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chris loughnane
chris loughnane

Reputation: 2748

Do I need ?wsdl in the URL when setting up SOAP?

I have inherited a NUnit test project and the code has the SOAP URL without ?wsdl so the URL ends with ../soap.svc. Authenticate is also missing ?wsdl so the URL ends with ../WebServices/Authentication/Service.asmx

Is the ?wsdl added by default when the connection is being made?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 593

Answers (2)

Michael Edenfield
Michael Edenfield

Reputation: 28338

The wsdl parameter is used when you want to get the actual WSDL definition file for the service, but not when you actually want to make service calls to the service. e.g.:

// GET or POST requests to call service functions.
http://localhost/Service/Service.asmx 

// GET the WSDL XML file for this service
http://localhost/Service/Service.asmx?wsdl

In general you probably should not have ?wsdl on the end of the URL if you are expecting to interact with the service itself.

Upvotes: 3

Andrei
Andrei

Reputation: 44600

Service.asmx - it is your endpoint

Service.asmx?wsdl - is documentation of your services.

If you are implementing client on .NET with "Create Web Reference" or "Create Service Reference" it accesses wsdl to collect necessary info about service and generate classes.

Upvotes: 1

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