How to create a soap client without WSDL

Question

i need to visit a secure web service, every request in the header need to carry a token.

i know the endpoint to the web service, i also know how to create the token.

but i cannot see the WSDL for the webservice.

is there a way in C#, to create a soap client, without the WSDL file.

Answer 1

A SOAP client is simply an HTTP client with more stuff in it. See the HttpWebRequest class. You'll then have to create your own SOAP message, perhaps using XML Serialization.

Answer 2

You could create your own service, expose it to have a WSDL and then generate the client from that... kind of the long way.

Answer 3

Can you ask the developers of the web service to send you the WSDL and XSD file(s) by email? If so, you can dump the files in a folder and then add a Service Reference using the WSDL on your hard disk.