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How to host service using UDP in WCF?

I am trying to host a service using UDP in WCF but I can't generate a proxy from the service. I need to host the service on a LAN. Can anyone give an example for a server and client using UDP in WCF?
Here is my app.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<extensions>
<bindingElementExtensions>
<add name="udp_Transport" type="Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples.UdpTransportElement, UdpTransport" />
</bindingElementExtensions>
</extensions>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<udpBinding>
<binding name="UDPBinding" openTimeout="24.20:31:23.6470000" receiveTimeout="24.20:31:23.6470000" sendTimeout="24.20:31:23.6470000" maxBufferPoolSize="10000000" maxReceivedMessageSize="10000000">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="10000000" maxStringContentLength="10000000" maxArrayLength="10000000" maxBytesPerRead="10000000" maxNameTableCharCount="10000000"/>
</binding>
</udpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="UDP_Server.Service1">
<endpoint address="soap.udp://localhost:40000/Service1/" binding="udpBinding" bindingConfiguration="UDPBinding" contract="UDP_Server.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="soap.udp://localhost:40000/Service1/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5"/></startup></configuration>

Check the link below:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/757349/Multicasting-using-UdpBinding-in-WCF
It also have a code example.

Cannot add endpoint for WCF service in WinForms

This is my Web.config in WCF service:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="Mobile55.Service1">
<endpoint address="../Service1.svc"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="webBehaviour">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<httpProtocol>
<customHeaders>
<add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
<add name="Access-Control-Allow-Headers" value="Content-Type, Accept" />
</customHeaders>
</httpProtocol>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
This is the first time I am working with WCF and I cannot add an endpoint for this service in my WinForms application.
I added this service as a reference and I can access the methods, but when I Debug and try to call a method it throws an exception:
Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'MyService.IService1' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching this contract could be found in the client element.
My application app.config file is empty.
I tried the following answers, but didn't work for me:
Could not find default endpoint element
Could not find default endpoint element that references contract - Hosting wcf
WCF Error - Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'UserService.UserService'
How do I add an endpoint to finally be able to use my service?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: My app.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="Mobile55.Service1">
<endpoint address=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="webBehaviour">
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:1008/Service1.svc"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Well, the error message specifically says in the client configuration section.
So the error occurs client-side, i.e. from the code where you try to invoke on your service - more is hard to tell without a proper exception/stacktrace and a complete/compilable example that exhibits the behaviour.
Anyway, your configuration file is missing the client section completely.
Add something like this:
<system.serviceModel>
<!-- ... other stuff you have ... -->
<client>
<endpoint address="../Service1.svc"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>

Something like this should do the trick hopefully
<service name="MyService.Service1">
<endpoint address="YourEndPointHere"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="MyService.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</service>

You can try with this
<service name="Mobile55.Service1">
<endpoint address=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehaviour" />
</service>
You can call your rest service with like this
localhost:port/Service1.svc/Pathname
Here Pathname is which you mentioned in operationcontract of uritemplate.
Hope it helps!

<system.serviceModel>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:1008/Service1.svc"
binding="webHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="webHttpBinding_IService"
contract="Mobile55.IService1"
name="webHttpBinding_IService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
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Could not find default endpoint element that references contract - Hosting wcf

I have one wcf service on this site http://wswob.somee.com/wobservice.svc
I try to consume that service with my winform app. This is the error I receive when I create an instant of the service
com.somee.wobservice.IwobserviceClient myservice = new com.somee.wobservice.IwobserviceClient();
error:
Could not find default endpoint element that references contract
'com.somee.wobservice.Iwobservice' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This
might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no
endpoint element matching this contract could be found in the client element.
I searched and modified my app.config file:
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="wobservice">
<clientVia />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<client>
<endpoint
name="wobservice"
address="http://wswob.somee.com/wobservice.svc"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="com.somee.wobservice"
behaviorConfiguration="wobservice" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
And my web.config in wcf folder:
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="Web">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true">
<baseAddressPrefixFilters>
<add prefix="http://wswob.somee.com/"/>
</baseAddressPrefixFilters>
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding>
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https"/>
<add binding="basicHttpBinding" scheme="http"/>
</protocolMapping>
<services>
<service name="wobwcf.wobservice">
<endpoint address=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
behaviorConfiguration="Web"
contract="wobwcf.Iwobservice" />
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
I don't really sure which part I got wrong. My experience of wcf is just a week...

