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Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

johnwsaunders3 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:34:43 GMT

If the server is sending you HTML, then I recommend that you read it. Use a tool like Fiddler to see what is being sent to you.

Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

Wells — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:47:53 GMT

I have error while consuming NuSoap web service from csharp.

This is my sample web service:

http://rhinosubmitws.rhinodirectory.com/server3.php

http://rhinosubmitws.rhinodirectory.com/server3.php?wsdl

This is my php server code:

<?
// NuSoap API
    require_once('lib/nusoap.php');
    		
   	
   	// create the server instance
   	$webServer = new soap_server();
   	
   	$namespace = 'http://rhinosubmitws.rhinodirectory.com/server3.php?wsdl';
   	$webServer->configureWSDL('ws');
   	$webServer->wsdl->schemaTargetNamespace = $namespace;
   	
      	
   	$methodName = 'TestPrint';
   	$input = array('message' => 'xsd:string');
   	$output = array('return' => 'xsd:string');
   	$soapAction = false;
   	$style = 'rpc';
   	$use = 'encoded';
   	$description =  'A test print method';
   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);


  	
  	$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = isset($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA) ? $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA : ''; 
  	$webServer->service($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);

  	
  	function TestPrint($message)
 	{
  		return "This is a message: " . $message;
  	}

 	
?>

However when I try to call from .NET client, I have this error:

"Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'."

I can run the code without error in my localhost (Windows Vista with apache and php5)

But when I upload the code to my server, I am always having this error message.

Any idea?

Thanks

Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

mnavasca — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:18:42 GMT

i got things working... it was a NuSoap issue rather than a .net one

thanks for the help anyways...

Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

aMadHatter — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:35:57 GMT

looks like you've referenced the services as http://www.mnavasca.ca but you're host requires http://mnavasca.ca so when you post to http://www.mnavasca.ca/TestService/Server.php your web server is telling you that the location of that host is http://mnavasca.ca/TestService/Server.php

try changing your namespace without the www.

Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

mnavasca — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:16:19 GMT

Thanks for the reply

I'm not getting any errors in my error log file. When I print a stack trace the exception is thrown at this line:

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) - methodName not found

The NuSoap (PHP) service code:

