How do I get the XML SOAP request of an WCF Web service request?

Question

I\'m calling this web service within code and I would like to see the XML, but I can\'t find a property that exposes it.

Answer 1

I just wanted to add this to the answer from Kimberly. Maybe it can save some time and avoid compilation errors for not implementing all methods that the IEndpointBehaviour interface requires.

Best regards

Nicki

    /*
        // This is just to illustrate how it can be implemented on an imperative declarared binding, channel and client.

        string url = "SOME WCF URL";
        BasicHttpBinding wsBinding = new BasicHttpBinding();                
        EndpointAddress endpointAddress = new EndpointAddress(url);

        ChannelFactory channelFactory = new ChannelFactory(wsBinding, endpointAddress);
        channelFactory.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(new InspectorBehavior());
        ISomeService client = channelFactory.CreateChannel();
    */    
        public class InspectorBehavior : IEndpointBehavior
        {
            public void AddBindingParameters(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters)
            {
                // No implementation necessary  
            }

            public void ApplyClientBehavior(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, ClientRuntime clientRuntime)
            {
                clientRuntime.MessageInspectors.Add(new MyMessageInspector());
            }

            public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(ServiceEndpoint endpoint, EndpointDispatcher endpointDispatcher)
            {
                // No implementation necessary  
            }

            public void Validate(ServiceEndpoint endpoint)
            {
                // No implementation necessary  
            }  

        }

        public class MyMessageInspector : IClientMessageInspector
        {
            public object BeforeSendRequest(ref Message request, IClientChannel channel)
            {
                // Do something with the SOAP request
                string request = request.ToString();
                return null;
            }

            public void AfterReceiveReply(ref System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message reply, object correlationState)
            {
                // Do something with the SOAP reply
                string replySoap = reply.ToString();
            }
        }