WCF Error - Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'UserService.UserService'

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Any ideas how to fix this?

UserService.UserServiceClient userServiceClient = new UserServiceClient();
            userServiceClient.GetUsersCompleted += new EventHandler<GetUsersCompletedEventArgs>(userServiceClient_GetUsersCompleted);
            userServiceClient.GetUsersAsync(searchString);

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<system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
        <basicHttpBinding>
            <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_UserService" 
                     maxBufferSize="2147483647" 
                     maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
                <security mode="None" />
            </binding>
        </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
        <endpoint address="http://localhost:52185/UserService.svc" 
                  binding="basicHttpBinding" 
                  bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_UserService" 
                  contract="UserService.UserService"
                  name="BasicHttpBinding_UserService" />
    </client>
    <behaviors>
        <serviceBehaviors>
            <behavior name="Shell.Silverlight.Web.Service3Behavior">
                <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
                <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
            </behavior>
        </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/>
    <services>
        <service behaviorConfiguration="Shell.Silverlight.Web.Service3Behavior" 
                 name="Shell.Silverlight.Web.Service3">
            <endpoint address="" 
                      binding="basicHttpBinding" 
                      contract="Shell.Silverlight.Web.Service3" />
            <endpoint address="mex" 
                      binding="mexHttpBinding" 
                      contract="IMetadataExchange" />
        </service>
    </services>
</system.serviceModel>

Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'UserService.UserService' 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.

Resolved!

I didn't mention that this was a Silverlight application. I had the wcf reference in a DLL which had it's own "ServiceReferences.ClientConfig" file. I moved the contents of the DLL's ServiceReferences.ClientConfig to the main silverlight project and it worked.

13 Answers

Change the web.config of WCF service as "endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding"..." (previously binding="wsHttpBinding")After build the app, in "ServiceReferences.ClientConfig" ""configuration> has the value. Then it will work fine.

Do you have an Interface that your "UserService" class implements.

Your endpoints should specify an interface for the contract attribute:

contract="UserService.IUserService"

Not sure if this is an issue. Endpoint and binding both have the same name

Not sure if it's really a problem, but I see you have the same name for your binding configuration ().

I usually try to call my endpoints something like "UserServiceBasicHttp" or something similar (the "Binding" really doesn't have anything to do here), and I try to call my binding configurations something with "....Configuration", e.g. "UserServiceDefaultBinding", to avoid any potential name clashes.

Marc

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