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The remote server returned an error: (415) Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/json' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'..

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Posted on by Razim Khan

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Hello Everyone,
the following error occured while calling a wcf webservice below is my code,

var webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";
var serviceUrl = "10.20.10.10/.../ProcedureExecuterBatch.svc";

// upload the data using Post mehtod
string response = webClient.UploadString(serviceUrl, memoryStream.ToString());

any help would be appriaciated , thanks in advance.

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RE: The remote server returned an error: (415) Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/json' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'..

I believe you have not specified any method. You need to specify a method in the URL which will return the data.
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RE: The remote server returned an error: (415) Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/json' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'..

when i change it to

webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "text/xml";

the following error occured

The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request
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RE: The remote server returned an error: (415) Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/json' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'..

The wcf you are calling does not support application/JSON format. It only accepts text/xml format.

Try this

webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "text/xml";

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