Sending xml via post with WCF but getting error 415

Question

I built a wcf service according to this post of stackoverflow: How to send xml via post with wcf but I am getting this error :

The remote server returned an error: (415) Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/xml' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'..

I think there is somethimg wrong with my Web.config I am posting it here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="BridgeService.BridgeData" behaviorConfiguration="RESTBehavior">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding"   contract="BridgeService.IBridgeData" behaviorConfiguration="MyEndpointBehavior">
      <identity>
        <dns value="localhost" />
      </identity>
    </endpoint>
    <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
    <host>
      <baseAddresses>
        <add baseAddress="http://localhost:10912/Vishi/BridgeService/" />
      </baseAddresses>
    </host>
  </service>
</services>
<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name="RESTBehavior">
      <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
      <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
  <endpointBehaviors>
    <behavior name="MyEndpointBehavior">
      <webHttp/>
    </behavior>
  </endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Here is Interface:

    [ServiceContract]
public interface IBridgeData
{
    [OperationContract]
    [WebInvoke(Method = "POST",
    UriTemplate = "InsertData",
    RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
    BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
    string InsertData(transport_xml transport_xml);
}

And calling is same like the referenced post of Stackoverflow. please help me. Thanks in Advance!!

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '14 at 08:56

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Change your Binding to webHttpBinding.

binding="basicHttpBinding"

And make sure that when you make request, don't forget to add Content-Type like:

Content-Type: application/xml;charset=utf-8

answered Mar 02 '14 at 08:56

Faizan Mubasher

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '14 at 06:43

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to use a Rest behavior you must have webHttpBinding. Try changing that.

answered Mar 02 '14 at 06:43

Ziaullah Khan

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Sending xml via post with WCF but getting error 415

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