2        
3    	
4    	// NuSoap API
5    	require_once('nusoap.php');
6    		
7    	// Customers API
8    	require_once('CustomerAccess.php');
9    	require_once('Customer.php');
10   	
11   	// create the server instance
12   	$webServer = new soap_server();
13   	
14   	$namespace = 'http://localhost/MacpellWebService/Server.php?wsdl';
15   	$webServer->configureWSDL('MacpellWebService');
16   	$webServer->wsdl->schemaTargetNamespace = $namespace;
17   	
18   	// our individual customer type
19   	$webServer->wsdl->addComplexType
20   	(
21   		'Customer',
22   		'complexType', 
23   		'struct', 
24   		'all', 
25   		'', 
26   		array(	'CustomerID' => array('name' => 'CustomerID', 'type' => 'xsd:int'),
27   				'LastName' => array('name' => 'LastName', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
28   				'FirstName' => array('name' => 'FirstName', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
29   				'Address' => array('name' => 'Address', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
30   				'City' => array('name' => 'City', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
31   				'Province' => array('name' => 'Province', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
32   				'PostalCode' => array('name' => 'PostalCode', 'type' => 'xsd:string'),
33   				'PhoneNumber' => array('name' => 'PhoneNumber', 'type' => 'xsd:string'))
34   	);
35   	
36   	// our customer array type
37   	$webServer->wsdl->addComplexType
38   	(
39   		'Customers',
40   		'complexType',
41   		'array',
42   		'',
43   		'SOAP-ENC:Array',
44   		array(),
45   		array(array('ref' => 'SOAP-ENC:arrayType', 'wsdl:arrayType' => 'tns:Customer[]')),
46   		'tns:Customer'
47   	);		
48   	
49   	
50   	// register all the functions
51   	$methodName = 'AddNewCustomer';
52   	$input = array('customerInfo' => 'tns:Customer');
53   	$output = array('return' => 'xsd:boolean');
54   	$soapAction = false;
55   	$style = 'rpc';
56   	$use = 'encoded';
57   	$description = 'A web service to add a new customer';
58   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
59   	
60   	$methodName = 'DeleteCustomer';
61   	$input = array('customerID' => 'xsd:int');
62   	$output = array('return' => 'xsd:boolean');
63   	$soapAction = false;
64   	$style = 'rpc';
65   	$use = 'encoded';
66   	$description = 'A web service to delete a customer';
67   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
68   	
69   	$methodName = 'EditCustomer';
70   	$input = array('customerID' => 'xsd:int', 'customerInfo' => 'tns:Customer');
71   	$output = array('return' => 'xsd:boolean');
72   	$soapAction = false;
73   	$style = 'rpc';
74   	$use = 'encoded';
75   	$description = 'A web service to edit a customer';
76   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
77   	
78   	$methodName = 'GetCustomer';
79   	$input = array('customerID' => 'xsd:int');
80   	$output = array('return' => 'tns:Customer');
81   	$soapAction = 'localhost/MacpellWebService/Server.php';
82   	$style = 'rpc';
83   	$use = 'encoded';
84   	$description = 'A web service to get a customer';
85   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
86   	
87   	$methodName = 'GetAllCustomers';
88   	$input = array();
89   	$output = array('return' => 'tns:Customers');
90   	$soapAction = false;
91   	$style = 'rpc';
92   	$use = 'encoded';
93   	$description = 'A web service to get all customers';
94   	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
95   	
96   	$methodName = 'SearchForCustomers';
97   	$input = array('lastName' => 'xsd:string');
98   	$output = array('return' => 'tns:Customers');
99   	$soapAction = false;
100  	$style = 'rpc';
101  	$use = 'encoded';
102  	$description = 'A web service to search for customers by last name';
103  	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
104  	
105  	$methodName = 'TestPrint';
106  	$input = array('message' => 'xsd:string');
107  	$output = array('return' => 'xsd:string');
108  	$soapAction = false;
109  	$style = 'rpc';
110  	$use = 'encoded';
111  	$description = 'A test print method';
112  	$webServer->register($methodName, $input, $output, $namespace, $soapAction, $style, $use, $description);
113  	
114  	$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = isset($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA) ? $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA : ''; 
115  	$webServer->service($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
116  	
117  	
118  	
119  	// our functions
120  	function AddNewCustomer($customerInfo)
121  	{
122  		$customer_db = new CustomerAccess();
123  		$customer = GetCustomerObject($customerInfo);
124  		return $customer_db->AddNewCustomer($customer);	
125  		
126  	}
127  	
128  	function DeleteCustomer($customerID)
129  	{
130  		$customber_db = new CustomerAccess();
131  		return $customer_db->DeleteCustomer($customerID);	
132  	}
133  	
134  	function EditCustomer($customerID, $customerInfo)
135  	{
136  		$customber_db = new CustomerAccess();
137  		return $customer_db->EditCustomer($customerID, GetCustomerObject($customerInfo));	
138  		
139  	}
140  	
141  	function GetCustomer($customerID)
142  	{		
143  		$customer_db = new CustomerAccess();
144  		return GetCustomerArray($customer_db->GetCustomer($customerID));
145  	}
146  	
147  	function GetAllCustomers()
148  	{
149  		$customer_db = new CustomerAccess();
150  		$allCustomers = array();
151  		$customers = $customer_db->GetCustomers();
152  		for ($i = 0; $i < count($customers); $i++)
153  			$allCustomers[$i] = GetCustomerArray($customers[$i]);
154  			
155  		return $allCustomers;			
156  	}
157  	
158  	function SearchForCustomers($lastName)
159  	{
160  		$customer_db = new CustomerAccess();
161  		$matchingCustomers = array();
162  		$customers = $customer_db->SearchForCustomers($lastName);
163  		for ($i = 0; $i < count($customers); $i++)
164  			$matchingCustomers[$i] = GetCustomerArray($customers[$i]);
165  			
166  		return $matchingCustomers;			
167  	}
168  	
169  	function TestPrint($message)
170  	{
171  		return "This is a message: " . $message;
172  	}
173  	 
174  	
175  	
176  	// our supporting functions
177  	function GetCustomerObject($customerInfo)
178  	{
179  		$customer = new Customer($customerInfo['LastName'], $customerInfo['FirstName']);
180  		$customer->SetCustomerID($customerInfo['CustomerID']);
181  		$customer->SetAddress($customerInfo['Address']);
182  		$customer->SetCity($customerInfo['City']);
183  		$customer->SetProvince($customerInfo['Province']);
184  		$customer->SetPostalCode($customerInfo['PostalCode']);
185  		$customer->SetPhoneNumber($customerInfo['PhoneNumber']);
186  		
187  		return $customer;
188  	}
189  	
190  	function GetCustomerArray($customer)
191  	{
192  		$customerArray = array();
193  		
194  		$customerArray['CustomerID'] = $customer->GetCustomerID();
195  		$customerArray['LastName'] = $customer->GetLastName();
196  		$customerArray['FirstName'] = $customer->GetFirstName();
197  		$customerArray['Address'] = $customer->GetAddress();
198  		$customerArray['City'] = $customer->GetCity();
199  		$customerArray['Province'] = $customer->GetProvince();
200  		$customerArray['PostalCode'] = $customer->GetPostalCode();
201  		$customerArray['PhoneNumber'] = $customer->GetPhoneNumber();
202  		
203  		return $customerArray;
204  		
205  	}	
206  	
207  ?>

Re: ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

aMadHatter — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:00:46 GMT

post your service and type registration php code.

what errors are you getting in .net?

ASP.net client consuming a NuSoap web service

mnavasca — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:53:45 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to create a ASP.net client to consume a NuSoap service that I've created but for some reason I can't get it to work.

I used this tutorial for creating both the NuSoap service and the ASP.net client and have followed all the instructions exactly. In other words I get the expected page on the service side and when I add a new web reference to my .net client I get the necessary proxy classes to access and run the service.

My ASP.net/C# code looks like this:

try
{
  // the nusoap service
  TestService service = new TestService

  // try to use one of the service's methods. A WebException is thrown here when the client runs
  string msg = service.TestPrint("Welcome");

  // display message on the page
  testLabel.Text = msg;
}

catch(WebException ex)
{
  // the error message displayed is a 301 (moved permanently) page pointing to 
  // http://mnavasca.ca/TestService/Server.php
  testLabel.Text = ex.Message;
}

I have tested the service with a NuSoap client and a Java AXIS client and the service works with both (as expected).
The wsdl file is located at http://mnavasca.ca/TestService/Server.php?wsdl which validates with various online wsdl-validating tools

Any help would be appreciated