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wcf service the remote server returned an error (400) bad request

I have a windows application that calls WCF service. I'm getting 400 Bad Request error in some clients.(Some clients I don't get error.) I increased maxReceivedMessageSize but it didn't work.
I increased maxReceivedMessageSize and other parameters.
Client Side app.config:
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IAracRandevuWS"
closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="2000000" maxReceivedMessageSize="2000000"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="2000000" maxStringContentLength="2000000" maxArrayLength="2000000"
maxBytesPerRead="2000000" maxNameTableCharCount="2000000" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00" enabled="false" />
<security mode="Message">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None" realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
algorithmSuite="Default" establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
WCF Service app.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IAracRandevuWS"
openTimeout="00:10:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:10:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
<serviceSecurityAudit auditLogLocation="Application" serviceAuthorizationAuditLevel="Failure" messageAuthenticationAuditLevel="Failure" suppressAuditFailure="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="wsHttpBinding" scheme="http"/>
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>

How does the client generate the configuration file? Which way you use to call the service, adding service reference or ChannelFactory?
The wshttpbinding configuration does not well applied in the wshttpbinding, since we use the protocol mapping to host the service without using Bindingconfiguration property.
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="wsHttpBinding" scheme="http"/>
</protocolMapping>
Therefore, the default Clientcredentialtype is windows credential, and the security mode is message by default.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/configure-apps/file-schema/wcf/security-of-wshttpbinding
We need to explicitly provide the windows credential on the client side.
ServiceReference1.Service1Client client = new ServiceReference1.Service1Client();
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "administrator";
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "abcd1234!";
In order to test this, please do not use Fiddler, and call it from another computer in Console application by using add service reference.
Feel free to let me know if the problem still exists.

It was a network issue. After update switch, the problem has been solved.

ProtocolException was handled, Max string content length quota 8192

I have a C# WCF service and a C# console application and wish to pass a large file from the application to the WCF. When I pass the string, I get protocolexception, max string content length quota exceeded (8192) which is correct. I change the MaxStringContentLength on ReaderQuotas in the Apps.Config to a large amount but nothing happens, it still errors. Does anyone know why? Do I need to add something to the web.config. The contents of my files are below :-
Web.config
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
App.Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" 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="88192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
<binding name="largeStrings" openTimeout="00:02:00" sendTimeout="00:02:00"
maxBufferSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="524288">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="10" maxStringContentLength="524288" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:2745/ActuristDemo/Service.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="largeStrings"
contract="ActuristWS.IService" name="largeStrings" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/wcf/thread/77097d1f-372a-4c7d-910f-57c9ecd9c5c1
Gave me exactly what I wanted.

When you're sending the large string from the client to the service, you need to increase the limits in the service configuration (i.e. web.config). Example:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="customHttpBinding" maxBufferSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" />
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IMyWebService" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="MyService.MyWcfService">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IMyWebService"
contract="MyService.IMyWebService" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost/MyService/MyWcfService/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>

WCF communication problem

In my WCF application I receive an image in base64String format along with some other images..
In order to test my application I have created a small .aspx page which will
send firstname, last name and base64string(image:size 10Kb) to the WCF Sevice.
I am getting the error
"The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message:
Error in deserializing body of request message for operation 'SaveData'.
The maximum string content length quota (8192) has been exceeded while reading XML data.
This quota may be increased by changing the MaxStringContentLength property on the
XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas object used when creating the XML reader. Line 1, position 15301."
If I send the strings without the base64string(image) i was able to debug the wcf Service code.
But if I add the base64String I am getting this error.
I have increased all binding values("maxReceivedMessageSize") and other values to maximum.
Still I am getting this error. Here is my web.config for client and Service.
Thanks and I really appreciate your help.
Client Web.config
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IRESTService1" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxArrayLength="2147483647"
maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:10255/RESTService1.svc" binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IRESTService1" contract="ServiceReference1.IRESTService1"
name="BasicHttpBinding_IRESTService1" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
Service web.config
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicBinding1" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="RESTService1">
<endpoint address=""
binding="basicHttpBinding" name="MainHttpPoint" contract="RESTService1" bindingConfiguration="BasicBinding1" />
</service>
</services>
<!--<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>-->
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
</system.webServer>

