How to invoke methods on external server / webservice?

Question

I\'m trying to invoke methods from http://www.ibanbic.be/IBANBIC.asmx

I have read a lot of forums and tutorials, but all the information is about setting up a webser

Answer 1

based on their site http://www.ibanbic.be/IBANBIC.asmx?op=calculateIBAN1

You can make a simple Ajax call like this:

var ISOCountry = 'IT';
var account = 'IT60 X054 2811 1010 0000 0123 456';
var url = "http://www.ibanbic.be/IBANBIC.asmx?op=calculateIBAN1"
        jQuery.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: url,
            timeout: 4000,
            data: {'ISOcountry':ISOCountry, 'account' : account},
            success: onSuccess,
            error: onError,
            dataType: 'json',
            complete: function() {
            }
        });
}
function onSuccess(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
    // do something
}
function onError(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    // do something
}

Answer 2

A tutorial step by step would be awesome.

Right click on the References menu in your project in the solution explorer and choose Add Service Reference.... In the address type http://www.ibanbic.be/IBANBIC.asmx and click Go and then OK. This will generate a strongly typed client proxy that will allow you to invoke the service:

using (var client = new ServiceReference1.BANBICSoapClient("IBANBICSoap"))
{
    string result = client.calculateIBAN1("iso country", "some account");
}

Notice that this will also add a <system.serviceModel> to your web.config file where you could manage the WCF client endpoints.

Alternatively you could use the svcutil.exe to generate a client proxy for the service as shown in this article on MSDN.

Answer 3

ASP.NET:

First you have to add a web service:

And then you have to instantiate the webservice and call the method.

Hope it helps!