WCF Default Endpoint not found

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5832552

Question

I am creating a WCF Service. It is my first one. I am receiving the error:

Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'WCFClient.IWCFClient' in the ServiceModel client configuration section.

I have tried switching around endpoint names and such, and deleting/recreating the service reference. I can't seem to figure out what the problem is.

Application Config:

<bindings>
    <basicHttpBinding>
         <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IWCFClient" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
                openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
                allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
                maxBufferSize="65536" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
                messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
                useDefaultWebProxy="true">
                <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
                    maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
                <security mode="None">
                    <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
                        realm="" />
                    <message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
                </security>
            </binding>
    </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
        <endpoint address="http://localhost:4295/Services/WCFClient.svc"
            binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IWCFClient"
            contract="WCFClient.IWCFClient" name="BasicHttpBinding_IWCFClient" />
    </client>

Service Config:

 <services>
  <service behaviorConfiguration="WCFGraphicManagementTool.Services.WCFClientBehavior"
    name="WCFGraphicManagementTool.Services.WCFClient">
      <endpoint address="" name="BasicHttpBinding_IWCFClient" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="WCFGraphicManagementTool.Contracts.IWCFClient">
    </endpoint>
    <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
  </service>
</services>
<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name="WCFGraphicManagementTool.Services.WCFClientBehavior">
        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" />
        <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="120" maxConcurrentSessions="120" maxConcurrentInstances="120" />
        <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" />
        <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True" />
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
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Solution

I just figured it out. I needed to add it to the project's web.config also. It was in the service's, but not the project.

OTHER TIPS

This is normally due to a mismatch between the service name/namespace that is specified in the config file and either the contract name on the source code or markup of the service file. Normally happens after you create a new service via Visual Studio and then rename the service/namespace.

Right-click on the .svc file in the solution explorer and select 'View Markup'

Check if the 'Service' attribute value is correct. Check if both namespace and name match the ones you have assigned.

Should be something like this:

<%@ ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" Service="WCFGraphicManagementTool.Services.WCFClient" CodeBehind="WCFClient.svc.cs" %>
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