Consuming a Webservice

Question

    try
    {
        string xml = XMLExporter.OrderToXML(order);

        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://localhost:60159/intranet/webservice/OrderService.asmx/ReceiveOrder");
        request.Method = "POST";

        byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);

        request.ContentType = "application/xml";
        request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;

        Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
        dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
        dataStream.Close();

        WebResponse webResponse = request.GetResponse(); // ERROR HERE
    }
    catch // 500 error
    {
        return false;
    }
    return true;

Web.Config:

  <system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
  <basicHttpBinding>
    <binding name="ReceiveOrder" />
  </basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>      
  <endpoint address="http://localhost:60159/intranet/webservice/OrderService.asmx" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="ReceiveOrder" contract="OrderService.ReceiveOrder" name="ReceiveOrder" />
</client>

<webServices>
  <protocols>
    <add name="HttpGet"/>
    <add name="HttpPost"/>
  </protocols>
</webServices>

"The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error."

when i call the method directly from the code it works fine!

Can anyone shed a light on this error?

You haven't said what "this error" is which makes it hard to shed light on it. Rather than just "rambling" you should have taken the opportunity to provide more details. Please read http://tinyurl.com/so-list — Jon Skeet, Aug 09 '13 at 12:36
so its all about nagging huh skeet? you either can or cannot help. — Matheus Simon, Aug 09 '13 at 13:00
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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:37

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If you get à http error 500 it means that it's the server part that throw so you should have a look inside the method ReceiveOrder in OrderService.asmx.

To resume it's not a problem from the caller, but from the receiver.

answered Aug 09 '13 at 12:37

Pit Ming

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when i call the method directly from the code it works fine so i guessed the error was within the ws calling method. – Matheus Simon Aug 09 '13 at 13:26

Consuming a Webservice

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