how to implement a "Get" & "Post" httprequest OR SOAP via windows app

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Hi All

I am currently in a project developing a Windows Application that has the ability to send SMS to a smsgateway. But i have never done any sort of web programming before and i have been provide with a SOAP webreference to uses in dotnet to send sms but i am unsure how to implement SOAP, after reading countless articles & MSDN, its beyond me, soo i better start from basics. The service providers of my smsgateway has provided me with an alternative method of using a GET & POST method.

How do i implment the following HTTP Get & post in vb.net?

Any help or pointers, i would be thankful. :)

HTTP GET - The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

XML

GET /dotnet/lodge.asmx/LodgeSMSMessage?Username=string&Pwd=string&PhoneNumber=string&PhoneMessage=string HTTP/1.1
Host: ???.???.???.???
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<string xmlns="http://???.???.???.???u/dotnet">string</string>

HTTP POST

XML

POST /dotnet/lodge.asmx/LodgeSMSMessage HTTP/1.1
Host: ???.???.???.???
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length
Username=string&Pwd=string&PhoneNumber=string&PhoneMessage=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<string xmlns="http://???.???.???.???/dotnet">string</string

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Posted 2-Feb-11 4:04am

SIFNOk

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For HTTP GET & POST look here for a sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.getresponse.aspx[^]

Nice SOAP sample can be found here: http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/http_soap.asp[^]

Hope that helps you.

Cheers!

Posted 2-Feb-11 4:28am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Prerak Patel · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02T04:23:00

Solution 1

You just have to add web reference/service reference to LodgeSMS[^] and then you can call the function as a normal function.

VB

Dim lsms As New ServiceReference1.LodgeSoapClient
'lsms.Open()
lsms.LodgeSMSMessage("uname", "pwd", "9999888800", "hi, this is the message")
'lsms.Close()

http://www.messagenet.com.au/downloads/MessageNetAPI.pdf[^]

Posted 2-Feb-11 4:23am

Prerak Patel

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SIFNOk 2-Feb-11 10:29am

Really is it that simple!?

Thank You So Much! =D

So do i really need to now about the request and reponse section?

Prerak Patel 2-Feb-11 10:33am

Yes, it is simple as that, but for your knowledge it is definitely worth knowing how that works.

SIFNOk 2-Feb-11 11:57am

Hi Prerak im getting an error "An endpoint configuration section for contract 'SMSLIB32.LodgeSoap' could not be loaded because more than one endpoint configuration for that contract was found. Please indicate the preferred endpoint configuration section by name."

Private Sub SMSREQUEST()
Dim pwd As String
Dim user As String
Dim nmb As String
Dim message As String

XXXXXX Dim lsms As New Refer1.LodgeSoapClient XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
lsms.Open()
lsms.LodgeSMSMessage(user, pwd, nmb, message) lsms.Close()
End Sub

Hope you could assist, what is the endpoint configuration of T =S

Prerak Patel 2-Feb-11 13:32pm

Sorry, I'm at home. but this will help http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pl-PL/wcf/thread/59039123-68c3-4031-9cfe-3cc7e3692650

Googling an error should be the first step when confused. :)

SIFNOk 3-Feb-11 1:50am

Thanks for that Prerak :)
after reading the article, i released i had to specify the Enpoint name from the App.conf =)

Thanks for all your help and guidance!