Copy system.serviceModel section from the app.config in your library project and put it in your web.config and refresh service reference. See also this answer. Could not find default endpoint element

Add "WSHttpBinding" end point in your WCF service web.config file like below
<endpoint address="web" behaviorConfiguration="jsonBehavior" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webHttpBindingWithJsonP" contract="DataService.IDataService"/>
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpBinding" contract="DataService.IDataService" />
and in your app.config file write code like below
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_IDataService" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost/pricedataservice/DataService.svc" binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IDataService" contract="DataService.IDataService"
name="WSHttpBinding_IDataService" />
</client>
I am sure this will fix your problem and below blog will help you to understand different type of binding in WCF service
http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/wcf/VE8a200713-Understanding-various-types-of-WCF-bindings.html

Add client definition in your client web.config file like below;
<system.serviceModel>
/////
<client>
<endpoint address="referencedurl"
binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="MemberService.IMemberService"
name="MemberServiceEndPoint"
behaviorConfiguration="Web">
</endpoint>
</client>
////
</system.serviceModel>
AND Service Reference Name must same as the Interfaces prefix. contract="ReferenceName.IMemberService"

WCF Service Hosted in a Managed Windows Service

I followed this(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733069.aspx) link and created a service and and a service host.
I added a webform client project to the solution. In order to check that my service is receiving a request I added a log in the service.
I selected my host and client to run at the same time by setting multiple start up project.
But I am having a problem making a communication between my service and client.Am i missing something in the configuration? i don't see exception at all(even though I selected CLR and JSRuntime exception, and managed debugging assistance ).
Here is my service configuration
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<client/>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="meta">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="InboundMessage.Service.Operator" behaviorConfiguration="meta" >
<endpoint address="basic" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="InboundMessage.Service.IOperator" name="basic"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<!--<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" name="Ws" />-->
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress = "http://IP/InboundMessage.Service/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="InboundMessage.Service.Operator"/>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
</configuration>
Service Host:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="meta">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<diagnostics performanceCounters="ServiceOnly" />
<services>
<service name="InboundMessage.Service.Operator" behaviorConfiguration="meta">
<endpoint address="basic" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="InboundMessage.Service.IOperator" name="basic"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<!--<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />-->
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.web>
<compilation
debug="true" >
</compilation>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<directoryBrowse enabled="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
a windowform Client configuration:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
</configSections>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true"></compilation>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="meta" name="InboundMessage.Service.Operator">
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://IP/InboundMessage.Service/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="InboundMessage.Service.Operator"/>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="meta">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
EDIT:
Used Tim's comment to install the service but I am having problem installing it.
I opened another question thanks Tim i am having problem installing the service on my local machine. I opened another question :Unable to install service using sc command

A few of things come to mind.
First (I'm not 100% sure, but this is based on my experiences) you can't run a Windows Service as a Windows Service through Visual Studio. You need to build the project and then install it, as directed on the page you linked to.
Secondly, you only need two configuration files, not three - one for the Windows Service (which is where the configuration for the service goes) and one for the client. I'm not sure what role you have (or believe you have) for the service host config file.
Third, your client config has entries for a service in the <system.serviceModel> section - you only need those if your client is also hosting a service, which doesn't appear to be the case in the question you've asked. You should remove the <services> section and add a <client> section, like this:
<client>
<endpoint address="http://IP/InboundMessage.Service"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="InboundMessage.Service.Operator"
contract="InboundMessage.Service.IOperator" />
</client>
Note that I used the bindingConfiguration attribute above - without that, your client will use the default basicHttpBinding (which in your case won't matter because you didn't set anything other than the name, but if you had set non-default values you would want to tell the client which binding configuration to use).
In reality the simplest way (to get started) would be to build the Windows Service, install it and start it, and then add a service reference to it in your client (WinForm) application. That will generate everything you need and you can take a look at the config file to see the settings you need.

Enable WCF calls in a Windows Phone Mango

I developed a WCF in a Managed Windows Service, based on this tutorial
This is how my interface are defined :
namespace HomeAutomationWindowsService
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface IHomeAutomation
{
[OperationContract]
string connect();
[OperationContract]
Boolean sendAction(string address, string command);
}
}
And my App.config file is like this :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="Unsecured">
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="HomeAutomationWindowsService.HomeAutomationService"
behaviorConfiguration="HomeAutomationServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://192.168.11.178:8000/service"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- this endpoint is exposed at the base address provided by host: http://localhost:8000/service -->
<endpoint address=""
contract="HomeAutomationWindowsService.IHomeAutomation"
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="Unsecured" />
<!-- the mex endpoint is explosed at http://192.168.11.178:8000/ mex -->
<endpoint address="mex"
binding="mexHttpBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="HomeAutomationServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
When I make a call from a Console or a WPF App I can see the public methods, but when I do it using Windows Phone I can't see anything.
What I should do to make my WCF or Windows Phone communicating together.

I think WsHttpBinding is not supported by WP7. Try using BasicHttpBinding:
Web.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="MyProject.MyService" behaviorConfiguration="behavior">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="binding" contract="MyProject.MyService" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="binding">
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
After adding the webservice to your WP7 project (add service reference) the ServiceReferences.ClientConfig should look like (adding web service with WsHttpBinding generates an empty file):
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_DataService" maxBufferSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="https://localhost:44300/Services/DataService.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_DataService"
contract="DataService.DataService" name="BasicHttpBinding_DataService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>