reason why while consuming a wcf service it raises an error Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed

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i have a wcf service which is hosted in iis. After hosting it the wsdl url is used for consuming my webservice. But whenever the code is running it id raising an error Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed. why it is so

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<!--?xml version="1.0"?-->
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetframework="4.0"></compilation>
  </system.web>
  <system.servicemodel>
    <behaviors>
      <servicebehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <servicemetadata httpgetenabled="true"></servicemetadata>
          <servicedebug includeexceptiondetailinfaults="true"></servicedebug>
        </behavior>
      </servicebehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <servicehostingenvironment multiplesitebindingsenabled="true"></servicehostingenvironment>
  </system.servicemodel>
 <system.webserver>
    <modules runallmanagedmodulesforallrequests="true"></modules>
  </system.webserver>
</configuration>

Posted 27-Apr-15 7:30am

Vish014

Updated 27-Apr-15 7:59am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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virusstorm 27-Apr-15 13:44pm

Without seeing the web.config, I can't say for certain, but I believe your issue is going to be with the web.config. You most likely have an entry in there that is returning a bad value in your WSDL.

Vish014 27-Apr-15 13:51pm

<configuration>

<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetframework="4.0">

<system.servicemodel>
<behaviors>
<servicebehaviors>
<behavior>

<servicemetadata httpgetenabled="true">

<servicedebug includeexceptiondetailinfaults="true">

<servicehostingenvironment multiplesitebindingsenabled="true">

<system.webserver>
<modules runallmanagedmodulesforallrequests="true">

virusstorm 27-Apr-15 14:16pm

I'm not sure what you posted.

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