How do I consume a ColdFusion webservice from C#?

Question

I'm trying to use a webservice with the endpoint https://services.example.com/ASP_SecureWebServices.cfc?wsdl.

In the documentation I have this:

Request

<authorise>
  <site>xxx</site>
  <login>xxx</login>
  <password>xxx</password>
  <partnerid>xxx</partnerid>
  <wstype>xpt_exhibitors</wstype>
</authorise>

Authenticated Response

<authorisation>
  <service>getAuthToken</service>
  <authorised>OK</authorised>
  <authtoken>255461</authtoken>
</authorisation>

I’ve never used ColdFusion before, so I don’t understand how to make the request. Can anyone assist?

I’ve added a service reference like this:

But I don’t get this method:

Answer 1

You're actually hitting the CFC directly, but you add ?wsdl on the end to actually have it return the WSDL.

Also, all of your methods in that CFC that you want accessible will need access="remote".

So your actual endpoint would be closer to this:

https://services.example.com/ASP_SecureWebServices.cfc?wsdl

Answer 2

Going to go out on a limb, but my guess from the documentation is that the method you need to access is called authorise. With that in mind, you would call the web service as follows:

https://services.example.com/ASP_SecureWebServices.cfc?method=authorise&site=xxx&login=xxx&password=xxx&partnerid=xxx&wstype=xpt_exhibitors

By default, ColdFusion will return a WDDX packet; if you want JSON instead, add &returnformat=json.