Get SOAP Message before sending it to the WebService in .NET

Question

I\'m calling an external HTTPS webservice.

In order to check what is wrong, the owner needs the SOAP request I\'m sending.

I have a web reference and the gen

Answer 1

If you work in a more restricted environment and don't have the luxury of using an application like Fiddler, you can do the following:

1. Generate your web reference as usual.
2. Write code to perform whatever web method call you're going to me.
3. Create a new ASP .NET project of your choice, I went with MVC 4.
4. Create a handler or controller/action, and extract the request stream like this:

using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(Request.InputStream)) { result = reader.ReadToEnd(); }

1. Put a breakpoint on it and run it in debug mode.
2. On your client, set the Url of the SOAP request to your new controller/handler.
3. Run your client. You should catch the breakpoint on your web app with your SOAP message.

It's not an ideal or pretty solution, but if you are working in a moderately restricted environment, it gets the job done.