Capture SOAP envelope

[PokerJoker]

I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's vendors. I
used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but I am trying
to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.

Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to accomplish this?

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message is
sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].

Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code at
the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.

HTH,
Christoph Schittko
MVP XML
[url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]


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tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
>
> I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's

vendors.

> I
> used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but I am
> trying
> to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
>
> Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to accomplish
> this?

[Dilip Krishnan]

Hello PokerJoker,
You should be able to use the trace utility in the Microsoft Soap Toolkit,
if you just want to see the messages sent by the client

HTH
Regards,
Dilip Krishnan
MCAD, MCSD.net
dkrishnan at geniant dot com
[url]http://www.geniant.com[/url]

> I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's
> vendors. I used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP
> request but I am trying to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope
> before it is sent.
>
> Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to accomplish
> this?
>

[PokerJoker]

Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.

The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my opinion are
entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap the request
and email it to them to assist with debugging.

"Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:

>
> Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message is
> sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].
>
> Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code at
> the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
>
> HTH,
> Christoph Schittko
> MVP XML
> [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
>
>
> [0]
> [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]
> tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> >
> > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's

> vendors.

> > I
> > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but I am
> > trying
> > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
> >
> > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to accomplish
> > this?

>
>

[Mujtaba Syed]

Try Simon Fells' tcpTrace utility:

[url]http://www.pocketsoap.com/tcptrace/[/url]

Mujtaba.

"PokerJoker" <PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:86ECF5EF-0282-456E-9B94-F57FBC73595B@microsoft.com...

> Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
>
> The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my opinion are
> entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap the

request

> and email it to them to assist with debugging.
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
>

> >
> > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message is
> > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].
> >
> > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code at
> > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Christoph Schittko
> > MVP XML
> > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> >
> >
> > [0]
> > [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]
> > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > >
> > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's

> > vendors.

> > > I
> > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but I am
> > > trying
> > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
> > >
> > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to accomplish
> > > this?

> >
> >

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

Then the trace tool MSSoapT shipped with the Soap Toolkit [0] that Dilip
mentioned or tcpTrace [1] should do just fine.

HTH,
Christoph Schittko
MVP XML
[url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]

[0]
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C943C0DD-CEEC-4[/url]
088-9753-86F052EC8450&displaylang=en
[1] [url]http://www.pocketsoap.com[/url]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:17 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
>
> Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
>
> The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my opinion

are

> entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap the
> request
> and email it to them to assist with debugging.
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
>

> >
> > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message

is

> > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].
> >
> > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code

at

> > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Christoph Schittko
> > MVP XML
> > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> >
> >
> > [0]
> >

[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]

> > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > >
> > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's

> > vendors.

> > > I
> > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but

I am

> > > trying
> > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
> > >
> > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to

accomplish

> > > this?

> >
> >

[PokerJoker]

Thanks again to everybody who is assisting...

The trace utility as far as i can tell is designed to reside on the "host"
of the webservice...

Is there a way to configure the utility to grab the request "before it
leaves"?

"Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:

> Then the trace tool MSSoapT shipped with the Soap Toolkit [0] that Dilip
> mentioned or tcpTrace [1] should do just fine.
>
> HTH,
> Christoph Schittko
> MVP XML
> [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
>
> [0]
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C943C0DD-CEEC-4[/url]
> 088-9753-86F052EC8450&displaylang=en
> [1] [url]http://www.pocketsoap.com[/url]
>
>

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:17 PM
> > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
> >
> > Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
> >
> > The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my opinion

> are

> > entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap the
> > request
> > and email it to them to assist with debugging.
> >
> > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
> >

> > >
> > > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message

> is

> > > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].
> > >
> > > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code

> at

> > > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Christoph Schittko
> > > MVP XML
> > > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> > >
> > >
> > > [0]
> > >

> [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]

> > > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > >
> > > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's
> > > vendors.
> > > > I
> > > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but

> I am

> > > > trying
> > > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to

> accomplish

> > > > this?
> > >
> > >

>
>

[PokerJoker]

Nevermind... I changed the wsdl to send the request to localhost... then i
forwarded it using the trace utility to its final destination (our vendor).

Great little utility, thanks for the help guys!

"PokerJoker" wrote:

> Thanks again to everybody who is assisting...
>
> The trace utility as far as i can tell is designed to reside on the "host"
> of the webservice...
>
> Is there a way to configure the utility to grab the request "before it
> leaves"?
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
>

> > Then the trace tool MSSoapT shipped with the Soap Toolkit [0] that Dilip
> > mentioned or tcpTrace [1] should do just fine.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Christoph Schittko
> > MVP XML
> > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> >
> > [0]
> > [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C943C0DD-CEEC-4[/url]
> > 088-9753-86F052EC8450&displaylang=en
> > [1] [url]http://www.pocketsoap.com[/url]
> >
> >

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:17 PM
> > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
> > >
> > > Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
> > >
> > > The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my opinion

> > are

> > > entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap the
> > > request
> > > and email it to them to assist with debugging.
> > >
> > > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the message

> > is

> > > > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension [0].
> > > >
> > > > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your code

> > at

> > > > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Christoph Schittko
> > > > MVP XML
> > > > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [0]
> > > >

> > [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]

> > > > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my company's
> > > > vendors.
> > > > > I
> > > > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request but

> > I am

> > > > > trying
> > > > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is sent.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to

> > accomplish

> > > > > this?
> > > >
> > > >

> >
> >

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

The trace tools can run on any server, but you have to point your proxy
to the location/port where the tool is listening.

