

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderException: Server unavailable, please try later

at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)

at Reynolds.Core.STARProxy.STARWebService.ProcessMessage(Payload& payload) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.Core\Web References\STARProxy\Reference.cs:line 105

at Reynolds.Core.reynolds.SendGenericXMLRequest(XmlElement[] inputElements, String url, Guid[] guids) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.cs:line 191

at Reynolds.Core.reynolds.SendGenericSingleXMLRequest(XmlElement inputXML, String url, Guid guid) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.cs:line 125

at Reynolds.Core.reynolds.SendGenericSingleXMLRequest(XmlElement inputXML, String url) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.cs:line 120

at Reynolds.Core.reynolds.SendGenericSingleXMLRequest(XmlElement inputXML) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.Core\Reynolds.cs:line 114

at Reynolds.Testing.GUI.Form1.btnProcessMessage_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Projects\Reynolds.Testing\Reynolds.Testing.GUI\Form1.cs:line 33

The exception doesn't really give me much to work with here. I tried doing various Google searches but wasn't able to get anywhere.

This is my first time using WSE so any help would be appreciated.

WSE is obsolete. It was replaced by WCF over six years ago. You should use WCF for new development instead. — John Saunders, Feb 08 '13 at 22:18
I'm only building the client not the service. The service requires WSE. Can I build a WCF client that uses WSE? — jkruer01, Feb 08 '13 at 22:25
In most cases, yes, you can build a WCF client for the WSE service. The problem might come in areas where WSE was non-standard (it shipped before the standards were completed). In this case, you might have to change the WCF configuration to match the non-standard. — John Saunders, Feb 08 '13 at 23:18
BTW, I have found that "WSE" does _not_ look good on your resume... — John Saunders, Feb 08 '13 at 23:19
I've never worked with WCF. Any good tuturials on getting started with WSE and WCF? — jkruer01, Feb 11 '13 at 13:39
See http://stackoverflow.com/tags/wcf/info as a starting point. Don't ever use WSE unless you have no other choice at all. — John Saunders, Feb 11 '13 at 14:45

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '13 at 22:02

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The exception states Server unavailable, please try later. This means either you have the wrong URL for the 3rd party web service or the 3rd party server is down.

answered Feb 08 '13 at 22:02

Richard Schneider

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When I click on "Get general help for this exception" it says "The exception is thrown when an XML Web Service method is called over SOAP and an exception occurs during processing of the SOAP header. The service is available but is throwing an error somewhere/somehow. When I take out the WSE security it works fine. – jkruer01 Feb 08 '13 at 22:28

WSE Web Service Client SoapHeaderException

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