Logging ASMX Requests and Responses from Client

Question

Hi,

I've got a C# web application which I can't easily update the code of. However, I can make configuration changes to the application.

The application calls out to a third-party ASMX web service, and I really need (if at all possible) to log the full XML requests and responses. I have no control over the web service so I have to do it from the client.

I'm not using WCF - this is standard ASMX web service calls.

Is there any way I can log the XML requests and responses from the client web app without having to redeploy the code?

Thanks in advance

John

Answer 1

I don't know of any way to do this without changing the application. You might get away with creating a SoapExtension as a separate binary, then storing it in the \bin folder and changing the web.config to point to it. Still, adding a new binary may very well be considered "changing the application".

Certainly, ASMX has no configurable logging that does not require coding.