HTTP 400 Bad Request error attempting to add web reference to WCF Service
- by c152driver
I have been trying to port a legacy WSE 3 web service to WCF. Since maintaining backwards compatibility with WSE 3 clients is the goal, I've followed the guidance in this article.
After much trial and error, I can call the WCF service from my WSE 3 client. However, I am unable to add or update a web reference to this service from Visual Studio 2005 (with WSE 3 installed). The response is "The request failed with HTTP status 400: Bad Request". I get the same error trying to generate the proxy using the wsewsdl3 utility. I can add a Service Reference using VS 2008.
Any solutions or troubleshooting suggestions?
Here are the relevant sections from the config file for my WCF service.
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="MyBehavior"
name="MyService">
<endpoint address="" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="wseBinding"
contract="IMyService" />
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="wseBinding">
<security authenticationMode="UserNameOverTransport" />
<mtomMessageEncoding messageVersion="Soap11WSAddressingAugust2004" />
<httpsTransport/>
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="MyBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
<serviceCredentials>
<userNameAuthentication userNamePasswordValidationMode="Custom"
customUserNamePasswordValidatorType="MyCustomValidator" />
</serviceCredentials>
<serviceAuthorization principalPermissionMode="UseAspNetRoles" roleProviderName="MyRoleProvider" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
