Call WCF Service from bat file - wcf

Question

is it possible to call a Methode of a WCF Service in a bat file. We want to test if the WCF Service works correct after the Server was restartet.

Answer 1

There are no commands within the BAT file universe that will allow you to contact a WCF service directly, however you could use a BAT file to run an existing console program that can connect and interact with a WCF service. So the answer is both yes and no; not directly, but through a separate program yes.
If you need some simple, clickable way of accessing a WCF service, I'd go with a Powershell or VB script (assuming you're in a windows environment).

Answer 2

Maybe you will be able to use PowerShell? It would be easier then. Create script with content:
$url = 'http://yoursite.url/example.svc'
$action = "`"http://some.namespace/method`""
$SOAPRequest = [xml]#'heregoesxmlmessage'#
write-host "Sending SOAP Request To Server: $url"
$soapWebRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
$soapWebRequest.Headers.Add("SOAPAction", $action)
$soapWebRequest.ContentType = "text/xml;charset=`"utf-8`""
$soapWebRequest.Accept = "text/xml"
$soapWebRequest.Method = "POST"
write-host "Initiating Send."
$requestStream = $soapWebRequest.GetRequestStream()
$SOAPRequest.Save($requestStream)
$requestStream.Close()
write-host "Send Complete, Waiting For Response."
$resp = $soapWebRequest.GetResponse()
$responseStream = $resp.GetResponseStream()
$soapReader = [System.IO.StreamReader]($responseStream)
$ReturnXml = [Xml] $soapReader.ReadToEnd()
$responseStream.Close()
write-host "Response Received."
$ReturnXml.OuterXml | out-file ".\test.xml"
write-host $ReturnXml.OuterXml

Answer 3

As mentioned in the other answers Powershell is probably the best way to go using the New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet.
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh849841.aspx
Example from the link above:
PS C:\> $URI = "http://www.webservicex.net/uszip.asmx?WSDL"
PS C:\>$zip = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $URI -Namespace WebServiceProxy -Class USZip
PS C:\> $zip.getinfobyzip(20500).table
CITY : Washington
STATE : DC
ZIP : 20500
AREA_CODE : 202
TIME_ZONE : E