Web service Error on retrieve a word document

Question

I get an error when trying to retrieve word document by webservice

            HttpWebRequest request;
            Uri uri = new Uri(serverUrl +
                    "/bare.aspx/" + Request.PathInfo);
            request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.CreateDefault(uri);
            request.KeepAlive = false;
            request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
            request.ReadWriteTimeout = -1;
            request.Timeout = -1;
            request.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

            // Serialize argument into request stream
            Hashtable arguments = new Hashtable();
            arguments["templateFile"] = templateFile;
            arguments["hSetDataSource"] = hSetDataSource;
            arguments["hSetRepeatBlock"] = hSetRepeatBlock;
            arguments["messageForEmptyWord"] = messageForEmptyWord;
            arguments["hImageBefore"] = hImageBefore;
            arguments["hImageAfter"] = hImageAfter;
            arguments["hImageInsideRepeater"] = hImageInsideRepeater;
            MemoryStream buf = new MemoryStream();
            BinaryFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
            fmt.Serialize(buf, arguments);
            request.ContentLength = buf.Length;
            Stream reqStream = request.GetRequestStream();
            buf.WriteTo(reqStream);
            reqStream.Close();
            buf.Close();                

            // Retreive word document from response and return it
            // TODO: refactor this to stream directly into the response 
            HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

When I check the webservice response (HttpWebResponse resp), I get the following error:

System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

I don't understand where is the problem, thank you in advance for your help.

If you're trying to hit a webservice, should your URL be bare.asmx and not bare.aspx? — Jon Egerton, Nov 30 '11 at 15:31
I find this but Idon't if that can help in my case: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8y7x3zz2%28v=VS.95%29.aspx — TimeIsNear, Nov 30 '11 at 21:35
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/692342/net-httpwebrequest-getresponse-raises-exception-when-http-status-code-400-ba — TimeIsNear, Nov 30 '11 at 21:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 16:02

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You are not hitting the endpoint. A 404 means the server could not find the URL you are requesting. Verify your .asmx URL by putting it in your web browser. If that works then make sure you code is using that same URL.

answered Nov 30 '11 at 16:02

rick schott

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But this script should create a temporary document ? why he doesn't find it? – TimeIsNear Nov 30 '11 at 21:27

Web service Error on retrieve a word document

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