Add these lines inside Binding tag in web.config file
<binaryMessageEncoding maxReadPoolSize="2147483647" maxWritePoolSize="2147483647">
<readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" />
</binaryMessageEncoding>
<httpTransport decompressionEnabled="True" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"/>
MSDN : binaryMessageEncoding
hope this help

ServiceReference not updating at IIS 7

At server I have web.config to my application:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
</appSettings>
<connectionStrings>
</connectionStrings>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="2097152000" maxBufferPoolSize="524288000" maxReceivedMessageSize="2097152000"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="524288000"
maxArrayLength="16384" maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="Server.FileServer.Service" behaviorConfiguration="Server.FileServer.Service1Behavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://192.168.1.217/FileServer/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<!-- Unless fully qualified, address is relative to base address supplied above -->
<endpoint address="" contract="Server.FileServer.IService" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IService">
<!--
Upon deployment, the following identity element should be removed or replaced to reflect the
identity under which the deployed service runs. If removed, WCF will infer an appropriate identity
automatically.
-->
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<!-- Metadata Endpoints -->
<!-- The Metadata Exchange endpoint is used by the service to describe itself to clients. -->
<!-- This endpoint does not use a secure binding and should be secured or removed before deployment -->
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="Server.FileServer.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information,
set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" />
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes,
set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment
to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2097151" executionTimeout="1000" />
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" />
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
But when I check it by wcf test client I have:
xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" 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://SOMEADRESS.pl/FileServer/Server.FileServer.Service.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IService"
contract="IService" name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
As you can see parameters of binding are not the same
Any ideas ?

Binding parameters such as the buffer size do not automatically propagate from server to client when you create a service reference. You will have to adjust hem manually on the client side as well.
Was that the question? It's a little unclear to me what the problem is exactly.

I think Thorarin is right, some information can't be propagated to client from server.
Checkout here http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/thread/dde72fbe-e741-48fd-a9e1-253800d5227a

The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536) has been exceeded

My WCF Service has an OperationContract that accepts, as a parameter, an array of objects. This can potentially be quite large. After looking for fixes for Bad Request: 400, I found the real reason: the maximum message size.
I know this question has been asked before in MANY places. I've tried what everyone says: "Increase the sizes in the client and server config files." I have. It still doesn't work.
My Service's web.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="myService">
<endpoint name="myEndpoint" address=""
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="myBinding"
contract="Meisel.WCF.PDFDocs.IPDFDocsService" />
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="myBinding"
closeTimeout="00:11:00"
openTimeout="00:11:00"
receiveTimeout="00:15:00"
sendTimeout="00:15:00"
maxBufferSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
transferMode="Buffered"
allowCookies="false"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
messageEncoding="Text"
textEncoding="utf-8"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647"
maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
maxArrayLength="2147483647"
maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"
maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
My Client's app.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IPDFDocsService"
closeTimeout="00:11:00"
openTimeout="00:11:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00"
sendTimeout="00:11:00"
allowCookies="false"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="2147483647"
maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
messageEncoding="Text"
textEncoding="utf-8"
transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32"
maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
maxArrayLength="2147483647"
maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"
maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"
proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName"
algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:8451/PDFDocsService.svc"
behaviorConfiguration="MoreItemsInObjectGraph"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IPDFDocsService"
contract="PDFDocsService.IPDFDocsService"
name="BasicHttpBinding_IPDFDocsService" />
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="MoreItemsInObjectGraph">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
What can I possibly be missing or doing wrong? It's as though the service is ignoring what I typed in the maxReceivedBufferSize.
Thanks in advance,
Kyle
UPDATE
Here are two other StackOverflow questions where they never received an answer, either:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2880623/maxreceivedmessagesize-adjusted-but-still-getting-the-quotaexceedexception-with
WCF MaxReceivedMessageSize property not taking

In the service config file, the "name" attribute is missing from the element
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="StackOverflow">
and there should be a reference to this name in the service element:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="StackOverflow" name="myService">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="myBinding"
In general, it's a good idea to validate, if not always edit, your WCF config files using the "WCF Service Configuration Editor", which is invoked from the Visual Studio "Tools" menu item.
Also there is no endpoint behavior defined for the service. I don't know if this matters.

I had the same problem with WCF Test and I had set corectly the config file. If isn't any problems from your config file, I suggest try to test the service with another program eg: SOAP UI, I think this error it's not from the service, it's from the WCF Test.