You should configure your proxy to dynamically pull the web service
location from the application's config file. Right click on the web
service node under Web References in the solution explorer and set the
URL Behavior to dynamic. Now rebuild your service consumer and you'll be
able to quickly configure the URL for the web service proxy to invoke.

HTH,
Christoph Schittko
MVP XML
[url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:35 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
>
> Thanks again to everybody who is assisting...
>
> The trace utility as far as i can tell is designed to reside on the

"host"

> of the webservice...
>
> Is there a way to configure the utility to grab the request "before it
> leaves"?
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
>

> > Then the trace tool MSSoapT shipped with the Soap Toolkit [0] that

Dilip

> > mentioned or tcpTrace [1] should do just fine.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Christoph Schittko
> > MVP XML
> > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> >
> > [0]
> >

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C943C0DD-CEEC-4[/url]

> > 088-9753-86F052EC8450&displaylang=en
> > [1] [url]http://www.pocketsoap.com[/url]
> >
> >

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:17 PM
> > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
> > >
> > > Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
> > >
> > > The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my

opinion

> > are

> > > entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap

the

> > > request
> > > and email it to them to assist with debugging.
> > >
> > > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the

message

> > is

> > > > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension

[0].

> > > >
> > > > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your

code

> > at

> > > > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Christoph Schittko
> > > > MVP XML
> > > > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [0]
> > > >

> >

[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]

> > > > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > > > Posted To:

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es

> > > > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my

company's

> > > > vendors.
> > > > > I
> > > > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request

but

> > I am

> > > > > trying
> > > > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is

sent.

> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to

> > accomplish

> > > > > this?
> > > >
> > > >

> >
> >

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

The trace tools can run on any server, but you have to point your proxy
to the location/port where the tool is listening.

You should configure your proxy to dynamically pull the web service
location from the application's config file. Right click on the web
service node under Web References in the solution explorer and set the
URL Behavior to dynamic. Now rebuild your service consumer and you'll be
able to quickly configure the URL for the web service proxy to invoke.

HTH,
Christoph Schittko
MVP XML
[url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:35 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
>
> Thanks again to everybody who is assisting...
>
> The trace utility as far as i can tell is designed to reside on the

"host"

> of the webservice...
>
> Is there a way to configure the utility to grab the request "before it
> leaves"?
>
> "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
>

> > Then the trace tool MSSoapT shipped with the Soap Toolkit [0] that

Dilip

> > mentioned or tcpTrace [1] should do just fine.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Christoph Schittko
> > MVP XML
> > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> >
> > [0]
> >

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C943C0DD-CEEC-4[/url]

> > 088-9753-86F052EC8450&displaylang=en
> > [1] [url]http://www.pocketsoap.com[/url]
> >
> >

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:17 PM
> > > Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es
> > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > Subject: Re: Capture SOAP envelope
> > >
> > > Thanks Chris, but I dont need it in code at all.
> > >
> > > The webservice at our vendor is returning errors, which in my

opinion

> > are

> > > entirely unrelated to the envelope. They have asked me to trap

the

> > > request
> > > and email it to them to assist with debugging.
> > >
> > > "Christoph Schittko [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you looking at trapping them to execute code before the

message

> > is

> > > > sent? Then you should look at building your own SoapExtension

[0].

> > > >
> > > > Depending on what you want to do, you'll need to plug in your

code

> > at

> > > > the BeforeSerialize or AfterSerialize stages.
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Christoph Schittko
> > > > MVP XML
> > > > [url]http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko[/url]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [0]
> > > >

> >

[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h[/url]

> > > > tml/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasst opic.asp
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: PokerJoker [mailto:PokerJoker@discussions.microsoft.com]
> > > > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:35 PM
> > > > > Posted To:

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservic es

> > > > > Conversation: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > > Subject: Capture SOAP envelope
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm calling a web service provided to me by one of my

company's

> > > > vendors.
> > > > > I
> > > > > used visual studio to automatically generate the SOAP request

but

> > I am

> > > > > trying
> > > > > to figure out a way to trap the soap envelope before it is

sent.

> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a program, technique, or sniffer that I can use to

> > accomplish

> > > > > this?
> > > >
> > > >

> >
> >